Conducting audits of several SharePoint intranets inspired me to design a list of much-needed intranet best practices for law firms, about which I blogged here. Now, being in the pre-design strategy and planning phases of two large firm intranets, I realize that I stopped short at 7. Two more best practices have surfaced (suggested by clients and CGS, a technology company) that are equally critical to usability and long-term success.

KPMG's Audit Committee Insights for July 14, 2010 featured a Corporate Board Member article about CEO succession planning. A new research study of 140 public and private CEOs and boards in North America released by Heidrick & Struggles and Stanford's Rock Center revealed serious planning gaps when it comes to CEO succession. Here is a link to the Corporate Board Member article.

Law firms have been knowledge management organizations ever since handfuls of lawyers started practicing together under the auspices of a "firm." They just didn't know it.