Beyond knowledge management to better management
The history of medicine is filled with all sorts of interesting lessons for lawyers and law firms. Consider the science of blood transfusions. According to the Wikipedia article on blood transfusions, the first recorded transfusion allegedly occurred in 1492 when an innovative (or perhaps desperate) physician suggesting reviving a comatose Pope Innocent VIII by giving... Continue Reading →
We were enjoying a leisurely lunch with some retired friends when the conversation turned to the indignities of aging. The older folks around the table complained about how hard it was now to remember the things that they had in their younger days retrieved effortlessly. One proudly spoke of the many poems he had memorized... Continue Reading →
A lack of vision has tripped up presidents and business leaders. President George H.W. Bush famously dismissed "that vision thing" as something not worth investing in. As he soon discovered, however, the electorate did not agree with him. His official biography on the US Senate website contains the following sad commentary: Bush also suffered from... Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond KM 