by Bruce | January 30, 2017 | Articles, Strategy, Technology strategy
Well, it was comfortable while it lasted. I’m referring to the widespread attitude towards artificial intelligence in law, to the effect that we don’t have to do anything about it yet because the technology has yet to prove itself. Some day, maybe, and...
by Bruce | January 6, 2017 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Technology strategy
Q: What could put your firm at severe peril of failure that has nothing to do with clients, markets, bank debt, partner flight, infighting at the top, or any of the other usual suspects? A: A cybersecurity breach of your systems exposing confidential client info. Yes,...
by Bruce | November 27, 2015 | Articles, Leadership, Technology strategy
IBM Watson. Google’s driverless cars. Uncanny recommendations from Amazon, Siri, and Google Now. Not to mention the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award for 2015 going to Martin Ford’s Rise of the Robots: Technology and the threat of a...
by Bruce | October 12, 2015 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
This is the second in a two-part series recapping some of our thoughts, analyses, and impressions gleaned during our time in London late last month. The first installment, where we discussed Business Models and Compensation, is here. Today’s topics are...
by Bruce | August 25, 2015 | Articles, Technology strategy
Herewith the second installment of Doug Caddell’s essay on cyber-security. We closed part one of this article by stating that improving your cyber security posture was about managing risk, and that risk will be dependent upon your firm and how you measure the...
by Bruce | August 14, 2015 | Articles, Technology strategy
The following article is by Doug Caddell, a Senior Advisor at Adam Smith Esq. and a former Global 50 CIO. He is a certified Information Governance Professional (IGP) and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). As I sat down to write this...