by Bruce | March 27, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Practice Group Management
David Maister, who knows his way across the management/leadership landscape so much better than almost anyone else that he seems to have been GPS-enabled while the rest of us were relying on 15thC. parchment maps, has taken off from my post of a few days ago about...
by Bruce | February 21, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Strategy
Every once in awhile, it pays to stand back and reflect for a moment on the "Adam Smith, Esq." community—yes, dear reader, that means you. The more involved I’ve become with "Adam Smith, Esq.," and the more readers I’ve heard from...
by Bruce | February 13, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting
File this under "Truly Useful." Charles Glasser, Jr., Media Counsel at Bloomberg News, has just published the "International Libel & Privacy Handbook," subtitled "A Global Reference for Journalists, Publishers, Webmasters, and...
by Bruce | January 18, 2006 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Seventeen years before The Wealth of Nations (1776), Adam Smith published his Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), nowadays a relatively neglected work which, to my mind, is nearly as astute, deserves far greater current recognition, and which not-incidentally puts pad...
by Bruce | January 8, 2006 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting, Knowledge Management, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy, Technology strategy
"Adam Smith, Esq." is honored and delighted to host Blawg Review #39; I consider myself in excellent company given the distinguished and talented people who have hosted Blawg Review in the past. This week we celebrate: Epiphany: n. ...
by Bruce | January 3, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
As of this morning, there’s a noteworthy new kid on the legal blogosphere block: "The Wall Street Journal Online, Esq." Well, not quite—actually, they’re calling it simply their "Law Page," but a "centerpiece" of their...