Lean Adviser Legal

October 28, 2022 | Lean Adviser

How do you use Lean Adviser? Pick it up, examine it and everything will make total sense and follow naturally. Take any assignment, whatever you're working on right now, and take a moment to think about it as a project.

By Lean Adviser Legal

2 minute read

October 21, 2022 | Lean Adviser

Why are malpractice claims increasing in frequency and severity, why are clients unhappy and why are lawyers leaving the profession in droves? To understand this, we need to consider what law firms are not asking of their attorneys.

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

October 14, 2022 | Lean Adviser

Don't just look down and in, remember to look up and out. The law is a service industry, so don't just look within the firm, look at what's in the clients' interests. Viewed through this prism, the question of hybrid work from home suddenly becomes a lot clearer.

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

October 07, 2022 | Lean Adviser

The work-from-home topic literally didn't exist before the pandemic, now it's front and center. The worst of the pandemic seems to have receded, but this issue remains. The WFH toothpaste is out of the tube, and it won't go back in.

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

September 30, 2022 | Lean Adviser

Future Proofing exercises should form a specific step in the project template. Not just once, not sporadically, but regularly as a calendar entry. Have your team take a planned moment to stop and look around. Look back at progress, look sideways at lateral issues, and most of all, look forward at risk.

By Lean Adviser Legal

2 minute read

September 23, 2022 | Lean Adviser

Law firms are great at looking down and in, examining their metrics for billings, recoveries, overheads, capacity and the rest. But what about looking up and out. Not just at the competition, but at the clients.

By Lean Adviser Legal

2 minute read

September 16, 2022 | Lean Adviser

Stocking up and down on talent isn't good business and it's not real Future Proofing. People aren't printer cartridges which can be acquired as needed. Remember, law is a service business and talent is everything.

By Lean Adviser Legal

2 minute read

September 09, 2022 | Lean Adviser

Future Proofing is about reframing the way law firms align themselves to clients, deliver services and support talent. This lesson starts with Future Proofing fundamentals for law firms — technology, real estate and people — and how to anticipate the future and protect against it.

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

August 19, 2022 | Lean Adviser

The grass is always greener … you know the saying. Lawyers who toil away in law firms, burning the midnight oil working on an assignment that's due the next day, daydream about the cushy life of their in-house colleagues. "Those lucky ducks work 9-5, weekends off, corporate perks, and no firm politics to navigate," they lament. But is that really the case? Is the in-house life the low-stress ultimate legal gig?

By Lean Adviser Legal

5 minute read

August 12, 2022 | Lean Adviser

The question isn't whether geopolitical risk affects the legal industry, it's how law firms can help their clients and themselves navigate it. The answer, or at least one part of the answer, is reflected in the early lessons of lean law — collaboration, communication and knowing your client's business.

By Lean Adviser Legal

4 minute read