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 | September 13, 2019 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Latin America
The following column is by Antonio Leal Holguin, Director of Latin America for Adam Smith, Esq. I recently spent three days in Lima. A metropolis of close to 10 million people, Peru’s capital is one of Latin America’s most vibrant cities and a famous culinary...
by Bruce | April 1, 2019 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Latin America, Leadership, M&A, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Last week I spent three full days in Bogota, meeting with firms and colleagues, giving a talk at the always-wonderful “Gun Club,” and generally trying to soak up as much market intelligence as I could. Although I’ve been to Bogota several...