by Bruce | May 7, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
My loyal correspondent Rob Hyndman pointed out a feature article in Legal Affairs, "Are Your Lawyers in New York or New Delhi?," which takes on the pregnant issue of outsourcing with, to my mind (and Rob’s), fairly underwhelming levels of...
by Bruce | May 5, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
Are blogs by lawyers and law firms the hottest thing to appear on the marketing horizon? Well, yes, and no. (And both those articles are featured this morning on ALM Media’s law.com.) The first imagines that "Fred" can start a...
by Bruce | April 24, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
A recurrent (and painful, at least to judge from readers’ emails) issue in complex law firms, as in other far-flung businesses, is a chronic disconnect between what management thinks IT should provide and IT’s ability or willingness to do so. From...
by Bruce | April 22, 2005 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
This post will be in the nature of "piling on," usually an indefensible tactic but, dear reader, as I hope you will agree in this case, justified as an exercise in overcoming what is for many practicing lawyers a nearly insurmountable allergic reaction to...
by Bruce | April 20, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
When it was first announced several months ago, I noted Reed-Smith’s creation of an ambitious initiative into executive education called "Reed Smith University," created in partnership with the Wharton School of Business. At the time, I asked...
by Bruce | April 8, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Thanks to Monica Bay and Kimberly Fine of ALM Media, I was able to participate as "blogger in residence" at ALM’s "CIO/CTO Summit 2005," held here at the Hilton Times Square this Wednesday and Thursday. I am pleased to report that the...