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Following a relatively slow start to embrace the direct application
of concepts that have revolutionised the tech and manufacturing
sectors, law firms are increasingly placing 'Agile' - described as
"the best kept management secret on the planet" - on their business
development agenda. In response to Covid-19, many firms have proven
their capacity for agile decision making and have accelerated their
development of a more agile working model. But this requires more
than digitisation and remote working. This Special Report is the
essential guide for every law firm leader who wants to move beyond
the reactive to the strategic adoption of proven agile principles.
Being able to adapt smartly to client needs, competitor threats and
employee expectations are at the core of this report, which is
built around a self-assessment tool and practical framework for
implementing Agile. This Special Report covers: *What is Agile and
how has it been used across industries? Explores the most important
uses of agile thinking and models, from those that have transformed
the worlds of technology, consumer products and complex projects,
to the hybrid agile working model that many law firms seek to adopt
post-Covid-19; *Why Agile? Looks at where adopting agile principles
in your firm will make a difference and how these ideas connect
with client value, digital transformation, innovation and
collaboration; *Where can we utilise Agile in law firms? Examines
the different parts of a law firm and explains which agile models
and tools can be used where, using legal sector case studies; *How
Agile are you? Outlines a practical diagnostic for assessing your
level of agility in each area of the firm; and *What next? Covers
planning and implementing an agile programme, from mindset and
language change to organisational design and client engagement. The
report also provides examples of Agile programme outlines for law
firms large and small which can be adapted depending on individual
needs. In short, this report includes everything law firm leaders
need to get started on their own agile journey.
This volume includes chapters from an exciting group of scholars at
the cutting edge of their fields to present a multi-disciplinary
look at how international law shapes behavior. Contributors present
overviews of the progress established fields have made in analyzing
questions of interest, as well as speculations on the questions or
insights that emerging methods might raise. In some chapters, there
is a focus on how a particular method might raise or help answer
questions, while others focus on a particular international law
topic by drawing from a variety of fields through a multi-method
approach to highlight how these fields may come together in a
single project. Still others use behavioral insights as a form of
critique to highlight the blind spots and related mistakes in more
traditional analyses of the law. Throughout this volume, authors
present creative, insightful, challenges to traditional
international law scholarship.
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