Those fine folks from AttorneyatWork asked me to offer some reflections on my thoughts after ABA TECHSHOW. Since I had already written one such piece for the Oklahoma Bar Journal (soon 
to be published- watch this blog or the bar journal), I had to decline of course happily accepted, not exactly knowing what I
Avoiding the Pain in Strategic Planning
You need a plan, right? A plan for your career or a business plan for your law firm. As the saying goes, life happens when you are busy making plans. But creating a plan, particularly when there are several people involved is often not as simple as it sounds. So for law firms, the best
‘Paperless’ Office Doesn’t Really Mean Paperless, But It Does Mean New Processes and Procedures
“Let’s just go paperless. We can free up all that space in the file room and quit paying so much for outside file storage.”
“What a great idea! We’ve already got those big, expensive printer-scanner-document senders in the hallways on every floor. So, let’s send out a memo! Effective Monday, we’re going paperless. We’re going
Digital Edge Podcast: How Lawyers Can Do More in Less Time
Our Digital Edge podcast this month is titled "How Lawyers Can Do More in Less Time" and features Allison Shields. Allison is co-author, with Daniel J Siegel, of the book from the ABA How to Do More in Less Time: The Complete Guide to Increasing Your Productivity and Improving Your Bottom Line. Allison
Those Hated Timesheets- Are You Still Using Them?
Most lawyers hate filling out timesheets to record their billable time. Lawyers are also not perfect at 
accomplishing this, leading every company with a time and billing product to tout how much money can be made if only every bit of “lost” time was recorded. But the practice of recording time by hand on paper
Podcast: Speech Recognition and Dictation Solutions for Today’s Lawyer
Our Digital Edge podcast on Speech Recognition and Dictation Solutions for Today’s Lawyer was so good that I have already listened to it again. But that is not bragging because what Sharon Nelson and I did was to sign up an great expert for our guest on this topic, Britt Lorish of Affinity Consulting Group.
Uniformity vs. Creativity
Are uniformity and creativity two competing concepts? Does striving for uniformity kill creativity?
My column in the February 2015 Oklahoma Bar Journal is titled Uniformity vs. Creativity and I argue that law firms, especially small- to mid-sized firms, need to put more effort into internal standardization to better serve their clients. But perhaps the examples
Tools for Tomorrow’s Lawyers CLE and Webcast
What if you were asked to design a complete continuing legal education program about a very important topic where you thought you knew a fair amount about the topic? Well, here’s mine – Tools for Tomorrow’s Lawyers — and you are welcome to attend, either in person or via webcast November 12, 2014 at the
Reading Online News Items (2014 Edition)
How many times do you see "Visit my blog!", "We have great news articles online here" or "See our website for more"? How often do you actually follow up just to see what is there?
My guess is the honest answer for most of you is “not often.” The more telling question is if you
T-Shaped Lawyers and Sea Monsters
The annual Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine is officially a “big deal.” Some of you will recall that I spent much time last year promoting the 2013 Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine. (I served as a co-guest editor.) I’m just as enthusiastic about 2014 Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine.