by Bruce | August 14, 2014 | Articles, Business Models, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
A famous former (and now late) leader of the US House of Representatives, the classic Boston pol Tip O’Neill, supposedly remarked that “all politics is local.” To that I would add MacEwen’s corollary, that “all rivalries are...
by Bruce | August 1, 2014 | Articles, Leadership
Implicit throughout virtually anything published here on Adam Smith, Esq. is leadership. As an issue, a challenge, a conundrum, and even a definitional challenge (what is “leadership”?). Because it’s pregnant in most everything, and because...
by Bruce | July 31, 2014 | About the Site, Articles
We blush (a near-cringe might be more accurate) to do this, but I suppose it’s incumbent upon us as a publisher in Law Land to let you know that the ABA is compiling its annual list of what they–with considerable assistance from people like you–think...
by Bruce | July 27, 2014 | Articles, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
With this, his inaugural column, it is my great pleasure to introduce to our readers and clients Doug Caddell, who is formally joining Adam Smith, Esq. as a senior advisor (see the About Us page for more on Doug’s distinguished background). Doug brings over...
by Bruce | July 18, 2014 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
We’re just back from a week in London—coincidentally smack in the middle of the UK firms’ earnings-release season—and for reasons far more profound than that annual roll call of bragging rights, the level of preoccupation with the future in the great City...
by Bruce | July 7, 2014 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
Lots of loose language has been tossed about lately on the topic of “disruption,” and it may be time for a bit of perspective. McKinsey, never late to a trend, published Strategic principles for competing in the digital age a few weeks ago, noting that...