Analytics - Remember New Coke?
Almost forty years ago one of the most iconic companies in the world made a huge blunder—Coca Cola ditched Coke. The irony is that the...
top of page
Search
- Apr 16
- 6 min
No Safe Harbour for Finance in the Storm that is 2024
A year ago, I wrote how finance professionals could face challenges of forecasting in a world characterised by global supply chain...
- Oct 16, 2023
- 1 min
What does it mean to be an Entrepeneurial CFO?
Welcome to the fifth in a series of 'reprints' of articles that I have written over the last two years in FM Magazine published by the...
- Oct 9, 2023
- 1 min
Time to Focus on Forecasting
Welcome to the fourth in a series of 'reprints' of articles that I have written over the last two years in FM Magazine published by the...
- Oct 2, 2023
- 1 min
Winning the War for Talent
Welcome to the third in a series of 'reprints' of articles that I have written over the last two years in FM Magazine published by the...
- Sep 25, 2023
- 1 min
Finance is at the Heart of M&A
Welcome to the second in a series of 'reprtints' of articles that I have written over the last two years in FM Magazine published by the...
- Sep 18, 2023
- 1 min
Are You A Finance Strategist?
Hello, This is the first of a series of 'reprints' of articles I have had written over the last two years in FM Magazine published by the...
- May 2, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
The Metaverse Needs To Get Real
It seems only five minutes ago that we were talking about Web 2.0, virtual reality, blockchain and artificial intelligence. Now they...
- Feb 28, 2022
- 2 min
Facts, Forecasts or Fantasies
Forecasting is big business. Pundits forecast the outcome of sporting events, economists forecast GDP growth rates, meteorologists...
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
Are You An Activist CFO?
Don't work for a hedge fund? Not an investor at all? It doesnt matter, every business leader needs to adopt an 'activist mindset'...
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Is The Conglomerate Dead?
News that General Electric (GE) is to split itself into three separate businesses marks the demise of yet another conglomerate. Following...
- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
When Forecasting Fails
Every few years or so there is a crisis of confidence in the ability to forecast. Yet organisations still dedicate large amounts of time...
- Sep 13, 2021
- 1 min
Finance at the Heart of M&A - Pretty Cool Stuff!
Finance professionals are fully engaged in the current wave of M&A. According to Reuters, as of August 12th, 2021, 35,128 deals have...
bottom of page