"It's a simple but often forgotten principle - how does technology add value to the advice you provide? Successful technology for lawyers will allow you to make better decisions that ultimately benefit your client."
Good Morning Foks,
Information technology is the backbone of the modern organization.
For organizations to remain credible in today’s world, you need an innovative partner like FSO to look to the future and help to constantly improve IT and software capabilities. FSO helps you meet this challenge with an integrated, holistic view of technology that combines infrastructure support, application development and strategic.
It takes vision.
It takes empathy.
It takes courage.
The future of business lies in the shift from a culture of management to that of leadership and it begins with you.
Blogs Brian Sollis, "We live in an era of "digital Darwinism," a time when technology and society are evolving faster than the ability of many organizations to adapt. It is for this reason (along with a myriad of other problems of course) that in fact killed Borders, Blockbuster, Polaroid and the like. Not only did digital Darwinism cost us close to a half billion job, it's only accelerating. As Leon C. Megginson once said in paraphrasing Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
Over the years, Brian's studied how disruptive technology affects consumer behavior and decision-making. He's also researched how businesses react (or don’t) to these changes. What he learned is that barring a few exceptional instances of complete ignorance, organizations are open to adaptation if there’s indeed a case made for it and a path outlined to safely and cost-effectively navigate change.
Without vision or direction, businesses will always miss the true opportunity...
Here's what you need to know...
- Digital Darwinism is already here and it's only going to accelerate.
- Business as usual doesn't stand a chance.
- You're not too big to fail, you're not too small to succeed.
There is no shortage of technologies available to the legal community. The need for change is widely recognized, but many firms don’t yet have a framework with which to evaluate ‘solutions’.
According to Tanya Gleeson's "Legal Technology Buyer’s Guide", these three questions very quickly distill the merit of new technologies and the impact it will have on you, your firm and your clients:
1. Who really benefits?
The recent surge of automation and practice management solutions has meant that many support staff hours are saved... but what is the real value of this time saving? Is your firm measuring where these savings are occurring?
It's critical to understand who the time and cost savings are realised by; the two hours saved for a support person are significantly different to the two hours saved for a practitioner.
2. What is the problem being fixed?
Speak to your people. What are their frustrations, annoyances or pains experienced trying to achieve their goals? It can be as small as having to turn a light on or as big as understanding massive corporate structure in large scale M&A transactions.
Solving a problem by looking into the business is far more effective than waiting to be approached by providers solving problems you never even knew about.
3. How will your client benefit?
The pressure for legal practices to remain competitive is higher than ever, which means as a legal management professional, you need to be the advocate for your client in the evaluation of a new technology.
It's a simple but often forgotten principle - how does technology add value to the advice you provide? Successful technology for lawyers will allow you to make better decisions that ultimately benefit your client.
FSO has invested millions of dollars to date in the development and utilization of cutting edge CRM, operational and cloud based software and technology and we will continue to do so in our commitment to keep our clients ahead of the curve.
Our FSO Tech Center – a dedicated team lead by our CIO – Thomas Pategas provides comprehensive IT services. Whether your support needs are contract or on-demand based, FSO can provide professional onsite and offsite certified technicians to service all your Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 service needs.
Call me for a free evaluation of your current technologies, and ideas for new products and services to drive efficiency and profitability in the future.
Call me personally at 212.204.1193 and I’ll show you how to take technology headaches off your mind and plate, put the fun back into work and a smile on your face.
Have a GREAT DAY as I look forward to seeing all of you soon.
Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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