Clarity

Dr. Cornelia Walther, a senior fellow researching pro-social AI and hybrid intelligence with humanitarian and academic experience, urges pairing AI fluency with human literacy. She discusses agency decay, cognitive debt, the need for double literacy, the 4T framework (tailored, trained, tested, targeted), and reframing governance to protect human dignity and societal well-being.

As tax season heats up, many firms are racing to transform compliance work into high-value advisory services; but how do you make that shift when you're already stretched thin? In this episode of the Thomson Reuters Institute's Clarity podcast, TRI's Nadya Britton sits down with Jody Padar, the "Radical CPA" and CEO of Excel Labs, to explore how tax professionals can turn this busy tax season into an advisory growth catalyst by reframing client conversations, restructuring workflows, and upskilling teams to spot revenue opportunities hidden in everyday interactions.

On the 3rd season premiere of Clarity on Tech, we look at how tax & accounting firms are getting some good news as they enter tax season: AI-driven automation is here. TRI's Zach Warren talks with Dwight Crow, VP of Tax AI at Thomson Reuters, about where AI fits into the tax workflow and the differences in applying AI in tax compared to other industries, and we also take a sneak peek into the tax tech of the future.

In our latest Clarity podcast, we look at a fundamental question raised by the recent 2026 Report on the State of the US Legal Market: Does the legal market's exceptional 2025 performance represent a new equilibrium, or the crest before a rapid realignment? Thomson Reuters Institute's Mike Abbott discusses the future of legal business with Raghu Ramanathan, President, Legal Professionals at Thomson Reuters.

In the 4th season premiere of Clarity, a Thomson Reuters Institute (TRI) podcast, we explore what professionals need to do today to prepare for the tech-enabled future. We've gathered five of TRI's top experts to discuss how work is getting done across law, tax, corporate risk, government, and other professional services and how that may change over rest of the current decade. Although the year 2030 may sound far off, in reality, the choices that professionals make this year will go a long way toward determining whether they're ready — or playing catch‑up — when we get there.

Corporate tax departments face mounting pressure to do more with less — and the path forward demands both mindset and skillset transformation. In our latest Clarity podcast, Pilar Mata, Executive Director of Tax Executives Institute, reveals why 54% of tax professionals' time is consumed by reactive work when they'd rather focus 70% on strategic initiatives. Mata also discusses why automation literacy is now a core competency, how smaller firms are leapfrogging larger ones with nimble tech adoption, and why curiosity — not perfection — is the key to thriving as AI reshapes the profession.

On this episode of Clarity on Tech, we step inside America's immigration courts to have a candid conversation about what's broken and what could move the system forward as TRI's Rabihah Butler speaks with former immigration judges Florence Chamberlin and Anam Petit about backlogs, hard calls, and how AI might actually help the courts operate more effectively.

In this episode of Clarity, crypto experts Marc Evans and Seth Sattler join TRI's Rabihah Butler to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of cryptocurrency, where shifting privacy features and regulatory developments are creating new challenges for fraud detection and security. They dive into emerging fraud trends, vulnerabilities in automated trading systems and crypto ATMs, and whether traditional fraud prevention methods can keep pace with the sophisticated tactics of crypto criminals.

In this episode, Chief Justice Gordon J. MacDonald of the New Hampshire Supreme Court shares the background and driving force behind the Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform's research, which highlights the urgent need to address the readiness of new lawyers entering the legal profession. The podcast also dives into key insights from the research, including the importance of experiential learning, mentorship, and hands-on experience.

In this compelling podcast, Judge Maritza Braswell and Judge Maryam Ahmad offer a rare judicial perspective on how AI is transforming trial courts. From AI-powered legal avatars assisting pro se litigants to practical tools already reshaping courtroom efficiency, the judges candidly explore the delicate balance between leveraging AI innovation to improve access to justice and preserving core judicial values.