LegalTech NY 2011 Part 2 – The future of the legal industry
At Legal Tech in New York the futurist Michael Rogers presented some visionary ideas of the changing technical landscape which also will change the future[…]
LegalTech NY 2011 Part 1 – New legal market trends and technical solutions
VQ has spent three exciting and inspiring days at LegalTech New York acquiring a lot of new insights and ideas as well as an overview[…]
Streamlining knowledge – Managing Partner Magazine
In the latest issue of Managing Partner Magazine Virtual Intelligence VQ suggests that law firms which change their views of KM can reduce their dependence[…]
If you always do what you have always done
In his September Newsletter Nick Jarrett-Kerr tackles the imperatives of deliberate strategic planning – not allowing the firm to meander on, in the way it[…]
Redefinition of Legal Services
In the light of the Legal Services Act and the current outsourcing trend (LPO) two different approaches to the definition of legal services has arisen.[…]
Link Between KM and Profitability – Profits for Partners
Colin Cameron, President of Profit for Partners, shares his thoughts on this important concept and refers to the KM experts Virtual Intelligence VQ. Below are[…]
Curbing those long, lucrative hours
In the article “Curbing those long, lucrative hours” in the latest issue of the Economist the billable hour is said to be “not dead, but many people[…]
Trends in legal spend and pricing management
In the latest issue of Managing Partner Magazine (July/August 2010, Volume 12 Issue 12, www.mpmagazine.com) there are some interesting articles on the trends in legal spend[…]
Competitive advantage by questioning assumptions
Holly G. Green has in her recent post ‘Time for an Assumption Inventory?’questioned the common statement that the only sustainable competitive advantage may be the ability[…]
Creativity is the new style of leadership
The IBM 2010 Global CEO Study reveals that competency in creative leadership leads the list for standout CEOs. Connie Harryman has further analyzed the Study in the[…]
Innovative management uses technology as differentiator
Thanks to Susan Letterman White of Letterman White Consulting, the interesting series of articles about innovative managing partners that Law360 has been running were brought to[…]
Competing by raising prices
As a follow up on our last post ‘How to compete on cost’ there was a very interesting article in Wall Street Journal about pricing strategy ‘Raise Your[…]
How to compete on cost
Jordan Furlong has written an extensive article ‘How to compete on price’ on why lawyers should stop following the old advice not to compete on price and[…]
Law firms and the internet generation
In a recent article in Times on line “Does the Law Society know there is an internet generation?” , professor Richard Susskind reveals how the Law Society[…]
Underestimation of legal tech complexity
A common reaction to things that are out of our knowledge is to underestimate the difficulties and the complexity involved. Dilbert has a lovely little comic[…]
KM Case Study, On the knowledge – Managing Partner Magazine
Knowledge management is more than just bringing various parts of a firm together, says Helena Hallgarn, who argues that to deliver benefits KM has to[…]
Cloud computing in law practice management
In the post ‘Innovative Attorneys Push Forward with Virtual Law Practice’ at the Lawyerist.com Steph Kimbro explores issues relating to the use of cloud computing in law[…]
A new brand of lawyer?
In her recent blog post ‘A New Brand of Lawyer: Are you ready?’ Donna Seyle of Freelance Law Firm discusses a current paradigm shift in the legal[…]
Knowledge Management 2.0 by combining KM methods with 2.0 tools
In the knowledge management world there have sometimes seemed to be a bit of tension between social media/web 2.0 and KM. It has even been[…]
New horizons – KIM Legal Magazine
In the latest issue of KIM Legal Magazine Virtual Intelligence VQ provides views on how current trends in the legal marketplace will affect the work[…]