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In his last HBR article "Digital Ubiquity",  Professor Karim says we should just think about everything we do in our respective companies and how it can be fundamentally changed. 
As a banker, that idea makes sense. Even though a lot of the tools I had in my analyst life were already pretty 'cutting edge' vs. some other banks, with everything easy formatted and standardized, truth is I still spent a lot of time doing repetitive little value added tasks.  Don't get me wrong, I love doing slides, but what I love is the idea of conceptualizing them, develop the message, do the data drill that will highlight the key bits in my analysis.  There should be a way my brain (or my drawings) get replicated on a pc easier (without using creative services)
And that is why LegalFlow (www.legalflow.pro) makes sense. It is addressing this same issue, but in another industry. Ines, my partner and driver of the business, has the experience of working both in consulting and with lawyers and see how there is so much potential to do things in a better manner. Before, this was the key concept - simplify. But now, Legal Flow is on the next level as it gathers simplify with automate. And that is what revolution is about. If you can get lawyers to focus on the important things, and leave the repetitive / crunching tasks to the 'machine', getting the benefit of clients getting a better picture of it all, you found your spot. It is a pretty empty spot at the moment, so we are going to try and grab it!
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