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		<title>Swimming in the Blue Ocean</title>
		<link>http://edwesemann.com/articles/strategy/2011/10/06/swimming-in-the-blue-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Wesemann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law firm leaders frequently ask, “Where is the blue ocean?”  What they really mean is, “Where are the opportunities? What practices, locations and industries are not being fully served; where could the firm gain a “first mover” advantage?”  But when faced with a rare opportunity to be a first mover, most firms balk precisely because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Strategies Gone Bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Wesemann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to think that there was no such thing as a bad strategy – just bad execution.  I thought that any strategy was better than no strategy and that a law firm with a plan of action couldn’t possibly be bad.  I’m pretty sure I was wrong. Here’s the problem.  A strategy is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Tall Guys to Play on Your Team: Five Important Reasons Why Lateral Recruiting Strategies Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Wesemann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lateral hiring is among the most frequently used strategies by law firms as a means of increasing profitability.  Unfortunately, for many firms it doesn’t work out as well as the firms hope.  But that doesn’t necessarily make it a flawed strategy.  The problem may be in the execution. Almost every law firm’s strategic plan is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Ain&#8217;t Brain Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Wesemann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years I have talked about the most sophisticated legal work being like brain surgery where clients look for the absolutely best possible person to do the work regardless of cost.  But now that I have been in the position of actually using a brain surgeon, I’ve found out that the analogy may be more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nibbling Around the Edges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Wesemann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When children are given food they don’t like and are told, “Eat it, it’s good for you,” they have this special way of nibbling small amounts of it and making it look like they are actually eating. When law firms go about creating and implementing strategy they often use the same technique.  They nibble around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Legal Market</title>
		<link>http://edwesemann.com/articles/strategy/2010/09/13/texas-legal-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Wesemann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We estimate the overall Texas legal market (the total paid for private practice legal services) as being approximately $17.1 billion, the third largest in the U.S. following New York ($39.8b) and California ($36.8b).  This provides statewide revenue per lawyer of $227,194 compared to the national average of $215,701.  The state has 75,087 practicing lawyers, which [...]]]></description>
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