by Bruce | April 14, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Reader response to "It May Be More Than a Pond" has been very gratifying, with some genuine insights into the perplexing, and growing, difference in profitability between US- and UK-based firms. Put together, we may be approaching a viable theory of...
by Bruce | April 13, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Thanks to Susan Raridon Lambreth of Hildebrandt International, guru of Practice Group Management, I was able to serve as blogger-in-residence at this conference held here in New York over the last two days. I’m happy to be able to report that the attendees...
by Bruce | April 9, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Sometimes it’s not the worst thing to confess bafflement—OK, perhaps "bafflement," which implies total cluelessness, is too strong, but I will at least cop a plea to not being confident how to truly explain something. That something is, as...
by Bruce | April 8, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Thanks to Monica Bay and Kimberly Fine of ALM Media, I was able to participate as "blogger in residence" at ALM’s "CIO/CTO Summit 2005," held here at the Hilton Times Square this Wednesday and Thursday. I am pleased to report that the...
by Bruce | April 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy
Marketing and Knowledge Management Are Joined at the Hip, is the theme today. How so? Isn’t marketing fundamentally outward-directed and KM fundamentally inner-directed? Not in my view. Let’s start with the basics: Law firms’...
by Bruce | April 1, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
A new blog, Legal Ethics + Legal Technology, put together by Ben Cowgill, has invited guest authors, including me, to post their thoughts this week, on issues related to professional ethics. While I have often said that "Adam Smith, Esq." is all about...