We constantly make fun of the lack of innovation in the legal field, but there are a number of highly talented people out there that battle the constant resistance to change, and make a difference for their own organizations and profession. For the past five years, Ed Walters, CEO of Fastcase, has recognized those whom
I read Nick Milton’s Must you fail in order to learn? post on Friday with trepidation. I have written of the importance of failure a few times (In praise of failure, Ryan’s rules for projects) and I talk about it all the time. I often say my philosophy is ‘to fail quickly’
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We very often hear from bloggers on this site regarding the struggles associated with change and innovation. Fear of failure, lack of inertia, protecting territories—all seem to be stumbling blocks that many firms face when initiating change. It seems, however, some organizations have found a way to successfully encourage and nurture new ideas
I have said in the past that my job as a blogger is to get the conversation started. By that measure, my last post was extremely successful. Three bloggers, that I know of, felt compelled to write follow up posts to The Myth of Disruptive Technology, and at least one commenter went so
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As I caught up on my professional reading through the slow week between Christmas and New Years, I came across a Forbes article by Ruth Blatt called The Remarkably Simple Technique Behind These Innovations In Music and In Business. To boil the article down to its core concept, businesses and
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At the recent (and extremely successful) P3 Conference last week, a comment really stuck in my head. There was a panel on Show Me the Practice Innovation and the final question to the panel was to point out any true innovations in legal services over the past 25 years. The panel
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In previous posts I have addressed the similarities between the legal business and the medical business, and briefly described the Patient Centered Medical Home approach that the medical community has taken to address some of their issues. In
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In the midst of the very same economic turmoil that set Law Firms spinning in 2007, a number of medical care professional organizations came together to craft the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The PCMH is part manifesto,
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Like all good children living far from where they grew up, I try to call my parents at least once a week. I usually discuss family matters with my mother for a while, then she puts my father
