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You blocked the time. You opened LinkedIn. Two hours vanished. Business development is important, but rarely urgent, which makes it easy to avoid, especially alone. In this post, Kelly Caldwell explores body doubling: a simple practice of working alongside someone else to create focus and accountability. No heroic discipline required. Maybe BD isn’t a solo sport. Maybe you just need some company.

AI can streamline, but it can also overcomplicate. Just because a tool can do something doesn’t mean it should. Before layering in automation, ask: what are we actually trying to make better? When purpose leads and AI follows, the result isn’t just a smarter system—it’s one people will actually use.

Most lawyers aren’t bad at business development—they’re just stuck in “one and done” thinking. At SGI, we help them shift from performance to practice: building skills, resilience, and the ability to see more than one path forward. That’s how real, lasting business development happens—not from perfection, but from consistent, intentional practice.

By Elisabeth Folk Law firms are facing a common pressure: deliver more value with fewer resources. Lean teams, rising client expectations, and tighter margins have created a reality where firms can no longer rely on “how we’ve always done it.” But here is the good news: firms that embrace innovation and empower their people aren’t just surviving this shift. They’re thriving. At SGI, we work with lawyers and law firms navigating these exact pressures. What we see, time and t