The Meaningful Scorecard
“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning” - Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers “Finding the one or two key numbers that drives success in your business, and bringing them to...
View ArticleRunning the gauntlet of Year End Business Reporting
Last week, as I was attending the annual IDC Predictions Telebriefing for 2010, I think I finally realized the true difference between Accounting and Marketing. The difference is that while Marketing...
View ArticleThe Importance of Stories
This time of year provides tremendous illustrations of the power and importance of stories. From the stories that constitute our most core personal beliefs of the holiday season to those that detail...
View ArticleImproving Your Month-end Throughput
January is “in the books” as they say. How’s the month end coming? This isn’t a month-end tirade. Instead, I’m feeling nostalgic so I thought I would share a story from my past. It’s been some time...
View ArticleSharpen your Business Analysis: Think Like a Reporter
Walter Cronkite, Amanda Lang, Tom Brokaw, Woodward & Bernstein, Barbara Walters, Larry King, the entire cast of 60 Minutes; What do all of these people have in common? These guys all make a living...
View ArticleAccounting for IT in the Finance Department
An Interview with Wendy Van Donkelaar; CFO at MAKE Technologies Last week, we were talking with Cheni Yerushalmi, co-counder of Sunshine Suites, about Measuring What Matters. I think the main...
View Article5 of the Costliest Spreadsheet Blunders (and How to Avoid Them)
Anyone using spreadsheets as their primary source of business intelligence (BI) should be wearing one of those nuclear, biological and chemical protection suits. In the analytics environment,...
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