I enjoyed this look at how differently “work” is defined inside and outside of law firms, but I also suspect it raises much more troubling points too – “Perhaps law firms are too stingy characterizing things as work. Maybe tending to the career development of folks around you is worth doing. Maybe business development efforts…
The article makes this sound like a bad idea. “Legislation in New York City would make it illegal for employees to access work-related email outside their regular work schedules.” Actually, I agree with the article, because it is too broad and is just a knee-jerk reaction to what is actually a very large problem. But…
This is true, there’s no reason for people to be stuck only reading what social media decides they would like to read. Alas, too many of us are not actually interested in doing anything more than knowing what our social networks decide is important. “But anyone weary of black-box algorithms controlling what you see online…
This does not sound like an industry that is doing what it needs to be successful. Thompson Hine, an Am Law 200 firm founded in Cleveland, commissioned the survey by asking in-house counsel and senior executives at 176 companies how much “innovation” they were seeing among their law firms. A mere 4 percent replied “a…
Yes, next question? Of course law firms are going to have to change their incentives in order to do real, serious, innovation. The all-mighty billable hour can’t be the measurement for success while you are also implementing tools and technology designed to make things more efficient. It’s actually a disincentive to using those resources, even…
This article is discussing a strategy for backing up photos while traveling, and then after a trip, but the same strategy is necessary for any important data, especially if you travel for work. Important: It does not matter what system you use the goal should be the same. You need to have at least 3…