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My long history with law firm scorecards (047)

By Bill Henderson on April 29, 2018

Posted in BigLaw, In-House Legal Departments, Leadership, Legal Innovation

The legal industry wants more innovation. The missing ingredient is strong leadership.

Several years ago, a good friend threw me to the lions, though that was not his intent.

My friend, who works in legaltech, asked me to show up at the headquarters of a Fortune 100 company to present some prototypes I had developed…

Can Intrapreneurship Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma? Law Firm Examples (039)

By Bill Henderson on December 2, 2017

Posted in BigLaw, Diffusion Theory, Legal Education, Legal Innovation

If a successful large law firm faced an Innovator’s Dilemma, what would it look like?

On the one hand, the firm has a wonderful set of endowments: (1) longstanding and lucrative relationships with industry-leading clients; (2) a business that requires very little operating capital yet generates significant cash and profits; and (3) an established…