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Building Agents & Removing Friction, with Kelly McCord of SimpliPhi

Nothing is stopping your legal team from functioning like a high-performing business unit - except a lack of understanding and clarity on the real potential of AI. In this episode of Meeting of the Minds - The Legal AI Podcast, hosts Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe sit down with Kelly McCord, Founder and Principal Consultant at SimpliPhi Management LLC and former head of legal operations at HSBC, to explore how to leverage AI and automation to transform legal workflows. What You'll Learn: How to cross-train multiple LLMs simultaneously to compound results Why legal ops professionals need baseline AI literacy, not deep technical expertise The practical framework for embedding legal earlier in business decisions How to build AI agents with guardrails that automate routine work while preserving human control The skill-building path to AI competency in legal operations How to reduce contract negotiation cycles from weeks to hours using agent-to-agent negotiations About the Guest: Kelly McCord is the Founder and Principal Consultant at SimpliPhi Management LLC, a legal operations consulting firm. With over 20 years of experience spanning engineering, business process consulting, financial services, and legal operations (including her role as Head of Legal Operations at HSBC), Kelly has become a pioneering voice in legal technology and AI implementation. Her work helping corporate legal teams integrate cutting-edge AI tools while maintaining quality human oversight makes her a leading voice for legal operations professionals seeking to modernize their functions and demonstrate clear value to the broader organization. Episode Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 02:31 From Engineering to Legal Operations: An Unexpected Career Journey 06:40 Why Kelly Loves Working With Lawyers 12:16 Kelly’s Practical Advice on Starting Your Own Firm 14:56 Identifying Friction Points and Building Process-Driven Solutions 21:10 Mastering Multiple LLMs: Cross-Training AI Models for Better Results 25:57 How Enterprise Legal Departments Are Using AI Today 30:57 AI Competency Only Takes Two Hours a Week 32:47 The Reality of Building AI Agents: What Works and What Doesn’t 37:21 Agent Autonomy With Human Control is The Future of Contract Negotiation 40:32 How to Align Legal With Business Objectives 44:02 Key Takeaways & Final Thoughts Episode Resources Kelly McCord on LinkedIn:   / kelly-m-mccord   SimpliPhi Website: https://simpliphillc.com/ Workday Contract Management: https://www.workday.com/en-us/product... Hal Marcus on LinkedIn:   / halmarcus   Memme Onwudiwe on LinkedIn: https://www.google.com/search?q=https... Theme music: "Load" Copyright © 1996 by Hal Marcus.