My Book Reviews

  ISBN: 978-1786892904 Verdict: 👍👍   I was a bit confused when I opened this book, as under the Authors name it states   ‘Written with Elizabeth Day”   the novelist ? yet there is no mention of   Elizabeth or her role to be found in the book – me being pernickety . Having seen Gina on TV, who comes over   as someone who argues on facts and not emotion, I felt   she had a great story to tell, However I was expecting a bit more regarding her Brexit challenge to the Government so   was not disappointed not to read as much as the focus of the book was to shine a some light on Ginas life and some challenges she faced. There are some great snippets in the book worthy of a requote , which are;   I started rattling off my fears that I thought nobody knew what they were doing with Brexit; that politicians who campaigned for us to leave didn’t seem to have a clue about the detail – it was all about ideology (p11)   I’ve learned that i...

  I SBN: 978-1-933820-68-2 Verdict :  👍👍   I would argue that this book is a must read, especially if you are working as a Business Architect or Business Analyst, as it provides some great tools with worked examples for approaching business needs and requirements capture with the focus on the Job.  At the heart of the Jobs To Be Done ( JTBD ) approach is the focus on people’s objectives and associated outcomes, independent of the means used to realize and achieve them.  The essence of JTBD: focus on the outcome, not the technology. [p4]. The core principles of JTBD are listed with some context in the first few pages of the book – below are the principles listed; People employ products & services to get their job done, not to interact with your organization [p8] Jobs are stable over time, even as technology changes [p9]   People seek services that enable the, to get more of their job done quicker and easier[p9]   Making the job the un...

  I SBN: 978-0-19-286472-7 Verdict :  👍👍   This book is definitely a must if you are working or consulting in the Legal Industry or for those involved in Legal Tech . There are some excellent snippets in this book - In all honesty, this did take me a while to read, not being a lawyer, I found the material a bit repetitive especially as I had my 4 decades of technology hat on.   Here are my favourite snippets or salient points; “It’s not easy to change a wheel on a moving car ” p96. “It will be hard to convince a group of millionaires that their business model is broken” p98 “This can drive at the heart of the profit model of large firms, who rely on o their junior lawyers doing the routine tasks” p99 Online Courts and Online Dispute Resolution – “A Court becomes a service rather than a place”  p161. If you are a young Lawyer, starting out, I would definitely invest in this book as it may help guide the direction you choose as the profession transforms ove...