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The Acceleration of Risk

Over the last few years, 3 of the world's largest global legal firms have asked me in for a talk on the new risks and challenges they are faced with in the era of acceleration. In addition, another one invited me for a similar talk in Dallas and Chicago for their major clients - a vast collection of chief legal officers from global Fortune 500 companies.

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Publish Date2019-01-18
Updated Date2026-09-18
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Originally published as 19 Trends for 2019: #13 The Acceleration of Risk on January 18, 2019.

This record preserves item #13 in Jim Carroll’s 19 Trends For 2019 series as a structured historical trend in the futurist.info knowledge graph.

Over the last few years, 3 of the world’s largest global legal firms have asked me in for a talk on the new risks and challenges they are faced with in the era of acceleration. In addition, another one invited me for a similar talk in Dallas and Chicago for their major clients - a vast collection of chief legal officers from global Fortune 500 companies.

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ARTICLE · Thu Jan 1719 Trends for 2019: #13 The Acceleration of Risk