by Robin Dicks | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
A recent study of global finance professionals has suggested that few organisations are yet getting the benefits of “big data”. The possible causes forwarded include costs, the value of big data not being understood and time availability (or lack of)....
by Robin Dicks | Oct 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
The time to think strategically about future profitability is now. Phil Gott (a colleague in the Winning Firm Alliance) and I spoke during LawNet’s Practice Finance Management day on 16th October – if you’d like to access the slides and some of the...
by Robin Dicks | May 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
The latest edition of the PwC benchmark survey covering the financial performance of law firms in the UK makes interesting reading. While the data relates to UK law firms, many of the underlying issues are true for any professional services firm, anywhere. You can...
by Robin Dicks | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today, in most professional and financial services sectors, firms need to outperform their peers in order to grow not just revenue but profit as well. Unless you have unique technical skills that others cannot replicate, you must do the right things (i.e. have the...
