by Bruce | July 31, 2009 | Articles, Globalization, Strategy
When the business paper of record (I refer of course to The Wall Street Journal, at least here on this side of the pond, although I’m increasingly fond of the Financial Times), prints a prominent article on its Op-Ed page entitled The End of Big Law, as Arthur...
by Bruce | July 28, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Back in March at the American Enterprise Institute annual dinner, Charles Murray gave a talk entitled “The Happiness of the People.” The managing partner of a large AmLaw firm recently brought it to my attention. The AEI’s...
by Bruce | July 25, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, Strategy
By now the news is well and long since out (WSJ Law Blog, AboveTheLaw) that Howrey has decided to fundamentally change the nature of the first and second year associate experience, by focusing on training and an apprenticenship model in exchange for a substantial cut...
by Bruce | July 21, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations
Ian McEwan (no relation so far as I know, unless you go way back far enough, presumably) is an unorthodox but always fascinating author, nicknamed “Ian Macabre” in the British press. Nonetheless, he’s won the Booker Prize outright once...
by Bruce | July 18, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Geoff Colvin is a “Senior Editor at Large” at Fortune and a fairly prolific author. I greatly enjoyed his 2008 Talent Is Overrated, which combined the distilled results of hundreds of research studies with lively profiles of such superstars as Tiger...
by Bruce | July 17, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
You are reading the one-thousandth column I’ve published on “Adam Smith, Esq.” since launching the site at the very end of 2003.Who knew?The credit, of course, goes entirely to you, Dear Readers, for the warmth, generosity, and consistent insights...