Kennedy Idea Propulsion Laboratory’s LabNotes is my new daily posting of links I’ve found to items on legal innovation, legal technology, and other topics of interest to me. It resides on the Paper.Li platform. A big thank to Ken Grady who helped me see the potential of this platform and answered some of my questions

Quick reminder: January is Innovation Ideas Month at DennisKennedy.Blog. And I have some special offers from now until the end of the day on January 31, 2020.

As part of my 20/20/2020 offering until the end of January, I’m doubling the number of ideas I offer in my Idea Sampler Pack from ten to twenty

Since I retired from Mastercard, I’ve gotten a lot of questions from people who want to know what I’ll be doing next. I like to phrase the question as, “What is DennisKennedy.Next?”

I’ve had the luxury of having some time to think about this and get the opinions of some amazing people. I’ve also had

In yesterday’s Delivering Legal Services class at Michigan State University College of Law, I introduced the approach of using mind mapping and brainstorming as tools to generate ideas. We did some initial experimentation before we launch into some target design thinking sessions over the next few weeks. The blackboard photo shows what we generated in

Our friends at the Legal Talk Network sent Tom Mighell and I the stats on episode downloads of our podcast in 2019. I wanted to share those because it will give new listeners some good suggestions on where to start. Remember that the stats are for the whole year and that puts the most recent

For many 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 89 books, exceeding my goal by quite a bit. Or, more accurately, I listed 89 books that I read. I don’t list books that might reveal certain things I might (or might not) be working on. You will also notice tat I’ve been attempting to read the entire catalog of books of certain authors of detective stories.

If you forced me to pick my top books for 2019 (in alphabetical order), I’d probably list:

[I’m not sure why Amazon generates the cover images in such different sizes.]Continue Reading 52 Books in 52 Weeks – 2020

Special Innovation Deals for January

If your organization’s number one agenda item for 2020 is demonstrating successful innovation outcomes, I have a special set of limited-time offers to get your efforts off to a great start in January, no matter what your budget is.

Three great options:

1. Kindle Book Discount<. A 20% discount

To celebrate the publication of our new book, Make LinkedIn Work for You, A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals, by Dennis Kennedy and Allison Shields (available on Amazon), Allison and I wanted to provide a brief excerpt from the book: forty-seven tips to help lawyers and other legal professionals