There’s no doubt the business of law is changing before our eyes, however below, I explore a few commonly held ideas that are muddying the water when considering the future of the industry. Overestimating the impact of AFA’s and fixed fee billing It seems so simple. Use your experience to put a figure on a…
It occurred to me recently that when someone has a legal issue, the first thing they think isn’t, ‘oh no I have a legal issue’, it’s ‘oh no I need to use a Lawyer, and thats the issue many law firms don’t yet fully grasp – They’re not solving problems, they are the problem. The…
The business world is falling in love with dashboarding; the simple and clear display of critical numbers that must be stuck to stay in the game. Business coaches Verne Harnish of Growthinstitute.com, Greg Brenneman of Continental Airlines turnaround fame and Jack Stack, author of the Great Game of Business, have been proponents of this practice…
It’s so easy to describe partners in generic terms, as an inflexible, stuck in their ways group of dinosaurs who are collectively responsible for the lack of change and adaptation to the new norm and changing client expectations in the legal industry. The partnership phenomenon is often discussed as an intangible stubbornness, unique to the…
