by Robin Dicks | Feb 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
I was pleased and flattered to be asked to contribute to a new book. Ditch The Billable Hour! Implementing Value-Based Pricing in a Law Firm – Shaun Jardine (hawksmoorpublishing.com) Don’t let the fact I contributed put you off, my input was only about...
by Robin Dicks | Sep 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
It’s very noticeable that we’re seeing some increasingly common and important themes from feedback given by clients of professional services firms. Hugely abbreviated, the key needs are these: Better project management Better communication of progress and...
by Robin Dicks | May 27, 2020 | Robin's Blog
A couple of weeks ago our car – probably like many others in the last few weeks – had a flat battery. The thing about modern cars is it’s a lot more complicated than it used to be, you can’t just stick jump leads on any more. In the end it...
by Robin Dicks | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
For most professional services firms, successful growth remains driven by how well aligned marketing, business development and the activities of fee earners are – and, of course, how well they are executed. But it’s not a perfect world: what is there is a...
by Robin Dicks | Jul 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
We recently completed a study titled “Big data – the truth in professional services” as part of our focus on capturing what really drives results (rather than what is “hyped”). We found that big data may now be a cliché BUT effective...
