by admin | Feb 28, 2020 | Podcast, Productivity
I joined Dan Lear on the Gravity Legal Podcast to share some of the valuable lessons I have learned from my experience while consulting for law firms and working for Getty Images. Show Highlights: John explains who he is, what he does, and how he thinks about the...
by admin | Feb 23, 2020 | Improve Your Strategy
Capturing an authentic, purpose-driven mission statement can have surprising benefits for your entire law practice or law firm. While most people think of a mission as something you do for marketing, studies have shown that purpose-oriented organizations outperform...
by admin | Feb 2, 2020 | Agile Tools & Methods, Legal Project Management
Agile as a comprehensive methodology is fairly new. Although many concepts that are now considered Agile predate the term, we can trace the unified theory to a gathering of software developers and technology managers in early 2001. Frustrated by traditional methods...
by admin | Nov 6, 2019 | Improve Your Strategy, Legal Business Models
When I ask law firm leaders about their mission, they often try to shake me off with something like “Oh, we already wrote up a mission statement as part of our marketing work.” News flash: If you think your mission is something that is only supposed to...
by admin | Oct 29, 2019 | Get Better Clients, Improve Your Strategy
Lawyers who spend our days squinting to foresee tragedy—usually by cataloging historical harms—tend to grow comfortable with the weight of such dire (if remote) risks. We might forget, then, that our parade of portents can pack a punch for people who are unaccustomed...