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Talking Points… Consultants
You have probably heard the joke. You want to know the current time. A consultant will ask to borrow your watch to tell you the time, and then walk off with your watch! The clear implication is that a consultant will tell you what you already know – and charge you...
Zoom or Vroom?!
I heard the expression ‘Zoomed out’ the other day to describe the feeling of exhaustion that back-to-back video calls can bring. The person also commented that they could not wait for the return to reality. Indeed, there is a growing excitement that we will be...
Changing the attitude to change
Cathy Kirby: Out of Practice After three decades in practice, Cathy Kirby has joined Baskerville Drummond as a consultant, to share a lifetime of learning and hard-won experience across the law firm technology and business strategy space. In this series of articles,...
Cathy out of practice with Baskerville Drummond
Baskerville Drummond has announced another addition to its senior consulting team with the arrival of Cathy Kirby.
The Hugo Metaphor
During ‘Lockdown v1’ my wife Joyce and I decided it was time to have another dog. As supporters of the Dog Trust and RSPCA we wanted to help a dog in need rather than going for the easy option of a cute puppy. OK, bear with me a while - there is a serious point to...
Talking Points…Shadow IT
The term ‘Shadow IT’ conjures up images of illicit activity and unsavoury characters lurking in the alleyways of cyber city. I was amused to find that Wikipedia gives alternative names of ‘Rogue IT’ and ‘Feral IT’ – sounds like just another day at the office! In...
Hi, Finance – March 2021
“I don’t understand why my firm is profitable and yet we always seem to be up against it with the Bank. We don’t want to be putting in more capital this year so what can we do now to get a grip on this?” Ultimately all a firm’s cash is generated from its fee income in...
Talking Points…Managed Service Providers
Introduction Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are organisations that provide a range of technical and hosting services to their clients. There are thousands of MSPs through the country providing these services to businesses although the number that specialise in...
Capital Law
Project type Consultancy, PMS selectionScope As part of an on-going IT renewal program and its Envision PMS going ‘end of life’, Capital Law looked towards a new ‘best of breed’ approach. Having already deployed iManage as a dedicated DMS, it engaged Baskerville...
Why might law firms consider a merger
Survival, sustainability, thriving The fundamental objective of any organisation is to survive, and beyond that, to be sustainable and above that to thrive. That may be surviving and thriving in the short term to an exit or over the medium or long term as an ongoing...
TechWatch #2
In this edition of TechWatch, we’ll be talking about the new Microsoft employee experience platform, Viva. We’ll also be taking a look at a new hosting platform for law firms based on Amazon Web Services rather than the usual public cloud approach of using Microsoft Azure. Finally, we’ll be looking at a product for eDiscovery.
Webinar Catchup – The Art of Successful Project Implementations
If you missed the live webinar fromPracticeEvolve and InfoTrack, featuring our own David Baskerville, then you can catch it again on YouTube. David provides guidance on how firms can best prepare for forthcoming projects. He discusses managing change, identifying...
Baskerville Drummond confirms another new hire
Following Anthony Crammer’s appointment in January, Baskerville Drummond (BDC) has now also confirmed the appointment of experienced legal PMO analyst Reena Osinbowale.Reena, who has previously worked at Hogan Lovells, Slaughter and May, Slater & Gordon and FBD,...
Hi, Finance – February 2021
“Our issue is, very simply, that we should be making more money than we are, given what I see going on within the business. How do I turn this around?” This problem, or variations of it, is something that I hear almost every week. It goes something along the lines of...
WhatsApp privacy – Cause for concern?
The messaging app WhatsApp has recently hit the headlines due to privacy concerns, that have come about due to a recent change in its terms of service. Should this present a concern for law firms, however?
M&A in the legal sector. Are you Ambitious or Impacted?
David Sparkes is back with new venture Millbourn Ross and turning his attention to the M&A market within legal. In this guest blog he shares some of the insights from recent research and introduces his ‘five cohorts’. The question is, which one are you?...
Webinar: Implementing new working practices in Microsoft 365
Thursday 11 February 2021 at 10:30 | Book your place today
Baskerville Drummond crams more talent into team with IT service specialist
Baskerville Drummond (BDC) has announced the appointment of Anthony Crammer as its new Virtual IT Service Manager. With the rapid growth in BDC’s Virtual IT Director (VITD) service in 2020, Anthony is coming in to boost the resources available to clients on the same...
TechWatch #1
It’s quite an exciting place for new technology in the legal sector. In this regular series, we’ll take a look at a variety of new technology in the marketplace that offers something different for law firms. Project Cortex To start with, a subject very close to my...
Finding the right strategic partner
For any IT leader, the question of “How does my team respond to and manage constant business change” should be an ongoing theme. In the past few months, the intensity of that change has been more prevalent than ever.
Bott Van Kesteren Partners (BVK)
Bott Van Kesteren Partners were very clear on one thing: their IT platform had to have the same (or better) level of availability, security, reliability and functionality as that of Linklaters or any other Magic Circle law firm.
Webinar: The Art of Successful Project Implementations for Law Firms
PracticeEvolve and InfoTrack have announced a new webinar running on the 21 January and 18 February featuring David Baskerville of Baskerville Drummond designed to help law firms embarking on IT projects throughout 2021.
The “R” Rate for law firm growth
Since March 2020, we have become familiar with the “R” rate, which tells us whether the rate of infection for Covid-19 is increasing or decreasing. When “R” is greater than one, each infected person is infecting at least on other person and the rate of infection...
Microsoft 365 Practice Primer
During this Practice Primer, we will focus on the three pillars of Microsoft 365 Security Collaboration Automation We will take a look at the product set in more detail and hope to provide you with an appreciation of how to use Microsoft 365 in your business.
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