by Bruce | May 14, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
The New York Law Journal is reporting that, under the auspices of the New York County Lawyers Association, "more than 60" law firms have agreed to a written pact to report to their corporate clients the makeup of legal teams by "race, gender, ethnicity,...
by Bruce | May 12, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Technology strategy
My article in the May 2005 print edition of Law Technology News is now up. It’s essentially a recap of my coverage of the keynote address where I served as “blogger-in-residence" at the recent CIO/CTO Conference, co-sponsored by ALM and Harvard...
by Bruce | May 12, 2005 | Articles, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
If "three anecdotes constitute a trend," as journalists say, then I’m here to report an optimistic development. First, as my friend Denise Howell reports, her firm, Reed Smith, announced yesterday the formal launch of...
by Bruce | May 9, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
This is a longish story from CIO Magazine, but a valuable one as it lives at the intersection of two topics readers repeatedly express great interest in: IT and leadership. Essentially a profile of John Hummel, CIO of Northern California-based Sutter Health...
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...
