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If you had been in White and Case’s NY boardroom last Thursday…
…you would have seen my Edge International colleague and friend, Robert Millard, present the findings from the latest Managing Partner Forum Survey related to differences in approach to strategy in firms in the United Kingdom vs North America, and also in CPA (Accounting) Firms vs Law Firms. (Click on the sample slide to enlarge)
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LOGITHISER – BRAVO EVERSHEDS
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LOGITHISER – a new term for law firms
The Logical Empathiser. The accepted wisdom is that anyone who possesses great reason and logic is quite devoid of humanity and warmth. The Logithiser is living proof that wisdom, in this case, is fallacy. Yes, Logithisers are capable of shutting down
Leaders: Genuine Inspiration from Sir Richard Branson
Is the UK’s wealthiest man also its wisest? If you have about 1/2 hour to sit in on a fascinating conversation with Sir Richard, head over to Adventures in Strategy, my Edge colleague and friend, Robert Millard’s blog post: Richard Branson on Life, Succeeding in Business and Everything
(Recorded March 2007 in Monterey, California. Duration:
Are you biased based on skin colour?
Take this Harvard test and get your own (possibly surprising) results in five minutes.
Thank you to The Complete Lawyer for "Test Yourself For Hidden Bias" in the Surveys and Research section.
The Flight of a Bat – Elegant Graphics
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Indulge a father’s proud moment as I celebrate the extraordinary work of my son Daniel Riskin (PhD Cornell – now doing post-doctorate work at Brown) along with the other scientists on this project. The sophistication of the analysis of the flight of bats is unprecedented and its rather poetic that
A Great Law Firm “Driven to [Self-] Destruction”?
Recipe for disaster: secrecy, unfair competition, deteriorating culture and even a partnership agreement that did not foresee that it was too generous to departing partners if more than a handful left at a time…
Joanna Pachner of Canada’s highly respected publication, Financial Post Business, writes in detail today about how and why the highly respected