by Bruce | June 5, 2008 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles
Today, June 5th, is Adam Smith’s birthday, in the year 1723. He would be 285 today. As I noted a year ago today, he was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, a dozen miles north of Edinburgh across the Firth of Forth: Although his birth home has since been...
by Bruce | June 4, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
Chambers has a nice seasonal report it mails to subscribers, but it doesn’t provide it online. This is a pity (and, I predict, a practice with a finite half-life), but one of the articles in the issue I recently received (August 2007 for those of you following...
by Bruce | June 3, 2008 | Articles, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, Strategy
I was invited to attend a presentation on "Innovation in Legal Service Delivery" last Wednesday at Allen & Overy’s New York offices, where the conversation was kicked off by four speakers: Ward Bower of Altman-Weil discussing their Legal...
by Bruce | May 28, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, Strategy
Does your firm have a "Chief Strategy Officer?" Thinking about it? Tried it and didn’t like it? Well, apropos the news a couple of weeks ago that Cravath has a first ever director of strategic planning, we thought it would be timely to review...
by Bruce | May 26, 2008 | About the Site, Articles
Arlington National Cemetery, Section 34 looking south
by Bruce | May 25, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Have you ever considered a completely different approach to strategic planning for your firm? An approach kind of like Toyota’s? Let me explain. There are traditional and classic strategic plans, which typically focus on practice group and geographic reach,...