by Bruce | March 25, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
When I wrote about the Baker-Robbins/LegalWorks KM conference, I purposely left out the most impressive application/presentation of them all: Morrison & Foerster’s Oz Benamram discussing "AnswerBase," the firm’s new KM system which will...
by Bruce | March 24, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
Knowledge Counsel Forum, Westin Times Square, March 23–24, 2006 Sponsored by Baker Robbins and West Legalworks I attended this conference and want to report on it. I don’t plan to cover this as a court reporter or even as a conventional journalist on a...
by Bruce | March 21, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Tomorrow I’m giving a presentation to the New Jersey Area regional meeting of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) on "Leadership Principles for Technology Managers." Topics I’ll address include: What Leadership is Not (hint:...
by Bruce | March 18, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
As I’ve mentioned, I’ll be teaching the core/required course, "Strategic Technology & Innovation" at SUNY/Stony Brook’s MBA program for law firm leaders. The program starts the last week of April—in just a few...
by Bruce | March 16, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Reminder & Update: The SUNY/Stony Brook MBA Program exclusively for law firm managers is starting the last week of April. I’m a faculty member, teaching the core (a/k/a required) course, "Strategic Technology & Innovation," and we...
by Bruce | March 11, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
In 2004 James Surowiecki, a business columnist with The New Yorker, published the well-received The Wisdom of Crowds, which explored (and celebrated) the phenomenon of "collective intelligence," whereby the consensus forecast of a number of lay people was...
