One of the presenters is showing us a website his firm created. Originally it started as a knowledge management project in which they wrote a treatise and put it online on a subscription basis. This website includes links to and summaries of regulatory decisions, coupled with an excellent search function. In fact, the search engine... Continue Reading →
The Role of KM in Legal Project Management
In this session two seasoned law firm knowledge managers talked about how they bring KM to legal project management (LPM). * LPM can be a Trojan horse. You may start by "just putting a little structure around" your work processes, but you end up by radically changing how we work, as well as the culture... Continue Reading →
Real World Legal Project Management
Some skeptical lawyers have wondered if Legal Project Management is a conspiracy created by law firm consultants. A few have used this as an excuse to bury their heads in the sand in the belief that legal project management is just a passing fad. For those of you who are willing to take a closer... Continue Reading →
Early Stage Legal Project Management
Over the last few weeks, I've had the pleasure of hearing two presentations by Susan Raridon Lambreth of Hildebrandt Baker Robbins on the subject of legal project management. Her most recent talk was an overview of the state of legal project management, now that we are -- according to economists -- on the other side... Continue Reading →
Legal Project Management Overview
Over the last few weeks, I've had the pleasure of hearing two presentations by Susan Raridon Lambreth of Hildebrandt Baker Robbins on the subject of legal project management. Her most recent talk was an overview of the state of legal project management, now that we are -- according to economists -- on the other side... Continue Reading →
KM and Change-Resistant Lawyers
Scientists have been warning doctors and patients alike about the dangers of over-using antibiotics. One of the biggest problems they see is that improper use of antibiotics has led to the development of drug-resistant bugs. Because these super bugs are becoming increasingly difficult to treat, they bedevil modern medicine. Similarly, we find that there is... Continue Reading →
Reading the Landscape
The sign was clear. It proudly announced that yet another bank I'd never heard of before was about to open a new branch on a busy corner in Manhattan. With the opening of that branch, there will be three different banks at that single intersection. If you walk down the street, you'll soon discover that... Continue Reading →
Social Media’s Slow Cooker No More
Have you discovered the wonders of a slow cooker? It works in a deceptively simple way: you toss the raw ingredients in the pot in the morning, turn the pot on and then, when you return at the end of the day, you'll find delicious food in that pot -- all ready to eat. As... Continue Reading →
What Clients Want
Today I was fortunate to listen in on a series of fascinating conversations held by in-house counsel gathered at the Practising Law Institute's Corporate Counsel Institute 2010. The conversations ranged from the risks of social media to the impact of the recession on corporate America. (If you'd like to see my notes on these PLI... Continue Reading →
Got the T-Shirt
"Been there, done that, got the t-shirt." I'm sure you've heard this expression before -- usually from the mouth of someone who has made a fine art of boredom. However, the person with the t-shirt is rarely looking for the thrill of adventure or the excitement of discovery. Rather, they are most likely trying to... Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond KM 