This blog was written by Mary Rechtoris regarding Altlaw’s decision to move over to RelativityOne. Link to original article.
Maintaining a productive and happy workplace is essential to business today. The ability to inspire your staff to bring their best and go that extra mile differentiates companies who thrive from those that flounder.
“It would be impossible to be successful if you don’t have a happy staff,” said Matt Altass, CEO and founder of London-based Altlaw. “Without people, a business is just the building and some machines. A business is people.”
In 2019, Altlaw made a decision that would boost their foothold in the legal tech arena while maintaining the crux of what makes the company unique. They decided to go all in on RelativityOne, eliminating other e-discovery solutions in that process. The factors fueling their decision were similar to other organizations that made the switch—security, the ability to scale, and performance.
After two flights and a layover in Dublin, our team uncovered another reason the firm made the switch: Moving to a SaaS platform allowed Altlaw to focus on relationships within their company and with clients, which fostered a culture of positivity and happiness. Check out this video to learn more about the company’s move to RelativityOne.
Empowering Employees Through Collaboration
As the company’s CEO and founder, Matt makes happiness a priority throughout the firm, with clients, and ultimately, within himself. Matt refers to himself as “The Happy CEO!,” writing on his LinkedIn profile: ”Happiness is a mantra and is the hub around which everything in my life revolves.”
Altlaw fosters a culture where employees feel empowered by how they work together.
“I feel as if I am on a level playing field with my manager,” said Cassie Parker, project manager at Altlaw. “Yes, they tell us our projects, but they jump in and help tremendously. And if I think my manager didn’t to something correctly, I would feel comfortable having that conversation with him.”
“It’s important that everyone throughout Altlaw has that type of relationship,” said Terrence Searle, owner of Altlaw. “We all learn from each other.”
This collaborative nature is crucial to Altlaw’s success as a business. And it drives the company’s decision-making process, including their move to RelativityOne.
“We have a very relaxed office,” said Adam Page, associate director at Altlaw. “It usually plays out with someone going into a colleague’s office and saying they have this new idea, and the other person saying, ‘that sounds interesting. Why don’t you tell me some more?’”
This is not to say that the group always agrees on a solution right off the bat. They value diversity of opinion. Having fruitful conversations instead of automatic consensus on a topic yields better results.
“Matt and I famously take a different opinion on something,” said Steven Facer, owner of Altlaw.
As an example, Steven said that if Matt told him that the wall to his right was white, he would make the opposing statement that the wall, in fact, was gray.
“We worked out very quickly that this was a good check on each other,” he added. “This is a very good way to go at a problem from all angles.”
