Steven B. Roosa, partner with ReedSmith, wrote an enlightening client alert yesterday explaining that in the business world that requires secure communications over the Internet, it requires the company’s General Counsel to step up to that task. The alert focuses on attacks on electronic information conducted through websites that use the “Certificate of Authority
Elephant Post: What Do You Spend A Lot of Time, Money and Effort On That Just Isn't Worth It?
Tell us something that you spent a lot of money on, support and promote, but just isn’t worth all the money, time and effort?
This question popped up at one of our “Curry and a Pint Nights” and the group started calling out programs, technology, outsourced materials, and even people as examples. When I asked…
Elephant Post: What's the Next Process That Will Get 'Efficiencied'?
What do you think is going to be the next legal work process that will get ‘efficiencied’?
We are “borrowing” this question from a comment that Ayelette Robinson made on a previous elephant post. We warned Ayelette that we were doing this and she stepped up this week to answer her own question.
Meaning as we…
Elephant Post: What Do You Do Well, But No One Seems To Ask You To Do It?
Elephant Post: Did the downturn in the economy give you an opportunity to 'Rightsize'?
This Week’s Elephant Post is:
Did the downturn in the economy give you an opportunity to ‘Rightsize’?
Why do we continue to tolerate slackers or unproductive processes? Come on admit it, you have some products, processes, employees, administrators, associates, partners, etc. that are sacred cows and do not carry their weight. Why do we keep…
What Happened in Vegas Shouldn't Stay in Vegas
[Guest Blogger Ayelette Robinson]
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Elephant Post: When Does Great Get in the Way of Good?
This week’s Elephant Post question is “When does ‘great’ get in the way of ‘good’?”
The idea behind the ‘Great v. Good’ question is whether the pursuit of perfection causes a paralysis in actually getting something accomplished, or as Scott Preston eloquently puts it – “Don’t over think it, stupid!!”
Whenever I think of this…
Gen Y's Say They Will Save IT
There were two articles yesterday that mentioned how when those in their twenties and thirties take over the Information Technology (IT) departments, that things are going to change… and change for the better. You have to be impressed with the outlook that future IT managers have, but you also have to wonder if they are…
The Elephant Series: When Does Culture Trump Innovation?
When does your firm’s culture trump potential innovations you want to put in front of them?
Idea came from a quote in Craig Roth’s Knowledge Forward post, Technology After Culture? Not in a Million Years.
So basic technology evolved before the basic social construct – the family? No wonder I still encounter people spending
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The Elephant Series: Process – Is It Better To Get It Right Or Do It Right?
The Elephant Series Brainstorming over beer – we came up with a new blog concept and we’re calling it The Elephant. The concept is tackling a topic from multiple points of view. On the first pass, these POVs will come from our stable of bloggers. But then the real fun will come engaging others POVs…









