by Bruce | April 24, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Client Relationships, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership
The following column was published on Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute site on April 20, 2020. We reprint it here by their courtesy. This 2-part series was written by Bruce MacEwen & Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. Over the past couple of weeks...
by Bruce | April 1, 2020 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Say what you will about the “social distancing” clampdown put in place all over the world, but you will never find stronger consensus among economists about anything than this: They are desperately needed if we are to get back on our feet again. Some of you may know...
by Bruce | March 28, 2020 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
This is the first of what I anticipate will be a three-part series discussing some of our thoughts on the potential macroeconomics of what the world is going through with Covid-19. This, Part 1, will talk about the likely contours of the recession we’re surely...
by Bruce | March 2, 2020 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Technology strategy
You do have one, right? In just the past few days, we’ve heard a few firms volunteer that (a) clients are inquiring about their business continuity plans; (b) they’re dusting their plan off; (c.i.) they’re making sure they have one (or [c.ii.]...
by Bruce | February 28, 2020 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, NewLaw, Strategy
Legal Business’s retrospective on the 2010s (“The Vision Thing”) opens thus: The last decade emerged with the shockwaves of the banking crisis still making themselves felt on the profession. Having just made a series of job cuts in major markets the...
by Bruce | January 15, 2020 | Articles, Branding, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
This article is co-authored by Bruce MacEwen, President, Janet Stanton, Partner and Antonio Leal Holguin, Director – Adam Smith, Esq. Lots of folks have their “Year of….” custom, often retrospectively, but here at Adam Smith, Esq., we’re more...