Develop your unique practice approaches.
Master strategic thinking
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Become an IT-
shaped lawyer
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Build distinctive positioning
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Execute practice strategy
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Build your intellectual capital through writing.
Develop writing vision
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Master research methodology
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Identify market opportunities
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Execute tech-focused writing
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Nadine Rinderknecht
This step-by-step Privacy Notice walks you through everything you need to know about how your data is used and how to manage your privacy. Do you care enough to read the "world's most boring blog post"?
10 steps to your privacy management
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Start with an overview
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Meet your primary contact person
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Meet other entities that process your data
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See what type of data is processed
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Understand why your data is processed
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Check the security and storage measures in place
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Map where your data is shared and transferred
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Manage logs, cookies, and similar technologies
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Know your rights
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Check this Privacy Notice regularly
Nadine Rinderknecht
Dec 11, 2021
How to write a digital economy paper
Learn practical strategies for writing papers on the digital economy that balance forward-thinking ideas with traditional approaches. Address tomorrow's challenges today.
7 steps to your digital economy paper
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Apply old solutions to "new" problems
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Discuss "new" problems with reservation and put them into perspective
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Consider both benefits and drawbacks
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Maintain a broad perspective on technological developments
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Incorporate insights from multiple disciplines
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Create a subsidiary paper
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"Push" yourself forward
Retry
Nadine Rinderknecht
Dec 12, 2021
How to write a truly innovative paper
Develop your intuition, mature your innovations, and conceptualize with an elegance and simplicity that make your readers wonder: "Why didn't I think of that?"
10 steps to your innovation
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Find a "free spot"
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Choose a good timing
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Assess the potential
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Create the foundation for intuition
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Fill the "free spot" with innovation
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Restrict your innovation
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Let the innovation mature
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Lead the innovation to simplicity and elegance
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Diffuse your paper and make an impact
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Return to step 1
Nadine Rinderknecht
Mar 16, 2022
How to search for online publications on the web
Explore how to overcome common obstacles and increase your search efficiency when using search engines, library catalogs, specialized databases, and literature management tools.
4 steps to find literature online
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Optimize your search engine techniques
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Explore library catalogs
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Use specialized databases
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Discover additional literature management tools
Nadine Rinderknecht
Apr 12, 2022
How to write a visionary paper (Part 1)
To develop proactive and far-sighted solutions, it's helpful to have a vision. It enables you to find your way in the chaos. Part 1 allows you to understand the future – before you shape it.
4 steps to your vision
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Learn the lessons of past futurists
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Understand the dynamics of megatrends
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Spot smaller trends
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Find your way through the fog of future uncertainty
Nadine Rinderknecht
Oct 16, 2022
Understand how to stop competing in others' games and start designing your own. Focus on your strengths and create personalized rules that no one else can beat you at. All while managing the unpredictable turns of life.
6 steps to your own game
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Explore your playing area
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Place yourself in the center of the area
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Know your strengths and strengths
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Find your character
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Shape your strategy
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Start playing your own game
Nadine Rinderknecht
Oct 29, 2022
How to start your career in IT law
Discover practical strategies for entering the IT law market already as a Bachelor's or Master's student. Learn how to impress employers and continuously advance your career.
4 steps to your career
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Easy starts with "barrier-free" activities
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Build your competitive advantage
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Master the art of CV humility
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Become a generalist with a specialism
Nadine Rinderknecht
Dec 17, 2023
How to find high-impact topics
This guide shows you how to spot high-impact topics in technology law, shape regulatory frameworks and address societal challenges before they become critical.
8 steps to your impact
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Understand why it matters
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Learn the basics of the Hype Cycle
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Evaluate current and past Hype Cycles
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Incorporate the 3 types of indicators into your analysis
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Assess the unique characteristics of the technology
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Assess the technological impact on society
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Assess the gaps in legal scholarship
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Mitigate your risks
Nadine Rinderknecht
May 18, 2025
How to develop "IT-shaped thinking" as a lawyer
Improve your problem-solving with vertical and horizontal thinking styles to become a specialized and versatile thinker in IT law.
8 steps to your IT-shaped thinking style
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See your brain as a key to open hidden doors
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Understand your brain before you open the door
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Discover "IT-shaped thinking"
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Use general thinking styles as building blocks
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Strategize with goal-oriented thinking styles
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Become an expert thinker in "vertical styles"
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Balance your thinking with "horizontal styles"
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Emerge as an "IT-shaped thinker"
Frequently asked questions
What's this all about?
Unique value through cognitive growth
This blog develops your cognitive capacity to solve problems that don't exist yet. While most lawyers hope their thinking improves through trial and error, you'll systematically build frameworks to discover your unique value proposition.
You'll learn to create your own distinctive practice style based on your mindset, skills, and knowledge. And you'll learn how to write papers to spot emerging challenges and stay ahead.
It's time for us to create what only we can see. And deliver value only we can.
What spirit is this based on?
Entrepreneurial spirit
Creativity without value or strategy is a game you can't win. This blog is based on an entrepreneurial spirit that challenges lawyers to think like innovators rather than traditional service providers.
It's about taking calculated risks, breaking free from "we've always done it this way" thinking, and creating value that only you can deliver. Use your unique style as an "unfair advantage" to create opportunities others can't see.
How will you get there?
Actionable and
motivational tips
Theory might be interesting. Actionable and motivational tips advance your career.
My step-by-step strategies and practical tips guide you from confusion to solution.
Who walks with you?
Nadine Rinderknecht
Master of Law (University of Zurich) and other stuff
I believe some “blank pages” have been lying in the dark for centuries, waiting to be discovered and filled with our ideas.
That's why I try to become an IT-shaped problem-solver. Currently, I'm combining my background in IT law with UX design and cyberpsychology.
Let's build practice methodologies and analytical frameworks tailored to our unique minds.
What's the timeframe?
Long-term career
development
This blog is about career development over years, not immediate case-solving tips. To make you ready for whatever the legal profession becomes in 2035 and beyond.
What's our approach?
Experimenting
I'm not an expert. I'm just experimenting.
Writing is a great way to train your brain and see things more clearly. And why not document my learning experiences and share my insights with others?
Feel free to use my experiments as a starting point for yous. Time for us to become legal innovators!
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