Are you the most effective manager you can be? Do you unleash the most productivity from your workforce? I finally got around to reading and article I ripped out of Harbard Business Review from March of last year: it was shuffled from my inbox to a “To Read” file and back a dozen times. Boy am I smacking my forehead [...]
I spend a lot of time thinking about how to learn from mistakes, and here are some things I’ve discovered. Lessons from failure make a deep imprint. Losing takes a psychological toll and causes us to seek not to repeat it. So the loss review is a natural outgrowth of this feeling – let’s look back on what we did [...]
Our App of the Week series covers productivity and lifestyle apps as well as legal apps, all leading to a more productive and mobile lawyer. This week’s edition takes a small detour to share the love with some other sites that cover legal apps. iPhone JD – The title says it all. iPhone JD is a site for lawyers using [...]
We have many acronyms in the software business, but my favorite relates to a process, not a techno-flavor of the month. It’s the DRY principal, and it stands for Don’t Repeat Yourself. Legal form creation is one area that’s completely ripe for the DRY principal, and until now, there hasn’t been a good option for firms on a limited tech [...]
As I looked around this blog considering what to write (cool blog!), I began to think about why we are interested in increasing productivity. Ultimately, I realized, we are interested in being more productive because we think that, by doing so, we can get more of what we want in life. In other words, in spite of the challenges of [...]
Remember when we proudly exclaimed “multitasking” as a skill on our resume? That was before social media, and the abundance of online distractions that permeate our increasingly digital work life. And not just our work life. Our social lives are interrupted with smartphone beeps, although in recent social situations it seems to be an increasingly accepted part of the experience. [...]
Occasionally we cover “Lifesyle” apps which go to efficiency, wellness and other issues, leading to increased productivity. CardStar is such an app. I’m not much of a shopper, but appreciate a deal when I see one. Often, those deals are connected to a loyalty card and even more frequently, those cards are either lost or left at home. The one [...]
We’re consuming more information on our mobile devices, including blog posts. As bloggers we know that content is king. We also spend a bit lots of time fiddling with the format, font, color, and a ton of other design features to enhance readability and make the experience for our visitors pleasant and efficient. Unfortunately all of that formatting doesn’t translate [...]
When: January 26, 2012, 12:00PM – 1:00PM, EST Speaker: Donna Seyle, Law Practice Stragtegy Click here to register Solo and small firm lawyers can level the playing field with both big law and the legal services industry by expanding their legal services delivery methods while ensuring the success and sustainability of their practices. Technology enables lawyers to provide competent representation [...]
Our headquarters are in sunny South Florida, but when I get to spend time in my hometown in West New York, there are a few little things that I really look forward to doing. One of those things is snagging some fresh donuts (or, if you prefer, doughnuts) early in the morning from a local, family-owned bakery. Sure, the donuts [...]
