My Book Reviews

I SBN :  978-1786 494566 Verdict :  👍👍   A nice short read, with some great facts, that make one think about the general perceptions we have a bias for  about 'stuff' across the globe. I think this is a good follow on read from FACTFULNESS by Hans Rosling  (See previous review) - it builds upon the same outcomes i.e. the world is not as bad as we all think it is . The reference to recent events (Brexit/Trump etc) adds great value and below are my favourite bits  over 90 percent of the data on the internet was created in the last 2 years;44 billion gigabytes of data were created on the internet every day in 2016 ( p10 ). My favourite quote in the book was on p43 ; A story is most important to us in how it ends, and thus the ending effects how we remember it and its lessons for future decisions. ( p43 )  A lot of our fear is driven not by the unknown, but by an apparent misunderstanding of the facts ( p96 )   we've known for a long time that we'll accept things that ar

I SBN :  978-1781259658 Verdict :  👍👍   Financial fraud, a derivative of a financial crime, is an interesting topic - For someone who has spent quite a bit of time researching this topic from a regulatory and systems perspective ( transactional monitoring and pattern recognition) this book was on my reading list. The book does not disappoint it is a nice read and I did enjoy it - although chapter 8 was a bit of  curve ball in the sense the author went all  biblical side in terms of crime - which did not interest me , but others may find it useful to read. My highlighter did get used quite a bit and the following are just some of the bits I enjoyed seeing ;   You can tell more about the structure of any industry by looking at patterns of payments than you can from any ‘five forces’ or SWOT analysis (p29) People don’t check upon things which they believe to have been ‘signed off’. The threat is now inside the perimeter .   (p71/2)    Any lock made by a human can be picked by a human (