- May 2
- 2 min
What's the answer to failed regulation? More regulation!
As Einstein famously said the. "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." It...
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Are Audits Still Relevant?
A story in today's Wall Street Journal starts with the headline "KPMG Gave SVB, Signature Bank Clean Bill of Health Weeks Before...
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
Rolling Forecasts are having a 'moment'
The concept of a rolling forecast as opposed to a static budget has been a favourite of consultants (this one included) for years. I...
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
Getting Ahead of the Numbers
CFOs are often thought of as backward looking and internally focused. If that is their sole focus, they are failing. By the time an...
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
What ever happened to “Total Quality”?
Six Sigma, TQM, Black Belts, Green Belts, Defects. Not too long ago the language of Total Quality Management was the lingua franca of...
- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
The Trainwreck That Is Financial Forecasting
Two addtional articles in today's Wall Street Journal, "Target Says Price Cut Vital" and "Retail CFOs Wrestle With Inventory as Hurdles...
- Jun 8, 2022
- 1 min
Forecasting Futility--WalMart and Target join the Hall of Shame
It was only back in February that I wrote about the flaws in forecasting. Yet I feel compelled to comment again. At their annual...