Mike McBride on Tech, eDiscovery and Mental Health - Issue #34
eDiscovery and Legal
Reminders from Ukraine about evidence-gathering from electronic devices | eDisclosure Information Project — chrisdaleoxford.com The subjects loosely grouped under the heading "eDiscovery" come and go or, rather, they fill the airwaves for a while and then become absorbed into the mainstream to be replaced by the next hot topic. There was a time when the conference platforms were full of "Big Data". Big data had a fairly precise definition,…
How to Make Clients Happy: 5 Simple Workplace Tips for Young Lawyers — www.attorneyatwork.com Life is complicated, but relationships with your law firm clients don’t have to be. 5 tips that will help make clients happy to work with you.
The Geek in Review Ep. 153 - Phil Flora on What Law Firms are doing in the Battle for Talent | 3 Geeks and a Law Blog — www.geeklawblog.com When the pandemic began, many law firms prepared for the worst by furloughing or laying off lawyers and legal professionals. Many of these same firms then
Information Governance and eDiscovery with Google Workspace Vault — www.infiflex.com This article focuses on Google Vault, the purpose of its usage, and its capabilities. It creates awareness of what kinds of data you can retain, hold, search and export using Google Vault as well as the applications you can manage.
WHEN YOU GET BOMBARDED WITH DISCOVERY… | Resolving Discovery Disputes — www.resolvingdiscoverydisputes.com Have you ever been bombarded with discovery? These are the resources you can use and what you can do in case it happens to you.
Social Media
Algorithms, lies, and social media | Nieman Journalism Lab — www.niemanlab.org Achieving a more transparent and less manipulative online media may well be the defining political battle of the 21st century.
Remember Curation? — www.mikemcbrideonline.com "Who said it? Why do I trust them? Have they been wrong in the past?" Once upon a time, in the blogging world, the idea of curation was an important one.
Ashtray Floors, Dirty Clothes and Filthy Jokes - Concerts and Social Media — www.mikemcbrideonline.com ? Friday night we made the drive up to Portland to catch The Replacements at the Crystal Ballroom. The show was great, and typical for a Replacements show
Mental Health
Why is Busyness Toxic For Our Mental Health?Posted on 5 April 202212 March 2022 — mymusingsandme.co.uk We live in a world where busyness is a badge of honour. But what is the impact on our mental health and how can we find balance?
What's the most appropriate way to talk about mental health at work? | HR Dive — www.hrdive.com Human Resources and Workforce Management News
Workplace Culture
When First Impressions Go Wrong - Not Recognizing Talent Development — www.mikemcbrideonline.com We all started somewhere. We all started in some entry-level jobs. We all learned and grew. Good workplaces develop their entry-level people, turning them into experts. It would be a shame to spend all that time developing people and then losing them because you never gave them the same respect they would immediately get by going somewhere else. Somewhere that never knew them when they were in an entry-level position. The people who worked to learn and build their knowledge and skills deserve better.
Why Training Matters for Diversity — www.mikemcbrideonline.com Wouldn't it be a better choice to locate candidates with some of the skills you're going to need in a position and know that you have an environment that will help them grow and learn to become exactly what you need to be? Wouldn't that practice become a way to attract really smart people who want to grow and learn by coming to work for you? Doesn't that sound like a better option than simply leaving your open jobs unfilled and lamenting the fact that no one wants to work anymore? Unfortunately, there are too many organizations that simply won't consider this. They aren't interested in growing the people who work for them, they only want to hire people who can come in with no effort on the organization's part and do the work starting on day one. I think they are short-sighted.
Linked - Practical Networking Tips for Introverts — www.mikemcbrideonline.com "The thought that networking would be one of the most important aspects of my career never occurred to me. It wasn’t until much later that I understood