by Bruce | May 18, 2005 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Rarely, if ever, do I link to The Wall Street Journal, on the premise that the overwhelming majority of you have already seen it, so why point to what’s been in front of your face? But rules are made to be broken, so this morning I give you two WSJ...
by Bruce | May 18, 2005 | About the Site, Articles
With only ten days left to take the "Adam Smith, Esq." survey, we have over 250 responses. This is very gratifying and rewarding "viewer participation," and I encourage any of you who haven’t checked it out to do so. Many thanks...
by Bruce | May 17, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
"Savvy Blawger" Query #3 is now out for the assembled to mull over with, of course, their cogent responses reported back to you a few weeks hence. The question for this go-round is: “What will the industry structure of the (US-based) legal...
by Bruce | May 17, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Are lawyers suffering "arrested development," as the cheeky title of a dead-serious article has it at Legal Week? Professional development is one of the pantheon of gods whose worship is most often honored in the breach, or else by procrustean...
by Bruce | May 14, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
The New York Law Journal is reporting that, under the auspices of the New York County Lawyers Association, "more than 60" law firms have agreed to a written pact to report to their corporate clients the makeup of legal teams by "race, gender, ethnicity,...
by Bruce | May 12, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Technology strategy
My article in the May 2005 print edition of Law Technology News is now up. It’s essentially a recap of my coverage of the keynote address where I served as “blogger-in-residence" at the recent CIO/CTO Conference, co-sponsored by ALM and Harvard...