by Bruce | January 29, 2018 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Our friends at Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute asked us if we might share some thoughts with them on this year’s always enlightening and probing Report on the State of the Legal Market and they published our reflections a few days ago. We are delighted...
by Bruce | December 16, 2017 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Observant readers will have noted that I was in London all last week and so, as is our custom, a few observations about my time and conversations there and the state of the market. This has taken me awhile to compose because, frankly, I came away with a wide array of...
by Bruce | November 12, 2017 | About the Site, Articles, Book Reviews, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Many readers will know that this past spring I published my third book, Tomorrowland: Scenarios for law firms beyond the horizon. With the author’s permission, I reproduce here the Introduction to Tomorrowland. I hope you might find it of interest. The future...
by Bruce | November 6, 2017 | About the Site, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Partnership Structures, Strategy
This was recorded somewhat earlier this year. It’s always nerve-wracking to wonder how one is going to sound, but my opinion is not the one that matters. Yours is.
by Bruce | October 11, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Latin America, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy, Technology strategy
The following article is reprinted by kind permission of Thomson Reuters, where it first appeared in their Forum magazine. It was written by Antonio Leal Holguin, Director, Adam Smith, Esq. The Colombian case. Twenty years ago, Colombian lawyers were still artisans....
by Bruce | September 19, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Most readers are familiar with our habit of writing a “letter from…” when we have spent some time in a particular market. We spent last week in Toronto among other things delivering the keynote and moderating breakout sessions at the annual meeting of Interlex, an...
