by Bruce | January 2, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
As we embark on a brave new year, I thought it condign treatment of 2009 and what lies beyond to spend a few moments on the broader view, and, more specifically, what industries may and may not survive the post-Internet, and more broadly the post-digitalization of...
by Bruce | December 31, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
Ever wonder where the Times Square New Year’s Eve balls go when they’re retired? No? Well, then, putting that aside straightaway, we’re here to enlighten you. The New York Times has now revealed that they end up about 50 feet underground, in a...
by Bruce | December 24, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
To all our valued readersBest wishes to you and yoursin this magical holiday seasonand throughout 2010.We at Adam Smith, Esq., hope for all of you peace, health, prosperity, and the realization of your dreams. The Christmas Tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,...
by Bruce | December 24, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Many have been the descriptors proposed for the period we’ve been living through since about the middle of 2007, but few strike me as more apt than “turbulence.” Why? Turbulence implies unconscious, or at least unintended, forces at work causing the...
by Bruce | December 17, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
In the 1980’s and 1990’s, one often heard the only semi-facetious phrase that “investment bankers are short-term greedy, but lawyers are long-term greedy.” One of the few exceptions to “short term greedy” on the I-Bank side of...
by Bruce | December 16, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
The results of our Reader Survey are in and this provides a brief recap of the results…and the announcement of who won the $200 Amex gift card, just in time for last-minute holiday shopping. The most important aspect of the survey is not, in a way,...