Talmage Boston

Lessons for Lawyer Leaders from Henry Kissinger 

“Study history. Study history. In history lie all secrets of statecraft.”

That was the response Henry Kissinger recalls Winston Churchill giving a student who asked how best to prepare for the challenges of leadership. This advice is especially useful for lawyers in the 21st century.

December 14, 2022 Talmage Boston

In Pursuit Of Peak Performance and Better Team Chemistry: The 2019 Texas Rangers’ Possible Crossover Human Relations Lessons For Legal and Business Organizations

In Moneyball Michael Lewis wrote about the wholesale disruptions taking place in the world of baseball. His lecture at SMU over a decade ago was brought to mind by recent optimism for the Texas Rangers expressed by Evan Grant. Grant's unlikely optimism holds suggestions that are transferable for organizations of every type: including legal groups. Talmage Boston explains.

March 25, 2019 Talmage Boston

Harper Lee: Higher Wisdom About the Human Condition

Harper Lee opened our minds and showed us the way toward a higher level of consciousness – and for this, may she always be remembered as a person who advanced humanity’s understanding of its flaws, needs, and hopes. In To Kill a Mockingbird,and Go Set a Watchman, Lee showed us a higher wisdom about race relations, justice and the necessary civility of discourse that needs to take place between insiders and outsiders before American society can think about rising from the fractious, partisan ditch our politics have now put us in.

February 25, 2016 Talmage Boston

Decline In Civil Jury Trials: The Cheese Has Moved And That's Okay

Decline in jury trials is a positive development. Our system addressing disputes is working better than ever before.

April 12, 2012 Talmage Boston