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Data? Data? We don’t need no stinkin’ data (with apologies to John Huston)
The following article is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq.–Bruce A few years back, we were meeting with the Executive Committee of one of Canada’s Seven Sisters firms. As part of our staying current on trends in Law Land, we often meet with firms... read more +Planning for the Unknowable: Part 2
In our first installment of this two-part series, we left off by asking why the composition of the Fortune 500 across a quarter-century span, from 1995 to 2020—widely thought of as an era of widespread disruption for major corporations—had actually been remarkably...
Planning for the Unknowable: Part 1
As glimmers of dawn begin to appear (shock! awe! disbelief!) at the end of our long night of Covid, it seems timely to address the question of how leaders can plan for a new period that is completely unknowable. (I know, I know; "Don't jinx it, Bruce, by even...
Standout Reporting on A Systemic Problem
Every once in awhile, a piece of legal journalism--heck, we're not grading on a curve here, folks--business and economics journalism with the legal industry as its subject--is so thorough, nuanced, and generously sourced that it demands a tip of the hat. So with Kate...
Do/Don’t Return to the Office??
Will we or won't we? When do we or don't we? Return to the office, that is. Barrels of feckless virtual ink have been spilled on this topic for nearly two years, starting, say, late the week national lockdown became a real and not fantastical thing. Approaching the...
