Justine Francis and Rachel Edmondson
- Mar 29, 2021
Programme Manager – an unnecessary role or a good investment?
Where an organisation has a number of projects running concurrently, the role of Programme Manager is often considered. This is a senior...
3Kites Bites
- Jul 6, 2020
Change has only just started
The emergency work from the sudden lockdown was make do and mend with strategies based on a short window of opportunity, mostly using...
Melanie Farquharson
- Apr 4, 2019
Take on the system
Transformation in legal is not for the faint-hearted – but do firms have a new breed of business technology within their grasp? View the...
3Kites
- Nov 9, 2017
Challenges of mergers and how SME firms can make them successful
We’re not at the point of frenzy but there is a significant amount of merger activity in the legal market – and there’s no sign that will...
Duncan Ogilvy
- Feb 21, 2017
Making change happen in law firms - why is it so hard?
A good starting point is to consider what marks law firms out as businesses – and there are many characteristics which are not all...
Paul Longhurst
- Mar 1, 2016
PMS Wasteland
So here’s the thing – if you were to spend £3,000,000 on a house with six bedrooms, three reception rooms, a large kitchen, a double...
Duncan Ogilvy and Melanie Farquharson
- Sep 1, 2015
A new PMS – a chance for refreshed processes
As is well documented, a number of legal sector Practice Management Systems (PMS) are approaching the end of their (supported) lives, and...
Duncan Oglivy and Paul Longhurst
- Jan 1, 2015
3Kites’ Brief Guide to Law Firm Mergers… and How to Make a Success of Them
Introduction A quick search for the term ‘Merger’ on the website of The Lawyer shows 342 results for 2010, rising through subsequent...
Melanie Farquharson
- Oct 1, 2014
Adoption, training and change management - why lawyers don’t make use of the technology they have
Are any of the following scenarios familiar in your firm? Tables of financial data are created in Word and manual calculations carried...
Melanie Farquharson
- Sep 1, 2013
Driving efficiency in law firms – delivering more for less
This article draws on the themes of a 3Kites seminar delivered in September 2013. Even though we appear to be coming out of the...
