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Forensic Biopsy. Called in before the autopsy.

Dennis Kennedy is the Principal Investigator at the Kennedy Idea Propulsion Laboratory (KIPL), where he investigates AI and innovation challenges when standard playbooks fail.

His framework is The NeoHolmesian Method he's developed: treating complex problems as investigations rather than predictions. Where most see uncertainty, he see patterns. Where most offer forecasts, he offers methods.

For quite a few years, I’ve enjoyed reading the posts of several bloggers who are trying to read 52 books in 52 weeks. I’ve also wanted to find a good way for me to keep track of the books I’ve read. And it gives me a good reading target to shoot for.

Last year, I read 59 books. Or, more accurately, I listed 59 books that I read. I “read” many business books in the form of getAbstract summaries and I don’t list books that might reveal certain things I might (or might not) be working on.Continue Reading 52 Books in 52 Weeks – 2017

Allison Shields and I were talking the other day about LinkedIn and whether it was time to write a new edition of our book, LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers. Whether or not it’s time for a new edition, it became clear that we (meaning especially me) were not ready to write it.

However, we did have some ideas for a new article about ways to improve how you add connections on LinkedIn. In it, we would share some new ideas and experiments we had been doing in that area. We decided to write that article and turn it into a bit of a science experiment as well.Continue Reading Six Ways to Jump Start Your LinkedIn Network (New Article)

One of my favorite writing outlets these days is the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center’s Law Technology Today blogltrc-temporary-logo. I’m a regular participant in a series of monthly roundtable discussions by LTRC board members on technology topics.

Today, the latest of these was posted and it’s called “Finding a Work Life Balance Through Technology.”Continue Reading Tech/Life Balance and Other Law Technology Today Roundtables

For the last few years, I’ve enjoyed reading the posts of several bloggers who are trying to read 52 books in 52 weeks. I’ve also wanted to find a good way for me to keep track of the books I’ve read. And it gives me a good reading target to shoot for.

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Last year, I