Practice Intelligence

In our highly competitive knowledge economy, a critical path to success is to out-think (innovate), out-learn (continual knowledge and skill development), and out-run (become a first mover in lucrative micro-niches)...

It’s hard to deny, clients today are particularly sceptical. So, one of the most difficult challenges that each of us as professionals face, is coming up with a convincing response...

The Smokeball Community Hero Award returns for a second year to acknowledge the impactful work that small law firms conduct in their communities. Honouring the legal industry members who go above and...

The benefits of leaders voluntarily initiating their own performance evaluation can be enormous. There is an empirical correlation between the strength of a leader and their willingness to ask for candid...

Research from BigHand shines a light on the increasing cost pressure law firms face in an unprecedented financial climate. Law firms are experiencing economic changes and geopolitical instability that are...

Research conducted by the Legal Iconoclasts EXPO finds the more profitable firms have a different approach to pricing: Only 48% of Law firms expect profitability to increase by at least...

Findings from the Smokeball State of Small Law Australia Survey 2022 Small law firms across Australia still rely heavily on referrals (84 per cent) and word of mouth (82 per...

Imperva Threat Research released new data that shows cyberattacks in Australia have grown significantly in both frequency and severity in 2022, at a rate that outpaces the global average. Cyberattacks...

What if people belonging to the Legal diaspora could lay their hands-on data statistics that offer valuable insight into some of the major challenges faced by the legal industry with...

At least ten Central West law firms have committed to providing free legal help to victims of the region’s floods, on various issues related to the disaster. President of the...

Fact: Lawyers who proactively reach out to prospective clients to engage them in sales discussions, get new engagements only about eight per cent of the time. Put another way, ninety-two...

The only thing standing between you and your ideal prospect is the lawyer currently doing the work. Many of the new engagements that you pursue are matters that an incumbent...

Moonlighters have existed since the very emergence and evolvement of commercialisation and work culture. In the wake of the lethal pandemic (COVID-19), necessary adoption of flexible workplace practices by corporates...

InfoTrack Reveals Q3 2022 Property Results for QLD. Over the past few years, the sunshine state has experienced a property boom, with an influx of potential buyers migrating into Queensland....

Over the past two decades, I have had the privilege, through my research, interviews, and hands-on consulting to peek behind the veil surrounding the challenges of becoming a NEW Firm...