Matthew Homan has what he tongue-in-cheek describes as “Idea Surplus Disorder.” He’s never short of good ideas. Here is one of his better LinkedIn posts. Paralysis due to fear is one of the leading impediments to productive innovation.
Tell your teams you’re happy to pay tuition to learn
Will AI put you out of a job? Or just revolutionize the way you practice law? Maybe. The jury is still out on AI, but design thinking is an approach that might help you make your law firm seriously more profitable in the short-to-medium range.
Design thinking is a systematic approach to rethinking your business
Will Twitter recently rebranded as “X,” go under? Maybe, and that might not be a bad thing. Whether or not that happens, one or more other social media platforms will remain one of the best places to market law firms, so understanding the basic principles of social media is essential for ambitious lawyers, who can
Good work from the Department of Interior Inspector General. Their conclusions apply just as well to law firms. The length of a password is more important than complexity. It’s better to have a phrase like JonesAndSallyLoveBaskingInSunshine than #si30_584JKL.
Implementing this advice is a no-brainer, since a well chosen phrase is easier to remember than
Best analysis I’ve seen on the impact of AI on the practice of law. A key quote:
[M]ost of the short-term claims being made about its impact on lawyers and the courts hugely overstate its likely impact. More significantly, I think that most of the long-term claims hugely understate its impact.
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Trying to find new paths for your organization? Nice explanation from Dennis Kennedy on the use of assumption mapping to sort and prioritize possible innovations.
I greatly enjoyed working with Greg Siskind on a few projects when the Internet was very new and alien to lawyers. One of the best things about working with him was always quick not just to understand new technologies, but to see ways in which they could be put to use for practical benefits.
Is the newest edition of The Lawyer’s Guide to Collaboration Tools: Smart Ways to Work Together the most important legal tech book of the year? My review at LLRX.com explains why.
The Lawyer’s Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Work From Home Edition, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell is one of the most important legal technology books published at least since 2018, the date of the previous book in this ABA series. My review is complete and should appear at my favorite legal journal
Many reasons this is by far the best legal technology conference. Their prohibition of selling from the podium is one of the best.
So glad to see them returning to in-person programming this year.