The State of Finance Transformation
As new business models evolve while whole industries develop and destruct in shorter and shorter time spans, the concept of finance transformation to help leaders chart the course of their future has sprung up.
Bad Analytics: What They Are and How to Avoid Them
While there are a lot of discussions about good analytics, how do we recognize bad analytics? Bad analytics is more than not having good insights. Bad analytics is present when our work doesn’t support evidence-based and data-driven decision-making (3DM) for improved business performance. So, unless one can identify bad analytics within a company, it cannot be prevented. Here are 11 key characteristics of bad analytics.
CFO Talk: Andrew Codd on Leading a Data Analytics Team
Andrew Codd, the Founder and Lead Producer of The Strength in the Numbers Show, joined us on CFO Talk to share a side of him his audience doesn’t see very often; his role leading a global data analytics team. His story includes a childhood dream of being a navy fighter pilot that was replaced with a desire to learn more about business after his first job in sales.
CFO Talk: A Case Study in Digital Transformation
In this CFO Talk with Tamer Abomosalam we explore Tamer’s digital transformation journey as the Global Services Supply Chain CFO at NCR. Tamer is responsible for the data aggregation and reporting for 86 countries. His frustration with legacy systems, disparate data and a fortuitous conversation with a friend were the catalysts behind his successful adventure.
Can we really “Stop using Excel”?
An article from the Wall Street Journal recently stirred up a commotion in the Finance world. The article, Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staff, is about Microsoft Excel.
A few days after, the astonished author wrote another article, Finance Pros Say You’ll Have to Pry Excel Out of Their Cold, Dead Hands, based on all the responses the first article got.
