Numbers are often seen as objective, but without context, numbers alone are meaningless.
Category Archives: Better Business
The real deal
When it comes to managing the bottom line, very few people are the real deal. Mostly it’s people talking about slashing costs or “cutting out the nice to have’s”.
Features vs benefits
The best way to sell your products and services is to focus on the benefits it brings, rather than its features. Not that you’d know if from the way people sell AI solutions at the moment…
Don’t stop ’til you get enough. (Then stop.)
Do you know how much data you need to make a decision? Odds are it’s less than 100% of the information on any subject.
Behavioural Accounting
Understanding human behaviour is a shortcut to much better, bottom-line-boosting business decisions…even for accountants!
Being efficient is very inefficient
Is your next tech investment really going to add value to your bottom line. Despite what the tech salesperson tells you, probably not…
You’re having a laff(er)
Whether you love supply-side/trickle-down economics or hate the concept to your very core, please don’t make the mistake of thinking that the Laffer Curve and trickle-down economics are the same thing.
Flash! Saviour of the universe!
When it comes to financial reporting, there’s definitely a balance to be struck between speed of reporting and accuracy.
It’s not rational to be rational
Being purely rational at all times is not the best way to build your bottom line, despite what lots of people tell you. There’s a place for rationality, of course, but it’s not the be-all and end-all.
Why tech folk don’t understand RoI
Generating positive RoI isn’t as easy as most people think. Especially people who work in tech…