-: I dunno, maybe it's just me,
but I think within the legal department,
we have this unique perspective,
and we can look over so many different aspects
of the company, and we touch on almost
every single piece of what the company does.
When I work with some of the other product lines,
it seems that they're can be somewhat siloed.
I mean we have a pretty diverse product portfolio,
and we have, you know orthopedic might not know
what our endoscopic technologies group is doing,
but as part of the legal department,
we get to work with everybody.
And it's kind of cool perspective
because we get to see all of it, you know?
I dunno, I really enjoy that.
I think what lawyers have to do sometimes is
deliver unpopular news or provide a very frank analysis
that might not be what your business partners wanna hear,
and you'll get pushback, and you get people who say
why do you always say no?
And sometimes you've gotta find creative ways
to package the news.
You know, sometimes I will refrain
from providing analysis.
I know that they can't do it the way that they want to
but I will agonize and try to find a way
that they can do it in a different way,
and so they sometimes complain that there's a delay,
but it's not because,
it's because I know that they can't do it the way
that wanted to, but we need to find a different path.
So that is difficult.