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| Richard works with top managers, helping them to think clearly and make decisions confidently about the future and to plan for the long term within their organisations. As an independent thought leader, he brings fresh insight to clients and acts as a catalyst in moving forward with their long term planning and implementation. He challenges in a way that is hard to do from the inside as a partner or employee. |
| The following list indicates the various ways in which Richard helps his clients. He acts as: |
- an adviser on likely and possible trends in the legal market, using a mix of his own ideas and techniques such as ‘blank-sheet thinking’;
- a sounding board (a coach of sorts) for those who run firms and practices within firms, helping them to focus on future trends and plans;
- a speaker at internal conferences, away-days, leadership training events, and training sessions generally;
- a researcher who undertakes studies of the views of clients;
- a ghost writer or copy editor of articles and of speeches;
- as an external, non-executive member of firms’ boards and committees;
- as an advisor on the content and production of client events;
- as a mini R&D capability, scanning the horizon, monitoring successes amongst competitors and in other sectors, and evaluating the relevance of emerging technologies;
- as a source of new ideas and innovations; and
- as someone who helps future proof practice areas within firms, exploring how they plan to respond to new ways of sourcing legal work and to the impact of disruptive technologies.
In addition, he offers certain clients early sight of his own research and writings.
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