Three Essential Core Habits
Posted by Akina on Sep 11, 2014
You are sitting in a room with six other people scheduled to discuss X. The individual who scheduled the meeting comes in at the last minute with no real agenda, no focus and apparently no preparation for the meeting. At the end of 60 minutes, you have...
Investing in Future Generations
Posted by Akina on Sep 3, 2014
In our pursuit of creating Great Law, managing generational differences and investing passionately in future generations is easier said than done. The Millennial Generation – those born roughly between 1980 and 2000 – will have approximately...
If You Want Great Law, You’ve Got to Get Real
Posted by Akina on Aug 21, 2014
There’s a premium on profit in the world of Big Law, but tunnel vision aimed at the almighty dollar isn’t the best way to arrive at Great Law. Just ask Joff Mitchell, half of the renowned restructuring team that helped manage the 2012 bankruptcy of...
Receiving Credit and Accepting Blame
Posted by Akina on Aug 13, 2014
Who accepts the blame and receives the credit in your organization? Legendary University of Alabama football coach “Bear” Bryant had a simple yet powerful philosophy on what it takes to get people to win games for you. He believed, “if anything...
To Law2023 — And Beyond
Posted by Akina on Aug 8, 2014
Three years ago, IBM demonstrated a breakthrough achievement in artificial intelligence by pitting a computer system against two human players on the quiz show Jeopardy! The computer named Watson trounced Jeopardy! superstars Ken Jennings and Brad...
Start with Culture to Do Your Best at Doing Good
Posted by Akina on Jul 31, 2014
We love to see law firms doing good for others, even if it’s a one-off effort like a holiday food drive or a group outing to clean up a local park. But what we love most is when an organization makes a philosophical commitment to make the world a...
