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SHAPES
FIRMS
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raditional
organizational
charts and
matrices no
longer capture
the complexity
of modern legal service delivery.
A new framework is needed for
understanding how firms evolve—
or fail to evolve—in response to
market pressures.
When Kurt Vonnegut mapped
the shapes of stories, he revealed
fundamental patterns that
transcend individual narratives
(https://bigthink.com/high-culture/
vonnegut-shapes/). Today's
law firms have their distinctive
patterns—not in fiction, but in their
strategic architecture. We can begin
by examining how firms balance
four fundamental elements:
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