{"id":142830,"date":"2026-01-28T17:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/28\/what-exactly-is-disruption-and-how-does-this-affect-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:22:54","slug":"what-exactly-is-disruption-and-how-does-this-affect-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/28\/what-exactly-is-disruption-and-how-does-this-affect-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"What, Exactly, Is \u2018Disruption,\u2019 And How Does This Affect Lawyers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Uplevel-View-Main-Artwork-03-1-620x620.jpg?resize=620%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85313\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From law firms to in-house legal teams, the rules of value are being rewritten. The question is: Who\u2019s ready to lead the change?<\/p>\n<p>In the first episode of 2026 for the UpLevel View podcast, Stephanie Corey and Ken Callander sit down with Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and Wall Street Journal columnist, to talk about how AI is forcing professional services to price outcomes instead of hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018SDSS Times 2\u2019 for Change Mangement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A simple acronym can guide a successful change program. Here, Rita explains. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Defining \u2018Disruption\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s long been a business buzzword in tech, but what, exactly, do people mean when they say \u201cdisruption\u201d? Here, Rita provides some detail. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Disruption in the Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Will regulation preserve the status quo for legal services? Probably not, Rita says. Here\u2019s why. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hear the Full Conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curious to learn more? Check out this episode below.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/what-exactly-is-disruption-and-how-does-this-affect-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What, Exactly, Is \u2018Disruption,\u2019 And How Does This Affect Lawyers?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Uplevel-View-Main-Artwork-03-1-620x620.jpg?resize=620%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85313\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From law firms to in-house legal teams, the rules of value are being rewritten. The question is: Who\u2019s ready to lead the change?<\/p>\n<p>In the first episode of 2026 for the UpLevel View podcast, Stephanie Corey and Ken Callander sit down with Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and Wall Street Journal columnist, to talk about how AI is forcing professional services to price outcomes instead of hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018SDSS Times 2\u2019 for Change Mangement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A simple acronym can guide a successful change program. Here, Rita explains. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EdIQBH7J7w8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Defining \u2018Disruption\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s long been a business buzzword in tech, but what, exactly, do people mean when they say \u201cdisruption\u201d? Here, Rita provides some detail. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DsW4R2bteJM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Disruption in the Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Will regulation preserve the status quo for legal services? Probably not, Rita says. Here\u2019s why. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DL1a_4gNxD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hear the Full Conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curious to learn more? 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In the first episode of 2026 for the UpLevel View podcast, Stephanie Corey and Ken Callander sit down with Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and Wall Street Journal columnist, to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":142831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Uplevel-View-Main-Artwork-03-1-620x620-ewcUPu.jpg?fit=620%2C620&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}