by Bruce | November 1, 2004 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Thanks to the good folks at Baker Robbins & Co., I was able to guest-blog the Knowledge Counsel Forum here in New York this past Thursday and Friday, October 28 and 29. Rather than act as a virtual transcriber of the mountain of information presented, I will...
by Bruce | October 25, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Elaborating on the immediately previous post, the curve on the graphic is…[drum-roll, please]—a demand curve, our Econ. 101 friend. (High $$$ price means little demand ["bet the company"], low price means high demand...
by Bruce | October 22, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Technology strategy
If "three anecdotes constitute a trend," as the possibly apocryphal credo of journalists has it, then I am here to announce a trend: Corporations are beginning to apply professional purchase-manager techniques and metrics to selecting and overseeing...
by Bruce | October 21, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Strategy, Technology strategy
Inflamed election-year rhetoric aside, outsourcing has arrived. According to Forrester Research, just over 40,000 lawyer jobs will be sourced abroad by 2015 (about 8% of total projected lawyer employment). Financial services and IT shops recognized the...
by Bruce | October 18, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
"Business intelligence" software? Who could argue with that? Actually, it would help to be able to define it first, so particularly if this is a new jargon-bite to you, the always-insightful and articulate Monica Bay is a must-read. ...
by Bruce | October 13, 2004 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
"As with most significant changes in a law firm, change is driven by clients." So says the estimable Doug Caddell, CIO of Foley & Lardner. The specific change he has in mind—and which he forecasts with confidence will come...
