Law Firm Success Tied to Leaders’ Communication Practices - ABA : “Law firm leaders today are like circus jugglers flipping balls into the air so fast you can hardly see them. Yet most leaders primarily focus on putting out fires to keep themselves afloat. Issues of the moment include:
- Addressing the Great Resignation: what do employees want?
- Managing the return to office
- Implementing guidelines and processes for a hybrid office
- Reimagining the physicality of the office
- Rethinking safety for humans and cyber-safety for work product
It’s a beginning. Futurists might hope that leaders would think more strategically to address the impact of the tech-driven world we are moving into. But most law firms are not receptive to dramatic change. The typical law firm organization is paramilitary. Lawyers work their way up to equity partner and, once there, set the rules for everyone else without asking for anyone else’s input. It’s top-down decision-making with little regard for input from others. Law firm leaders will be more comfortable addressing issues as they arise rather than tackling a comprehensive cultural overhaul. This article looks at the importance of inclusive communication practices as an essential underpinning for any change.
The assumption is that the more inclusive, receptive kind of communication required to make any changes “stick” will necessarily chip away at the dictator-leader model. A new kind of communication will foster worker buy-in to small changes that will, over time, lead to more democratic, decentralized, inclusive firm communications…”
“How he would recommend this slice of white bread, or that piece of kissing-crust.”
A hefty volume, Lamb on Food and Drink, could be assembled from the letters and essays of Charles Lamb. Mercifully absent in him are the shame and health-obsessed earnestness our age attaches to what we eat and drink. Though fussy myself, I enjoy the spectacle of trenchermen eating their fill and more. Tom Waits has called such people “pioneer[s] of the palate.” It seems so liberating, so contemptuous of the merely fashionable.
Book Riot: “If there’s one thing to love about Book Riot, it’s that contributors and editors around here are excellent at covering censorship and book banning attempts. From historical topics like the history of Nazi book burning, to heartwarming attempts to rectify wrongs like the Brooklyn Library offering teens across the U.S. access to banned ebooks, to comprehensive guides on fighting book bans with this anti-censorship tool kit, there are many places to start around here. In my years of experience arguing with people on the internet about censorship (this is not a satisfying or recommended activity), one of the most important things I’ve learned is that nearly 100% of people think other people are trying to silence their points of view. Around 4% think that “their side” is trying to do the same. Of course, the reality is that while I would argue that one side is guiltier than the other, they’re all guilty. Plenty of guilt to go around! In this rundown of nonfiction books about censorship, I’ve tried to bring different perspectives and various formats. While some of the books on this list were written decades ago, the methods and results of censorship continue…”
8 Nonfiction Books About Censorship - Book Riot
FASTER? PLEASE! World’s fastest passenger jet goes supersonic in tests. “With a capacity for up to 19 passengers, a range of 8,000 nautical miles (14,800 kilometers) and a top speed of Mach 0.94, the upcoming plane is expected to enter service in 2025, according to a statement from Bombardier. The news comes after a Global 7500 test vehicle broke the sound barrier during a demonstration flight last May, achieving speeds of more than Mach 1.015.”
If you have the means, they highly recommend it.
Artist Transforms Scrap Metal Parts Into Amazing Animal Sculptures MyModernMet
It’s 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Cat Is? Hakai Magazine
Mexican judge suspends bullfights in world’s largest ring Bangkok Post
Paraglider Captures First-Ever Legal Flight Off the Top of Mount Everest PetaPixel (David L). Not keen about stunts on Everest when the climb is recklessly dangerous and puts sherpas and other climbing support personnel at risk with the overlarge number of climbers.
Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder QuantaMagazine
Researchers Discover 11 Historic Hidden Settlements Under the Amazon Rainforest by Using Laser Technology MyModernMet
Scientists Map Yellowstone’s Underground ‘Plumbing’ Smithsonian