by Bruce | August 27, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Law Schools
If you’re going to criticize a behavior pattern as economically irrational–but it continues in the face of seemingly incontrovertible evidence that it’s self-defeating, even borderline delusional–you need to come up with a theory to explain why...
by Bruce | August 2, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Partnership Structures
Here’s one of those Evergreen Topics beloved of management consultants and publishers, and since I’m both it’s irresistible. Better yet, the table is set by the always-worthwhile Alex Novarese, editor in chief of Legal Week, in his current weekly...
by Bruce | July 15, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Think you could learn anything from Uniqlo, the high-turnover, fashion-forward clothing retailer out of Japan? No? Then how about learning something from Japan itself? (That is to say, from its corporate culture.) No, again? Because...
by Bruce | July 11, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Innovative Managing Partners, Recruiting
I suppose when we’re quoted in The Wall Street Journal it’s worth writing about. So it was with a combination of pleasure and surprise that I opened this morning’s browser tabs to find this piece talking about law schools beginning to...
by Bruce | July 10, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Recruiting, Strategy
In “Idea or Product?” I wrote about the difference between organizations that basically view themselves as creating products vs. organizations that see themselves as loyal to an idea. I’m happy to report that the piece generated more than its share...
by Bruce | June 22, 2011 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Partnership Structures, Strategy
A few days ago The New York Times published an op-ed by Mark Everson, who was commissioner of the IRS from 2003–2007. His thrust was that lawyers and accountants had stopped being watchdogs against business misconduct and instead have become enablers...