by Bruce | February 17, 2022 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
In our first installment of this two-part series, we left off by asking why the composition of the Fortune 500 across a quarter-century span, from 1995 to 2020—widely thought of as an era of widespread disruption for major corporations—had actually been remarkably...
by Bruce | February 9, 2022 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, NewLaw, Strategy
As glimmers of dawn begin to appear (shock! awe! disbelief!) at the end of our long night of Covid, it seems timely to address the question of how leaders can plan for a new period that is completely unknowable. (I know, I know; “Don’t jinx it, Bruce, by...
by Bruce | January 7, 2022 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Recruiting, Strategy
Every once in awhile, a piece of legal journalism–heck, we’re not grading on a curve here, folks–business and economics journalism with the legal industry as its subject–is so thorough, nuanced, and generously sourced that it demands a tip of...
by Bruce | December 17, 2021 | Articles, Build Back Better, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership
Will we or won’t we? When do we or don’t we? Return to the office, that is. Barrels of feckless virtual ink have been spilled on this topic for nearly two years, starting, say, late the week national lockdown became a real and not fantastical thing. ...
by Bruce | November 25, 2021 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
by Bruce | November 15, 2021 | Articles, Book Reviews, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Strategy
If you’re like me, you may be troubled at the thought of all that you do not know or understand about China. And, if you realize the depth of your ignorance on something so important, you ask the smartest people you know about That Something what you should...
by Bruce | October 30, 2021 | Articles, Build Back Better, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, NewLaw, Strategy, Technology strategy
This is our original unedited version of an article which our friends at Thomson Reuters’ Forum magazine were kind enough to print in the current issue. Now that they have had it exclusively for a suitable grace period, we reproduce it below for readers of Adam...
by Bruce | October 22, 2021 | Articles, Branding, Business Models, Client Relationships, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategic Client Management, Strategy
We’ve had our corporate checking account with Bank of America for over 15 years. This is the story of why it’s no longer there. A few weeks backI got a letter in the mail from BofA and luckily did not toss it aside unopened as very-likely-spam. It...
by Bruce | October 8, 2021 | Articles, Business Models, Finance, Globalization
ALM recently released its “2021 Global 200” law firms. (The “2021” rankings reflect FY 2020 results, as is ALM’s somewhat perverse custom.) These are, by their count, the largest 200 firms in the world by revenue. They also released the “2021 Global” firms ranked...
by Bruce | October 8, 2021 | About the Site, Articles
A brief note from the Publisher: Apologies to all our loyal readers for not having published anything new for a few weeks, but believe it or not that’s because business travel has actually been back in the calendar. (Together with all the pre-prep that entails...