D. Casey Flaherty recently was a guest speaker at the annual Dallas Area Legal Technology Trainers’ holiday meeting. Flaherty didn’t just come to tell our trainers that we should get law firm associates to take the Suffolk Flaherty Tech Audit. For the most part, our attendees are well versed in the audit. Instead, he addressed “How do we convince our executive committees and managing partners that they need to take the audit seriously?”
He walked us through the paradox of excellence (improved performance doesn’t translate into higher perceived value, according to David Mosby and Michael Weissman). Flaherty showed a video clip of his elder son Declan illustrating the concept—he explains some very long, complex and obscure dinosaur names (e.g., Coelophysis, Hypacrosaurus, and Sinosauropteryx). Because Declan is passionate about dinosaurs, Flaherty claims this is no more impressive than if Declan had rattled off the names of Pokeman characters or anything else four-year-olds tend to get engrossed in these days.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
