How to hone your commercial awareness with Peter Watson

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This is a continuation of our Junior Lawyer Virtual Lunches, which offer industry insights, professional tips and networking opportunities.

For this instalment of our Junior Lawyer Lunch sessions, we are absolutely thrilled to be joined by the notorious <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-watson-5a275213/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Peter Watson</a>, CEO of Watson's Daily!Commercial awareness is a justifiably recurring theme for these events, and we couldn’t think of anyone better to share their commercial awareness advice than Peter Watson himself! Peter will be offering his insights into conducting effective commercial research, and how he quickly gleans the essential “so what” from a news story.It should be a fantastic session that will leave you better equipped to conduct effective commercial research, identify key stories that will help enhance your legal knowledge, and how to apply this information to further your legal career.We'll cover various key points in the session, including:<ul><li>You need to allocate TIME to improving your knowledge.</li><li>You need to have FOCUS. Most people don't know where to start - so they don't. </li><li>You need to DISCUSS what you know. You can read all you like, but if you don't TALK about what you know, you won't really be truly aware of what you DO know and what you DON'T know. </li><li>How to understand your commercial awareness progress in 3 stages: </li></ul><ol><li>Knowledge - working on the building blocks</li><li>History - correlating current events with things that have happened in the past </li><li>Mystery - using your knowledge to predict what may happen in the future</li></ol>----------Peter Watson, CEO of Watson's DailyPeter Watson is the CEO of Watson's Daily - a daily newsletter that gives you the essence of key global business and financial markets news with explanation and opinion. The resources on the Watson's Daily website help to turbo-charge your commercial awareness by changing the way you read and consume the news. There is also an accompanying highly-rated daily podcast (available on all major platforms) that complements your understanding. His background is in investment banking (13 years as a stockbroker) and recruitment (in both HR and 4 different agencies).His ambition is to help as many people as possible make sense of and enjoy the "boring" news! He believes that commercial awareness is key to choosing the right career and helping you on an ongoing basis make the right decisions. ----------This is June's continuation of our Virtual Lunches run by Flex Legal's own <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-gould-95832316/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sophie Gould</a>, Head of Learning and Development. The lunches are run in conjunction with <a href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/home.page" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LexisNexis</a>.More info on Flex Legal can be found on<a href="https://flex.legal/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> our website.</a>Please note: these events are designed for Junior Lawyers (e.g. paralegals and trainees).----------Personal data will be processed in line with our Privacy Policy and our website. This data may be shared with our partner LexisNexis as an essential part of being able to provide our products and services to you. FLEX Legal Limited will rely on the lawful basis under Article 6(1)(f) when sharing any personal data with LexisNexis.When we share any of your data we ensure that only the data required is shared and that it remains secure. We also ensure that your data is removed by the partner as soon as it’s no longer required.

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