Managed Services: The evolution of legal services?

Virtual.  Managed Service.  Value-based.   These are things Axiom Law talk about and offer their clients.  It’s how they see themselves differentiated from the “traditional” law firm, as this schematic from their website shows: Futurist Ross Dawson (@rossdawson on Twitter) highlighted this profile of Axiom in Law Technology News on his weblog recently. Axiom Law is a global […]

Bryant Park in New York City: Public space collaboration

A couple of weeks back, I was in New York City last week, visiting family and for a holiday (yes, those two can go together).  I stayed in mid-Manhattan.  A short walk away was Bryant Park.  It’s a unique public space.  A collaborative space for all.  I found it an oasis.  You can almost forget […]

True Collaboration: Thiagi and the Telephone Game

We learn through play.  And learning collaboration need be no different.  Thiagi (aka Sivasailam Thiagarajani) is a master at creating engaging games for learning collaboration.  Below is one of his games, ‘Surprising Sentence’, that I’ve re-printed (with permission of course) from his latest newsletter.  I thought it a great example of learning by playing.  And, […]

Online Dispute Resolution is a green business

Collaboration is good. There can be a result that flows from people working together, that surpasses the sum of their individual contributions. Such is the case with ODR: The next green giant, a paper authored by Noam Ebner (@NoamEbner on Twitter) and Colleen Getz, with background support from Susanna Jani (@DistanceProject). It’s about ODR (Online […]

Puente Theatre: Community Innovation

It’s from the edges of our life that some of our greatest opportunities for learning and growth come.  I can safely say theatrical experience is at the edge of my life. So, when I met with the Lina de Guevara this week, for a conversation, I knew I was going to discover some new things.  […]