A few weeks ago, on the way back home from a great family vacation in Italy, I traveled on a long 10 hour flight from Rome to Chicago.
Since I have a hard time sleeping on planes, I watched several
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Lessons Learned from Barbie
While the new “Barbie” movie has become a box office phenomenon, I’m incredibly impressed with the longevity and ever-growing popularity of the world’s most famous doll.
Of course, Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the toy company Mattel
Be Succinct & Repetitive!
Sharing this interesting article from this week’s The Economist about the power of being concise and redundant in our communications which I believe is instructive for in-house counsel.
Here’s my favorite quote from the article which is a great best
Evaluating #LegalTech Providers
Nowadays, there’s so many legal technology providers to choose from for legal departments and law firms. Trying to select the right legal technology provider for the needs of your organization is not an easy task.
March 2023 seems to be
Bo Knows
One of my favorite things to do in my spare time is to read books about athletes as they provide great lessons for our personal and professional lives.I recently finished the book entitled “The Last Folk Hero: The Life and
Delegate Work Like a President
As many legal organizations are increasingly focused on appropriate resource allocation and relentless prioritization of work, it’s important for senior leaders in legal departments to thoughtfully delegate work.
Presidents Day was earlier this week and I think we would all
Lessons from Tim McCarver
I was saddened to learn about the passing of legendary baseball broadcaster and player Tim McCarver yesterday.
When I was a kid, I wrote a letter to McCarver asking for his autograph on my 1973 and 1976 baseball cards in
Contracts Are Not Cartoons
The funny lawyer-centric cartoon in the picture above was recently posted to the “The New Yorker Cartoons” Instagram account.
This cartoon reminds me of lawyers who overengineer and overcomplicate #contracts for their clients.
Since establishing thoughtful contracts are fundamental to
Will 2023 be the Year of AI?
There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hot topics that we have been talking about so far during the first month of 2023. In fact, perhaps 2023 will be the year of AI – especially as
The Art of Relentless Prioritization
Relentless prioritization of work is increasingly an important skill for in-house counsel and business leaders.
Here’s my checklist of steps that corporate counsel can take to ruthlessly prioritize their work and be even more productive:
☑️ Alignment on Work >