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...
by Bruce | April 8, 2005 | Articles, Technology strategy
Neal Squillante, publisher of the "can’t find this stuff anywhere else" TechnoLawyer newsletters, has launched a companion blog called, duh, "TechnoLawyer Blog." Among other things, you can subscribe to the aforementioned newsletters...
by Bruce | March 31, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
First: Thanks to my (old) good friends at American Lawyer Media (particularly the always entertaining Monica Bay, expert on all things related to legal technology), I’ll be blogger-in-residence at the Chief Technology Officer/Chief Information Officer...