by Bruce | January 27, 2020 | About the Site, Articles
The following column was written by Antonio Leal Holguin, Director of Latin America for Adam Smith, Esq. Back in the early 2010s I was practicing at a family-owned law firm in Bogota, Colombia. As I became increasingly interested in law firm management, I began...
by Bruce | January 21, 2020 | Articles
Friday, March 7, 1788 A. Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: […] A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective. The subjects of its...
by Bruce | January 15, 2020 | Articles, Branding, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
This article is co-authored by Bruce MacEwen, President, Janet Stanton, Partner and Antonio Leal Holguin, Director – Adam Smith, Esq. Lots of folks have their “Year of….” custom, often retrospectively, but here at Adam Smith, Esq., we’re more...
by Bruce | December 13, 2019 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Not to name names, but does it strike you as it does me that we’re in the midst of a global surfeit of senior leaders behaving badly? Almost every domain of human endeavor seems tarnished, or worse, by malfeasance, broken trust, power abused, or even...
by Bruce | November 13, 2019 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Ten years ago (five?) the role of “Chief Innovation Officer” was almost unheard-of. Now hardly a week goes by without a firm announcing the appointment of so-and-so to that role and title. But what exactly Is a “CINO” and where do (where...