{"id":118924,"date":"2025-05-13T14:28:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/13\/navigating-unruliness-hence-cofounder-sean-west-on-how-politics-ai-and-law-are-rewriting-business-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T14:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:28:04","slug":"navigating-unruliness-hence-cofounder-sean-west-on-how-politics-ai-and-law-are-rewriting-business-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/13\/navigating-unruliness-hence-cofounder-sean-west-on-how-politics-ai-and-law-are-rewriting-business-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating \u2018Unruliness\u2019: Hence Cofounder Sean West On How Politics, AI, And Law Are Rewriting Business Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnext.com\/2025\/05\/on-lawnext-navigating-unruliness-hence-cofounder-sean-west-on-how-politics-ai-and-law-are-rewriting-business-rules.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Navigating \u2018Unruliness\u2019: Hence Cofounder Sean West On How Politics, AI, And Law Are Rewriting Business Rules<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody understands the world is volatile, but they don\u2019t necessarily understand why it\u2019s volatile or how to deal with it,\u201d says Sean West, cofounder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hence.ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hence Technologies<\/a>\u00a0and author of the new book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RDGGsG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unruly: Fighting Back When Politics, AI, and Law Upend the Rules of Business<\/a>. \u201cUnruly is a play on words. \u2026 The world is kind of \u2018unruling.\u2019 The rules and norms that were developed during globalization are falling away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On this week\u2019s LawNext, West joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss how the collision of geopolitics, technology, and legal shifts is creating unprecedented challenges for businesses of all sizes \u2013 and their legal advisors. Their conversation explores how businesses can turn volatility into opportunity, the importance of strategic legal counsel in this environment, and why companies of all sizes need access to geopolitical intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>They also discuss\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnext.com\/2025\/05\/ai-powered-platform-launches-to-help-companies-and-their-counsel-navigate-global-geopolitical-risks.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hence\u2019s recent launch<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hence.ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hence Global<\/a>, an AI-powered platform designed to help businesses and their legal counsel manage geopolitical uncertainties by providing customized, real-time risk analysis and insights tailored to specific business roles and needs. West explains how the platform delivers personalized, role-specific intelligence that enables legal teams to better serve their clients and organizations in an increasingly uncertain world.<\/p>\n<p>Before cofounding Hence in 2020, West was global deputy CEO of Eurasia Group, a global affairs advisory firm, where he advised CEOs, general counsel and investors on geopolitical and legal risk. He is also a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I_1wmzpwDT8?si=D4CNNSTUTne2a_9q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Thank You To Our Sponsors<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. 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