77% of legal departments aren't ready for legal tech - and that's costing them dearly.

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The uncomfortable truth about legal tech implementation

Less than half of legal counsel fully adopt their legal-tech solution.
Only 34% of CLM implementations meet their timeline. Only 36% stay within budget. 

Why? Because legal tech does not fix your issues with People, Process, or Data. Without digital readiness, even the best contract automation or CLM platform becomes an expensive filing cabinet.

Legal Ops maturity struggles 3x

 

Save 72 days annually

Per legal counsel – that's 14 weeks of productive time recovered through effective digital enablement

Legal Ops maturity scan saves time

 

Triple adoption rates

From 22.6% to ~75%
by addressing the real barriers to
legal tech enablement success

Legal Ops readiness assessment saves time

 

Avoid the 89%-trap

Most user-adoption problems remain hidden beneath impressive RFQ and customer success stories.

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Legal Ops digital enablement journey, incl readiness

Pillar 1: Data readiness

  • Contract data management – from basic metadata to AI-powered extraction
  • Metrics & analytics – transform contracts into strategic intelligence assets
  • Information governance – build audit-ready, searchable contract repositories
  • Risk management – create methodical frameworks that maintain business velocity

Pillar 2: Process maturity

  • Operational processes – move from person-dependent to scalable operations
  • RACI matrices – clear accountability that transforms heroic efforts into predictable delivery
  • Change management – proactive strategies that turn resistance into adoption
  • Process excellence – continuous improvement-culture tied to tech-adoption metrics

Pillar 3: People enablement

  • Resource management – data-driven decisions on hiring vs automation
  • Knowledge management – convert individual expertise into organisational assets
  • Performance KPIs – link metrics directly to CLM adoption and usage
  • Vendor partnerships – transform relationships into innovation engines

Pillar 4: Leadership and organisational alignment

  • Organisational alignment – link CLM metrics to strategic goals and personal KPIs, and build capacity
  • Innovation culture – build a fail-fast, growth mindset that transforms Legal into a business accelerator
  • Executive sponsorship – active GC leadership in readiness and adoption phases
  • Financial enablement – anchor legal tech investments as firmly as headcount

Key findings from Gartner research

 
  • Finding 1 – 77% of legal departments are not digitally ready for CLM implementation
  • Finding 2 – Digital readiness saves 72 days (14 weeks) per year, per legal counsel
  • Finding 3 – Legal tech does not fix issues related to Data, Process or People
  • Finding 4 – Active GC leadership is critical in two phases: digital readiness and adoption
  • Finding 5 – 9 specific prerequisites must be met across all three pillars for success
Legal Ops digital enablement journey, GC leadership focus
  • Your current maturity level across 116 specific Legal Ops parameters
  • Which phase you're in: Foundation-building, Scaling and learning, or Leading-edge (or a mix of maturity levels)
  • Your top priorities for People, Process, and Data improvements
  • Four proven strategies to drive and triple your legal tech adoption
  • How to make legal tech 'easy to use' and 'hard to avoid'
  • Specific follow-up responses for the 50 most common excuses for non-adoption
  • Implementation plan with functional, technical and change management components
  • Capacity building frameworks for sustainable adoption
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