Col. Scott Reid is the Chief Knowledge Officer of the US Army JAG Corps. The JAG has about 2,500 lawyers, plus almost an equal number of support staff, plus the same number again in the reserves. Their offices are in 21 countries. [These are my notes from the International Legal Technology Association's 2012 Conference 2012.... Continue Reading →
Frans Johansson Keynote #ILTA12
Frans Johansson is an innovation expert and author of The Medici Effect. As CEO of The Medici Group, he leads a team which helps clients improve their innovation efforts through an approach they call Intersectional Thinking: Your best chance to innovate is at The Intersection. Here, concepts from diverse disciplines, fields, and cultures collide to... Continue Reading →
Overcoming Law Firm Irrationality [#ILTA12]
We'd like to think that our advanced education protects us from the dangers of irrationality, but for too many of us that is a delusion. The reality is that unless you are keenly aware of how you make decisions, you may well find that your seemingly logical decisions are riddled with unconscious errors. As modern... Continue Reading →
The Alternative Side of #ILTA12
Of course you're special. Your parents have always known it and now the International Legal Technology Association is acknowledging it too. How is ILTA doing that? By recognizing that each of us has a preferred learning style and, therefore, we need different formats and approaches to facilitate our learning. As a a result, the planning... Continue Reading →
Life After PowerPoint [#ILTA12]
Kudos to the International Legal Technology Association! The organizers of the ILTA 2012 Conference are putting real effort into finding new ways of turning their already rich educational sessions into true interactive learning opportunities. That's a big change from the presentation mode of three or four experts (with PowerPoint deck) that has been the standard... Continue Reading →