by Bruce | April 24, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Client Relationships, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership
The following column was published on Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute site on April 20, 2020. We reprint it here by their courtesy. This 2-part series was written by Bruce MacEwen & Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. Over the past couple of weeks...
by Bruce | April 21, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
The following column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…” – Rudyard Kipling Ever wondered why clergy seem almost preternaturally calm? I certainly have. Were they born that way and, therefore,...
by Bruce | April 1, 2020 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Say what you will about the “social distancing” clampdown put in place all over the world, but you will never find stronger consensus among economists about anything than this: They are desperately needed if we are to get back on our feet again. Some of you may know...
by Bruce | March 22, 2020 | About the Site, Articles, Build Back Better, Ineffable, Leadership
Dedicated as we are to analyzing “the economics of law firms” and their brethren, we are all of us in stupefying times. A few thoughts for those of you on the front lines. First Closing your offices, remote working, and diligent adherence to “social...
by Bruce | March 16, 2020 | Articles, Ineffable, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership
At times, and now is emphatically one, when America is challenged we seem to take forever to get up off our haunches and begin the process of trying to wrest back control of the chaos and turn back the threat. Our response is spastic, uncoordinated, at cross...
by Bruce | March 2, 2020 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Technology strategy
You do have one, right? In just the past few days, we’ve heard a few firms volunteer that (a) clients are inquiring about their business continuity plans; (b) they’re dusting their plan off; (c.i.) they’re making sure they have one (or [c.ii.]...