by Traverse Legal, reviewed by Enrico Schaefer - August 8, 2008 - Uncategorized
Improvements in process in the technology age come by way of
iteration. The guts of every company are
a series of contemporaneous and non-synchronous intermittent processes.
In the industrial age, success was in many instances driven
by perseverance. Iteration is now much
more important than perseverance. Genius
is now defined, not by how many hours you work or how many days in a row you
can string together doing the same thing over and over again. Genius can happen in a second. Implementing a great idea requires process.
When I look back over the last 4 ½ years, I see the current
iteration of things I started long ago. Things like blogs, dictation, extranets, virtual workers, flat fee billing
based on defined deliverables, global practice areas, being completely digital,
etc. Many of these items describe
technology built on a process. Scanning
documents happens in a certain way. Routing of digital dictation occurs in a certain way. Receipt of digital dictation has its series
of steps. Blogging across various niche
and general blogs has been one of my greatest joys. Being a content leader and thought leader is
something in which I take pride. But,
blogging is also a series of processes built on a model which constantly
improves the process through the application of iteration.
Some of my processes have only been through 3 or 4
iterations. These processes were
conceived largely in perfection and only needed minor tweaking. Our scanning and paper routing process is one
example. It is almost the same system we
put in place on day one. Other activities
such as blogging have been through hundreds of iterations in both content,
structure, purpose and design.
The last 4 ½ years, I have created a law firm and a series
of technology companies. Within my law
firm, I have innovated across virtually every aspect of the practice of
law. My motto has always been “changing
the way law is practiced.” These are the
first words which appeared below the logo for Traverse Legal.
Over these next several weeks, I will be discussing in
detail some of the innovations and processes which I believe can work for any
law firm. Stay tuned!
As a founding partner of Traverse Legal, PLC, he has more than thirty years of experience as an attorney for both established companies and emerging start-ups. His extensive experience includes navigating technology law matters and complex litigation throughout the United States.
This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by attorney Enrico Schaefer, who has more than 20 years of legal experience as a practicing Business, IP, and Technology Law litigation attorney.
