As noted in Part 1, attention is always in short supply in organizations, and especially so for executive management. Amidst the distractions and complexity of today’s businesses, executives often use a relevance filter – “Is what I’m asked to
Information Governance Group
Information Governance Group, LLC is a specialized organization providing advisory services on information governance, focusing on compliant data retention, data management, defensible disposition, and data security. The group assists clients in creating legally validated records retention schedules, implementing information management policies, and preparing for data security compliance and incident response. Their expertise includes helping organizations manage information risks and costs while maximizing information value. The firm maintains ISO 27001 certification, reflecting adherence to international standards for information security management. Their blog, Information Bytes, discusses practical applications of information governance in areas such as data privacy, security, retention, and litigation discovery.
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What happens when you realize you don’t belong at your law firm
If you haven’t listened to this morning’s NYT The Daily podcast, please do: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/podcasts/the-daily/skadden-lawyer-resigned-trump-thomas-sipp.html. Thomas Sipp explains why he’s resigned from his law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Sipp is the son of a white American…
Securing Resilient Support for Your Information Governance Initiative (Part 2)
Selecting the right initial project(s), determining outcomes and measures, and preparing the business case are important groundwork for your Information Governance initiative, as discussed in Part 1. But to secure resilient management support for an ongoing initiative, you’ll also…
An autocrat’s price for belonging in law practice
This blog’s premise was that I could learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion by somehow cajoling folks different than me to open up about their lived experiences with professional belonging as lawyers. From the get-go this was hard to…
How proxies for lawyer success can mislead us in finding merit
It’s right there, on page 40 of Van Halen’s concert contract, under Food Requirements: “M & M’s (WARNING: ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN ONES).” Why did these rock prima donnas ban backstage brown M&Ms? In his 1997 biography, David Lee…
Securing Resilient Support for Your Information Governance Initiative (Part 1)
How unconscious bias warps our sense of merit
Information Governance Day?
How merit is in the beholder’s eye
Great news! A January 21, 2025 Executive Order has declared that we’re going to be a meritocracy! The President’s E.O., titled Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, blames governmental and private sector DEI programs for “undermin[ing] our national unity,…
Belonging and America
This blog is about professional Belonging in law firms. Yet Belonging at work doesn’t operate in a vacuum. And it’s hard to ignore the vigorous demolition project now underway all around us, as our new President rapidly seeks to transform…
