by Bruce | January 31, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Practice Group Management
When The New York Times features it on the front page, it must be real, right? I’m referring to Billable Hours Giving Ground at Law Firms, which features Evan Chesler flatly arguing that “This is the time to get rid of the billable hour."...
by Bruce | January 28, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Robert Shiller, the Yale economics professor who has co-authored the forthcoming Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism, has an important op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. Shiller’s op-ed itself is an...
by Bruce | January 25, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Back from a week in London. (Close readers may recall I was there six weeks ago, and while I may be imagining things slightly, I believe the tone in the City has changed perceptibly even in that short time.) Herewith a concise report, albeit one consisting more of...
by Bruce | January 12, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Every day, these days, and more than once, I ask myself, what all this means for our profession and our industry. By "all this" I refer, of course, to the economic environment. Here are some of the hypotheses I’m putting in front of people I talk with:...
by Bruce | January 1, 2009 | About the Site, Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
This is actually a new-for-2009 Waterford crystal ball, approximately 10 feet in diameter, weighing over 12,000 pounds, covered with 2,668 crystal triangles, and illuminated by more than 32,000 LEDs. Happy big bad bright New Year. Actually, Dear Reader, I...
by Bruce | December 30, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Perspective. It’s time for some. A friend of mine who’s the lead financial reporter for one of the original three networks prompts these thoughts. Not that he/she subscribes to the view that it’s time for some "perspective"–au...
