After reading Heather’s great post, I decided I should respond since I have an interesting perspective. You see, I have worked on the inside of law firms buying software as well as on the outside selling software to them. There is a consistent theme I have seen at hundreds of law firms where I have

Several years ago the trend in law firm circles was to promote the executive functions at law firms — marketing, administration, IT, HR, finance, etc. – from director to chief. According to Korn/Ferry’s Michael DeCosta:

Moving from a director to chief title typically suggests a move, albeit subtle, from a tactical to a more

Those were the words that became the mantra of Paul Tagliabue, former commissioner of the National Football League. He now serves as senior counsel at Covington and Burling, but he recently addressed a large audience at the 20th Annual GC Conference. His message? Get used to, and comfortable with, the changes coming to the profession.

I was reading Bernard Goldberg’s OpEd piece in the WSJ remembering Tim Russert where he quotes from Russert:

I am for having women in the newsroom and minorities in the newsroom — I’m all for it. It opens up our eyes and gives us different perspectives. But just as well, let’s have people with military