Tag: decision-making
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Plenary: Julian Webb – ‘Beyond Futureshock – will there be a law school in 2040?’
Next up, Julian talking about technological life, ‘onlaw’, future shock and towards an ‘onlaw’ curriculum. He started by talking about technology – what is it? He quoted Schon on technology extending human capability. Julian focused on ICT – information & comms technology, and how these are at the centre of a major social shift to…
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CLE Conference. Final thoughts: doing and undoing
In the FT back in March, John Gapper wrote an interesting article on why Standard Life offered a whopping £3.8bn for Aberdeen Asset Management. It wasn’t a merger based on strength on either side (Standard Life acquiring Aberdeen’s niche skills; Aberden accessing Standard Life’s strength in developed markets) but on joint weakness. That weakness, Gapper…