From the Art of War Blog:
Strategy teaches that we can never see our own position. We need outsiders to give us perspective.
You may want to look at the full article, however, the point is this: law firms rarely have an outside board member or a client mentor – instead we tend to
In the newest issue of Fast Company, an article entitled The Interpreter starts out like this:
Claudia Kotchka is holding the secret to understanding design at Procter & Gamble in her palm. It’s not a P&G product but a tin of Altoids, the “curiously strong” mints produced by Wrigley. As the scent of peppermint oil
OK – now it’s getting funny (whew). See post below that horrified even me (about P.E.I., a Canadian province, reducing its suicide line from 24 hours to 9AM to 5PM – RIDICULOUS). In reversing the cut, P.E.I. Health Minister Chester Gillan said his department was responding to concerns expressed by Islanders. He also said the
An extremely embarrassing moment for every Canadian:
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian province will shut its 24-hour suicide hotline and replace it with one that operates only during business hours. Prince Edward Island, a small province on Canada’s East Coast, says it is too expensive to operate the hotline around the clock. Starting June 1,
How wonderful that my well deserved compliment of Heather Arthur came to the attention of her husband, Jonathan, (on their second anniversary no less). How extremely wonderful that he validated that compliment and then some – see for yourself – it warms the heart: My Wife; The Secret Weapon
Is The [Non] Billable blogger, Matthew Homann, in horrible violation of blogger ethics?
I say “NO” because of the full and candid disclosure (and after all, he is not an elected official spending the money of innocent victims – tax payers)
Check out his blog Legalmatch and Me and see if you agree with me.
So Fast Company (which is up for sale if you want a once great publication) is chatting about Tom Peters whom I mentioned recently… look at this sidebar as a teaser and then check out the full article…
Sidebar: The Peters Principles
A sampling of some of the most important themes covered in Tom
LexBlog founder Kevin O’Keefe is a lawyer who mastered the practice of law, successfully created an internet start up, and now somehow sees through the haze to what’s “next”. He focuses – much to the benefit of people like me – on helping his clients navigate the maze of tomorrow’s most effective communication tools.
Check
Tom Peters wrote In Search of Excellence and changed the way we look at business forever. He has written many other business best sellers since, like “Re-imagine!”. (For a more thorough list, check out some of his other publications at the Wow! Store. Most law firm leaders are too busy to read business
Five Year Plan Every Day
Real law firm clients take me beyond the academic into the practical and real. One of the founding partners of a highly specialized boutique law firm uttered these words in a strategy meeting this weekend “five year plan every day”. This is an extremely vital illustration of dynamic planning.
