by Bruce | October 12, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
In our “Build Back Better” series discussing how law firms, and the rest of the legal services industry, may [want to] change once humanity emerges from this surreal Coronatide interregnum, we’ve focused on the microeconomics of the industry, if you will: The office...
by Bruce | October 5, 2020 | Articles, Branding, Build Back Better, Business Models, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy
For years—decades, really—the legal industry has suffered from a woeful shortage of meaningful, truly informative ratings of law firms.[1] Today we intend to change that. Introducing the Leopard Law Firm Index, powered by Leopard Solutions and in partnership with...
by Bruce | October 1, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Client Relationships, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Strategic Client Management, Strategy
The following article is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Note: This article was recently sent to our subscriber list. (See what you’re missing??) Now that we are squarely in an era of new possibilities and are thoroughly inoculated to the notion...
by Bruce | September 14, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
The world’s leading business media have written at length—in pieces both speculative and just-the-facts—about scenarios for global metropolitan areas post-Coronatide, and in our humble microdot of the media universe, Adam Smith, Esq. has also published “Whither the...
by Bruce | August 24, 2020 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute was kind enough to ask us to undertake some analysis of the recently released AmLaw 200 for 2020. This is our third and final installment in that series, which we publish with their generous permission. (Their lightly...
by Bruce | August 13, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy, Technology strategy
If one is looking for an image to encapsulate the Covid-19 “Slingshot” phenomenon, you will find an embarrassment of riches. But this has to be one of our favorites. In 8 weeks–a heartbeat in a human lifetime–the penetration of online retail...