
Hands on:
Exchange of views
p20
Firms want to be considered innovative – do clients agree?
Jessica Burston at Royds Withy King on her transformational journey
Mills & Reeve on managing greater growth and boosting practice management
The knowledge team at Osborne Clarke on internationalising their intranet

Hands on:
Exchange of views
p20

Opinion:
Put that in your hype
p8

Opinion:
Sign of the tide
p9

Briefing people:
Prime to change
p16

Industry case study:
Grow and behold
p24

Industry case study:
Grow and behold
p24

Industry interview:
Growing smarter
p32

Industry interview:
The status quo paradox
p36

Also, Jessica Burston, first director of operations for Royds Withy King, talks choosing the best route to effective organisational change, and there’s market comment and practical management insight from Hogan Lovells, Shoosmiths and Osborne Clarke
Firms show no sign of tiring in their apparent push to uncover new ideas you could (and they do) describe as business innovation. Ideas for encouraging this ‘out of the box’ thinking are many and varied. But what does your client really think of it all?

Jessica Burston is the first director of operations for Royds Withy King – and it’s her first leadership role in a law firm. But she’s putting her transformation skills honed outside the industry to the test. She says the merged firm is very open to further change, and engagement is key to making it stick
Claire Clarke, managing partner, and Mark Finch, chief finance officer, at Mills & Reeve, say the Thomson Reuters Elite 3E enterprise business management solution is already improving the experience of lawyers and clients alike – and the work has only just started