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Jim Collins on BigLaw?

May 19, 2009 | Filed Under Law Firm Trends, Managing 

Best-selling author Jim Collins releases a new book today: “How the Mighty Fall.” Here’s an overview, in his own words, courtesy of BusinessWeek Video (4 mins; click on the arrow at the lower left to start, then the “||” to stop):



Here are the stages of failure:

Stage 1: Hubris Born of Success

Stage 2: Undisciplined Pursuit of More

Stage 3: Denial of Risk and Peril

Stage 4: Grasping for Salvation

Stage 5: Capitulation to Irrelevance or Death

I have the book on order; I’ll resist connecting the dots with the legal industry until I’ve read it. Mr. Collins has an uncanny knack for distilling management research into easily comprehended ideas of wide application.

Until then, here was his definition of hubris:

The outrageous arrogance that inflicts suffering upon the innocent.


Hmmmm…

(Update 23 May 09: New York Times has a fascinating profile of Mr. Collins and the process followed in writing his new book here.)