by Bruce | March 31, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy, Technology strategy
Legal Week sounds the alarm about the coming of the "procurement professionals" to the selection and hiring of outside counsel, and predicts, based upon their impact in other sectors: at least a 15% reduction in fees; greater objectivity in the selection...
by Bruce | March 25, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
When I wrote about the Baker-Robbins/LegalWorks KM conference, I purposely left out the most impressive application/presentation of them all: Morrison & Foerster’s Oz Benamram discussing "AnswerBase," the firm’s new KM system which will...
by Bruce | March 24, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
Knowledge Counsel Forum, Westin Times Square, March 23–24, 2006 Sponsored by Baker Robbins and West Legalworks I attended this conference and want to report on it. I don’t plan to cover this as a court reporter or even as a conventional journalist on a...
by Bruce | March 21, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Tomorrow I’m giving a presentation to the New Jersey Area regional meeting of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) on "Leadership Principles for Technology Managers." Topics I’ll address include: What Leadership is Not (hint:...
by Bruce | March 18, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
As I’ve mentioned, I’ll be teaching the core/required course, "Strategic Technology & Innovation" at SUNY/Stony Brook’s MBA program for law firm leaders. The program starts the last week of April—in just a few...
by Bruce | March 16, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Reminder & Update: The SUNY/Stony Brook MBA Program exclusively for law firm managers is starting the last week of April. I’m a faculty member, teaching the core (a/k/a required) course, "Strategic Technology & Innovation," and we...