by Bruce | May 25, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Returning from nearly a full week in Prague–delivering the keynote at the second annual 2017 Innovation Legal Services Forum and meeting with firms there–a few reflections. A very few cities in the world are truly global centers: You can count them on the...
by Bruce | May 24, 2017 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization
Belatedly, a quick look at an article published last week in the equivlent of the Czech “Financial Times,” which occupied the entire back page of the issue. Hospodarske Noviny is a five day/week newspaper circulated widely among the Prague and Czech...
by Bruce | May 16, 2017 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership
We’re in Prague for most of this week meeting with some firms and delivering the keynote at Ecoomia.cz’s annual Innovative Legal Services Forum. Thanks to our lead host, Jaroslav Kramer. The leading Czech business newspaper was kind enough to print an article about us...
by Bruce | May 12, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
One may fervently hope that regular readers have come to expect certain recurring customs here at Adam Smith, Esq., and today we honor that expectation with our usual “Letter from _____,” when we’ve just returned from a significant trip and have some...
by Bruce | April 17, 2017 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
Are you, like me, beginning to feel sorry for the traditional retail industry? Lately, the litany of bad-news stories has become relentless. (Yes, I just wrote about this from a different angle; today I have a different theme.) The latest synchrony of doom and gloom...
by Bruce | April 15, 2017 | About the Site, Articles
The agenda for the launch event of Tomorrowland in the UK is shaping up—it will be the morning of Thursday 27th April in London—and although registration is alas closed (the venue reached capacity), I wanted to share a few of the particulars with you. Riverview Law...
