http://disqus.com/by/johngillies/enFri, 16 Oct 2009 17:07:17 -0000http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/10/is-linkedin-working-for-you.html#comment-20231982<p>It has not "worked" for me yet, Mary. But for practising lawyers, I think that the advantage is another means of establishing one's profile, and as one connects with one's clients, showing them the connections that one can make for them.</p><p>Also, potential clients will be looking in LinkedIn to see what they can find out about you. If you're not there, they're going to be drawing adverse conclusions.</p>johngilliesFri, 16 Oct 2009 17:07:17 -0000http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/10/the-transparency-switch.html#comment-20231834<p>The law of unintended consequences will probably apply as much here as in other initiatives, Mary. But I think that the potential upsides will outweigh the downsides.</p><p>One aspect is that you'll need a search engine that will be able to separate all that chaff from the wheat, but those engines exist now.</p><p>And just one story to indicate the rationale for keeping all e-mails. One of our lawyers was told by his client, "I never got that document. If you sent it to me, I never got it." After a long search (pre-enterprise search), our lawyer was able to find the response back from the client that just said, "Thanks," but that evidenced that the client had indeed received it. So those e-mails that appear to be just chaff may turn out to something more!</p>johngilliesFri, 16 Oct 2009 17:03:53 -0000