My Edge International partner, Jordan Furlong, has done a nice welcome piece on Pam Woldow already (at his Law 21 blog) but I thought I would echo that Edge International is so very proud and delighted to have her on board.
Also, thank you to friends who have joined us in congratulating Pam, like Valorem’s awesome founder
If your firm has offices in the Great Lakes Region (or is thinking of expanding into it) there is an unprecedented and unmatched comprehensive analysis available: “2010 Legal Market Analysis Great Lakes Region”
The report contains:
(The video is 8 minutes – watch at least the first full minute then more if it grabs you)
Law firm leaders
You don’t need to embrace social media or love technology or even be a gadget freak to have a peak at how we’ll all read magazines and papers soon… I thought a
PUNCHLINE: If Social Media matters, then it matters to law firms because everything that matters to society in general must matter to law firms sooner or later. Watch this and make your own decision.
I am asked frequently why some lawyers create such amazing rapport with their clients. Much of this stems from the art of the first impression . The first client interaction is more about not making a bad impression than it is making a good one.
Here are 7 first client interaction blunders that virtually guarantee
What happens when a JD and a Psychiatrist join forces to explore the connection between neuroscience and conflict resolution?
You get Brains on Purpose which according to Stephanie West Allen, will look at how the field of neuroscience can inform the practice of conflict resolution.
You may already be familiar with Stephanie West Allen from
As a Managing Partner (or other member of the senior management of your firm), it is extremely important that you look beyond the incestuous offerings from inside the legal profession. Internal thinking sometimes has us gazing at our own navels. If you want a glimpse of the outside world but in a way that is
Metaphors and analogies help us understand and apply principles. In his post, “Market as Hospitals Do“, Larry Bodine demonstrates the art. 
Punchline: Transcending our context ignites our imagination – use this phenomenon with your colleagues and watch them find the magic that tries so hard to hide inside them. Thank you, Larry Bodine
Take a look; Seth may be onto something – he may have indeed offered us a way of referring to the behavior of some of the members of most law firms. Besides, I love physics and the use of its principles as metaphors for things that are otherwise extremely hard to describe.
