Five things I wish I learnt from "Sign Here" by Alex Hamilton

"Sign Here" is great for anyone who wants to improve their contracting process, but it came too late for me.

Five things I wish I learnt from "Sign Here" by Alex Hamilton
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I spent several nights and trips on aeroplanes thinking about how to innovate the contracting process in my company. Though I did do a lot of reading online and offline, it was a lonely journey. I had to separate the puff from the substance and the wheat from the chuff from what I was reading and planning. When I got to action, I realised that having ideas was the easy part; making them work is really tough. Some of that work showed its fruits, but much of it was still unfinished.

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A tiny book review

At first, I was sceptical about reading another book on the process. "Sign Here: The enterprise guide to closing contracts quickly" by Alex Hamilton proved to be different. Alex Hamilton is a founder of Radiant Law, a law firm in the UK that focuses solely on the commercial contract process. They use technology and process improvement to deliver legal services differently. They've been doing it for ten years too, so they are here to stay. I was quite sure I would learn something different from this book.

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