Oct 28, 2024
As a singer and songwriter, senior legal counsel Roderick Smith
appreciates that performing on stage allows a musician to cast a
spell on an audience and transport them emotionally. He tries, he
says, to bring that same energy to the workplace and draw the best
out of people so that the law department can best support the
business.
In this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome
Doraisamy speaks with Novartis senior legal counsel in ANZ Roderick
Smith about his journey and work as a musician, what is so
rewarding about producing and performing music for him, the
vocational benefits he gleans as a lawyer from having such a
creative outlet, including having a more holistic perspective.
Smith also reflects on his journey as a lawyer and how he came to
work in-house, the extent to which his work in the healthcare
sector as a corporate counsel informs his songwriting, how he
juggles the two seemingly distinct roles, his perception of the
myriad challenges facing in-house lawyers as we head towards 2025,
and how being a good lawyer and musician is not about what one
does, but rather how one makes people feel.
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