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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Presenting on Ethics and E-Discovery at U.S. Open
(updated) I’ll be presenting at the U.S. Open golf tournament today. The topic is ethics and electronic discovery. My thesis is that lawyers need to adapt in two ways in the age of electronic discovery: Better understand technology, because evidence … Continue reading
Turn Failures Into Breakthroughs
Is that unexpected result a stupid mistake, or an expression of the truth? Don’t resist anomalous information because it might lead to an epiphany. Jonah Lehrer has the the following advice: Check Your Assumptions: Ask yourself why this result feels … Continue reading
Posted in Beyond Categorization
Tagged Covey, creativity, epiphany, failure, paradigms
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An Overflowing Inbox Is Not A Kanban System
From David Allen (no link available): It is a residue from the industrial and agricultural world, I think, when the things to be done were much more physically self-evident. The “piles” in most offices nowadays seem just meager attempts to … Continue reading
Posted in GTD, Lean and Six Sigma
Tagged continuous flow, David Allen, email, inbox zero, inputs, kanban
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When Does Choosing A Better Computer Become Wasteful?
No, I’m not referring to green computing devices. Though, apparently computers account for 2% of the world’s carbon emissions. I’m swapping my nearly four year-old PC notebook for a new 15″ MacBook Pro. Can you say upgrade? Like many buyers, … Continue reading
Posted in Lean and Six Sigma, Technology
Tagged Apple, computers, Mac, MacBook Pro, muda, over-processing, solid state drive, waste
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Toddler Mode For The iPhone
If you’ve got young ones around, you really need this to share your device without risking your data and identity: You know how iPhone and iPad have “airplane mode”, which turns off all connectivity? Right under that, I want “Toddler … Continue reading
Guest Post At Lean Blog
I’m honored to have a guest post up today at at Mark Graban’s Lean Blog. My post is on seven ways lawyers can use Lean in their practices. Please stop on by! D. Mark Jackson
5 (Other) Reasons To Go To The Gemba
The gemba is the place where the work is done. Lean managers “go to the gemba” to see it for themselves (genchi genbustu). This might be done during a continuous improvement (kaizen) project. Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of spending … Continue reading
Posted in Lean and Six Sigma
Tagged communication, gemba, genchi genbutsu, kaizen, respect for people
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Over-processing: Too Much Of A Good Thing
Bruce MacEwen at Adam Smith, Esq. has an interesting post on how the views on quality held by corporate in-house legal counsel diverge from outside counsel. Referencing McKinsey, he divides quality into three segments and explains how he thinks corporate … Continue reading
Posted in Good Lawyering, Lean and Six Sigma
Tagged muda, over-processing, quality, waste
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