by Bruce | March 17, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Lockstep vs. eat-what-you-kill: Joined at the hip? Legal Week argues, using the apparently unending saga at Clifford-Chance as a journalistic "hook," that the boundary zone between the two models is wide and flexible, not narrow and bright. Now at one...
by Bruce | March 16, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Despite the stupefying fact that The Wall Street Journal reported late last year that 45% of Americans believe "literally" in the Biblical story of Creation, whereas only 31% subscribe to the theory of evolution (have you thanked a teacher today?), Darwinian...
by Bruce | March 15, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Just when the drum-beat of KenLayBernieEbbersDennisKozlowskiMarthaStewart began to seem as unstoppable as, well, a tsunami, the always-refreshing Michael Schrage tees off at "the pea-brained ‘ethics-ification’ of business decision-making:" ...
by Bruce | March 14, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
It hasn’t taken the legal blogosphere long—just barely over the weekend—but help is on the way In Re: Decloaking Associates. David Giacolone may or may not have been the first to suggest it, but as of this morning Kevin Heller at...
by Bruce | March 13, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Strategy
Cardinal Richelieu’s words came to mind when Alan Abelson, the wry and engaging author of Barron’s weekly "Up and Down Wall Street" column, considered the fate of Boeing’s CEO, Harry Stonecipher, who as we all know tendered his resignation...
by Bruce | March 12, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Technology strategy
I’m delighted to report that I’m slated to be blogger-in-residence at American Lawyer Media’s upcoming CIO/CTO conference the first week of April here in little old New York. Look for a report immediately thereafter. And thanks to my pals at...
