Managing Partners start thinking of ways to harness this little philosophical gem in your firm:
Fun is not a distraction from work or a drain on our revenue; it is the very source of both our inspiration and our value. A genuine sense of play ignites our creativity, eases communication, promotes goodwill and engenders
Follow me on a journey of logic skip a decade to 2015 when air travel may dramatically increase in speed to 30,000 km per hour or 18,000 miles per hour imagine a trip from Moscow to New York in 50 minutes or Moscow to Sydney in one hour and six minutes. (See reference
Bruce MacEwen (of Adam Smith Esq. fame) has one of the most valuable blogs on the blogosphere if we measure that objectively based on its (richly deserved) popularity Bruce shines a light on the looming New York Subway strike in his post: Limits to Capitalism: The New York City Subways and When Public Benefits Private
Tom Kane See Tom’s post by this title these tips are so true (and I base that assertion on a lot of work with both GC’s and those who pitch to them). PUNCHLINE: Busy lawyers frequently look for the magic bullet – the tricks that the great rainmakers use. The simplicity of the list
Managing Partners of firms of over 100 lawyers who are interested in our Boot Camp in San Antonio on January 20 and 21 (enrollment limited to 15 Managing Partners) please let me know – the camp will soon be fully subscribed. 
Thank you Tom Peters for this tidbit from a post called “Stuff
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ALL THERE IS. Damn it! I keep forgetting this! Leaving it out of presentations! Namely, a PP slide that simply reads : You = Your Calendar. THIS IS MY #1 BELIEF ABOUT MANAGEMENT. Or: “You can’t bullshit your calendar.” Or: “Your
David Maister 
Patrick McEvoy Patrick McEvoy interviewed David Maister for 30 minutes on his new article “Do You Really Want Relationships” which I posted about in “Do you want romance or a one night stand?” If you would care to hear it, you will be asked for your name and email address
Since Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock and Third Wave we have been expecting accelerating change and while I comprehend it intellectually, change usually seems to be gradual it just sort of creeps up on you.
Well, according to this National Public Radio story, here’s a change you will notice.
If you are designing new offices,
You will see the story gets all excited about Benjamin R. Civiletti, now chairman of the Venable law firm, for reaching the lofty threshhold of a $1,000 per hour hourly billing rate. If that $1,000 rate for Mr. Civiletti is serving a well conceived strategy to differentiate by being obnoxiously expensive, I fully respect that.
Robert Millard My Edge International colleague in Johannesburg, Robert Millard, passed this along internally – I immediately sought his permission to share it with you.
You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the
