How KM Factors into the Strategic Fabric of a Firm (live from Ark KM)
This is a live post from Ark Group’s 11th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession in NYC. I publish live posts as a session ends, so please forgive any typos or failure to capture meaning accurately. Session Title: How Does KM Factor into the Strategic Fabric of...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
5 min read
A Short History of Legal Knowledge Management
Earlier this year, Stephen McGarry published an ebook, Leaders in Legal Business, with short essays by many legal market thought leaders. I was honored to write the chapter on legal knowledge management. That chapter is 2000+ words, so longer than I like for a blog...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
2 min read
Knowledge Management Priorities in Large Law Firms – 2015 Survey
I report here on a recent, privately-conducted knowledge management survey of large law firms. Survey Background and Questions. This survey is conducted annually in December to prepare for a meeting of KM professionals to discuss KM trends, issues, and opportunities. The co-organizers (Mary Abraham, Oz Benamram,...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
6 min read
Will We Ever Say Goodbye to Email?
Most professionals experience the tyranny and terror of email. Yet they remain wed to it? Will that ever change? Everyone knows the problems: constant distraction, ridiculous volumes, rampant misuse of copying, too many accidental replies to all, message content unrelated to subject lines, confusing dialogues when someone...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
4 min read
Business of Law Innovation – FT North America Awards
The Financial Times recently released its 2014 North America Innovative Lawyers. Five firms won the top business of law award (“Stand Out”): Seyfarth Shaw: “Developed SeyfarthLink, an online tool that enables better client-firm collaboration by improving flows of information.” Seyfarth also won a “Commended” spot for its legal...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
3 min read
Cognitve Computing and IBM Watson – Marc Teerlink of IBM Presents
This is a live blog post from the 2014 ITA Collaborative Conference. Presenting is Marc Teerlink, Chief Business Strategist of IBM’s Watson Group. (Please excuse typos and typos.) Seven Principles: Disruption. It’s all about letting go. Why are we wed to all ways of work, for...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
3 min read
Industrializing Law Practice at Radiant Law
I recently saw how Radiant Law, a UK law firm, is improving contract drafting speed, quality, and consistency. I start with background on Radiant, then consider ways to create value, discuss custom versus commercial software, describe Radiant’s custom-built software, and conclude with some comments and questions. About Radiant Law Radiant...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
4 min read
So You Think You Know Search – Best Practices in Law Firm Search and the Future (Live Ark KM Post)
The final Day One session of the 10th Annual Ark KM conference addresses enterprise search in “So You Think You Know Search…?”, which addresses “the disconnect between what law firms think they know about Search—and what’s actually happening.” (Live blog post – please forgive typos...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
6 min read
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