TOOLS AND SPACES TO BUILD COLLABORATION

Collaboration is at the core of a law firm's success.

Partners share firm governance, where timely collective decision making is critical. Attorneys create ad hoc teams to drive case strategies, leverage expertise, and balance workloads. Practice groups learn together, using past experience to drive future success. Providing technologies that are easy to use, and creating environments where comfort encourages high performance, are keys to productive collaboration. 

High Definition (HD) video has grown exponentially, and represents the majority of professional media now produced worldwide. The US mandate for all-digital television on 12 June 2009 spurred broadcasters to increase HD production – and consumers to buy HD-capable screens in record numbers. The mass proliferation of computer games also broadens the market for displays which reproduce fine detail and, increasingly, speakers that create an immersive environment. Now more than ever before, the consumer home experience drives our expectations for media quality in our workplaces.

To be sure your appearance works for you during a videoconference, it helps to realize one fundamental fact: most of the people you communicate with will see you on a two-dimensional screen. And that means it's worthwhile to take into account the nuances - and techniques for success - required to look your best in a 2-D universe.

Maybe nothing that's sketched on a whiteboard will ever find its way into an art museum, but approaching whiteboard presentations with an artist's eye is a winning strategy when it comes to effective communication.