Get Creative
Get Creative contains thoughts and advice about creativity and law firm management.
Author: Merrilyn Astin Tarlton coaches lawyers and management groups through her Golden, Colo.-based consultancy.
Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Work/Life Balance • Law Firms • Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Get Creative
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Fast Followers
Over the weekend, I participated in the 2009 Futures Conference presented by the College of Law Practice Management at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. It was a good program with some excellent…
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Chris Rock, Esq.?
Well, you're right. It does require quit a feat of mental gymnastics to picture comedian Chris Rock at home in the practice of law. But he uses a technique that most law firms could profit…
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Get Innovative! Get Famous!
Anyone who has mastered that uphill battle to do something new, better and different in a law firm deserves recognition at the very least. Now is the time to get it! Each year, the College…
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Fear is the enemy of innovation?
I'll admit that it's hard, indeed, to get focused on business innovation when every management conversation seems to be about downsizing. But consider for a moment that some of the best ideas - and most…
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Don't Panic!!
Spending too much time watching the stock market and not enough time getting on with it? If you've been wondering what - if anything - you should be doing in your law practice to respond…
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Flop heard 'round the world
It's impossible to watch the track and field events of these 2008 Olympics without pausing to wonder again at Dick Fosbury and his audacious - and innovative - conquest of the high jump event at…
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Dream deferred
I've been exploring the possible sources of innovative thinking in law firms. Wondering where the good ideas come from. . . .why some firms can make amazing things happen. . . what causes and supports…
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Overdue for innovation
You don’t have to look far for opportunities to apply creativity in a law practice. If you’re itching to put your risk-taking abilities to the test and try on something totally different, start by focusing…
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And now for the hard part
Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's just the tone of the reporter and the event wasn't actually like that. But Zach Lowe's report on the recent innovation forum held at the New York offices of…
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It's not too late - yet.
June 2 is the absolute deadline for submission of entries for the 2008 InnovAction Awards. If you, your law firm, or someone you know has been doing something extraordinary -- something never been done, or…