{"podcast":{"title":"The Agile Attorney Podcast","slug":"the-agile-attorney-podcast-6878760","podcast_index_feed_id":6878760,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-agile-attorney/","website_url":"https://agileattorney.com/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4e7a72c1-0e7a-4925-9941-8a43f65ed7a2/taa-podcast-cover-art-3000.jpg","author":"John E. Grant","episode_count":128,"summary":"The Agile Attorney podcast teaches legal professionals how to streamline their legal workflows using the principles, practices, and tools of the Kanban Method. Join Accredited Kanban Trainer and award-winning legal operations professional John E. Grant as he shares the keys to implementing effective strategies, practices, and technologies to drive true efficiency in your legal processes. For more information on how John can help you develop an agile mindset and bust through your legal delivery bottlenecks, visit https://agileattorney.com. This is the show for you if you find yourself asking questions like: -How can I make my law practice more efficient? -What is the best way to implement legal project management in my legal workflow? -How can I best leverage technology to improve my legal workflows? -What is the best way to transition my practice to flat fees or other alternative billing structures? -How can I get my legal team to perform better? -How can I better build productized legal services? -What is the best way to increase law firm revenue without adding headcount?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:17:58.593868+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agile-attorney-podcast-6878760"},"episode":{"title":"122. The AI Productivity Trap: What Lawyers Are Missing About ROI [AI ROI Part 1]","slug":"122-the-ai-productivity-trap-what-lawyers-are-missing-about-roi-ai-roi-part-1","published_at":"2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agile-attorney-podcast-6878760/122-the-ai-productivity-trap-what-lawyers-are-missing-about-roi-ai-roi-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agile-attorney-podcast-6878760","url":"https://community.agileattorney.com/AI-productivity-trap","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4321d771-a9bd-4b60-ba17-15f1011a146b.mp3","summary":"AI is being sold to lawyers as a productivity breakthrough, a way to eliminate tedious work, increase efficiency, and free up more time for higher-value thinking. But once you move past the hype, the more important question becomes whether you're falling into an AI productivity trap where increased activity is mistaken for meaningful progress. In this episode, I kick off a new occasional series on AI ROI by exploring how lawyers should think about return on investment beyond simple time savings or subscription costs. I break down the hidden investments that often go overlooked, including cognitive load, quality assurance, workflow bottlenecks, and the tendency for AI to encourage overcommitment rather than meaningful productivity gains. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: agileattorney.com/122 Take your law practice from overwhelmed to optimized with GreenLine Legal Follow along on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnegrant","meta_description":"AI is being sold to lawyers as a productivity breakthrough, a way to eliminate tedious work, increase efficiency, and free up more time for higher-value t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1650,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-agile-attorney-podcast-6878760/episodes/122-the-ai-productivity-trap-what-lawyers-are-missing-about-roi-ai-roi-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agile-attorney-podcast-6878760/122-the-ai-productivity-trap-what-lawyers-are-missing-about-roi-ai-roi-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}