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The Beauty of the Eisenhower Box

This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. One of the most enduring and vexing problems we all face (almost all the time) is how to sort through the myriad competing (conflicting?), shifting priorities that arise minute-by-minute and pull us in all... read more +

Lanyards Are Stupid

by | Feb 1, 2023 | 5 Comments

This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner.  Adam Smith, Esq. The very (very!) good news is that IRL conferences are back.  We recently attended two on opposite coasts just over the course of ten days   What is definitely not so welcome is that lanyards are back as...

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Polycrisis

by | Jan 22, 2023 | 2 Comments

Consider: According to PwC’s annual 2023 survey of CEOs worldwide (4,410 from 105 countries), 40% said they did not see their own companies as viable in 10 years if they stayed on their current path. Bob Moritz, PwC's global chair, summarized it as follows: “Chief...

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What’s So Great About Pay Transparency?

by | Jan 4, 2023 | 4 Comments

"Transparency!" is a far more clarion call to arms than "Opacity."  And as a securities lawyer, I was trained--and didn't take much convincing, truth be told--that full disclosure was a not so minor deity.  Yet here I am composing on essay on everything that's wrong...

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Letter from London

by | Dec 12, 2022 | 0 Comments

Remember these? We made it customary here at Adam Smith, Esq. to publish a "Letter from...." after our return from any meaningful business trip to noteworthy cities.  And, thankfully, here we are. When you'ce been away from anything--a Great City, an old friend, a...

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