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Is your budget process stuck in 1993?

Is your budget process stuck in 1993 ❓ Every FD and CFO want their finance teams to: ✅ build relationships ✅ turn data [WHAT] into INSIGHTS [SO WHAT] ✅ bring numbers to life But then they continue to lead a budget process that: ❌ takes 6-9 months to complete ❌...

Is this the best speech Boris ever made?

Love him or hate him, his latest speech is a masterclass in influence. And is Boris the only politician in the World who can pull it off this technique❓Imagine if finance had written it...   "In 2019 we traded £2.4 billion with Australia with average tariffs of...

Imagine if finance had written JFK’s speech?

Imagine if finance had written JFK's speech... "We choose to travel 238,855 miles at 25,000 miles per hour to the second densest known satellite with   which we are in synchronous rotation" Inspired? Me neither. He actually said: "We choose to go to the moon" We'll...

This simple tip could transform your influence

Email is great for admin.   It is terrible for all the things a FD or CFO wants to do:   ❌ Building relationships   ❌ Influencing people   ❌ Communicating so people listen & act   ❌ Focussing on the most important things   ❌ Being...

5 alternative to a boring table of numbers

Improve your finance reports and presentations with these 5 charts.. Ask any marketeer and they’ll tell you the worst way to bring numbers to life…is to use a table of numbers. Why? Any more than a handful of numbers creates immediate noise and potential confusion....

It’s true, KFC didn’t really run out of chicken!

It’s true, KFC didn’t really run out of chicken! “We definitely can’t operate without gravy” Ever said something and then wished you hadn’t? When KFC ran out of chicken last week, Iceland took to social media to advertise their frozen chicken dinners. KFC replied...

How much does the Snapchat CEO owe Kylie Jenner?

How much does the Snapchat CEO owe Kylie Jenner? In 1985 Coke was loosing share to Pepsi. So they took away original Coke and gave us new Coke, based on extensive market research and consumer testing. There was public meltdown and 3 months later the old recipe came...

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