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Now more than ever, companies that are unable to adapt or pivot easily to adjust to changing market conditions don’t just risk falling behind. They risk their very future. But business agility isn’t something you can implement overnight. It takes a modern, multifaceted planning environment—one that isn’t weighed down by… Read More
If 2020 has taught the business world anything, it’s that business strategies and plans are rarely set in stone, and agility isn’t a nice-to-have. As companies continue to deal with the impact of the global pandemic, they’ve adjusted their plans faster than ever before and are modeling multiple scenarios to adapt to… Read More
In a volatile, ever-changing market as we are now experiencing with the pandemic, businesses must be nimble to survive—if not thrive. Yet many companies still use outmoded financial systems to track progress and predict success. They rely on static budgets that are updated just once a year and quickly become… Read More
The need for finance to deploy more efficient, dynamic ways of working predates the global pandemic, yet the events of 2020 are proving to be a significant catalyst for technology transformation. For finance, that means embracing digital technologies, such as machine learning, that can be applied to core processes. CFOs have… Read More
Throughout the world, businesses of every size are feeling firsthand the impacts of instability. In a time of uncertainty, surviving and thriving comes down to how promptly your business can identify disruptive changes and proactively respond to them. That’s not so easy when your business is mired in static planning—characterized… Read More
With 49,000 workers in 770 locations, our finance team at Gentiva Kindred at Home needed a cure for a static, manual planning and budgeting process that was costing us months of time and millions of dollars. So we turned to our branch managers, many former nurses or clinicians, for help.… Read More
The beginning of 2020 was full of advice on what to expect in the year ahead, but even the experts got this one wrong. In fact, rather than looking ahead, we’ve all been forced to look within. The second installment of the global survey, “Organizational Agility At Scale: The Key to… Read More
It’s probably safe to say that most finance people didn’t get into the industry so they could focus on reporting. Sure, it’s a critical part of the finance function. But exciting, engaging, inspirational? Sorry, that’s just never going to be how reporting is described. However, good, data-driven reports—today more important… Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored just how fast business conditions can change—and then keep changing—effectively rendering annual business plans irrelevant. Companies have responded to the economic uncertainty brought on by the pandemic by rejiggering growth, revenue, and investment plans, sometimes multiple times. No doubt, the crisis of the pandemic will eventually… Read More
Many finance leaders feel more comfortable with an empty spreadsheet than a blank notebook. But in today’s data-deluged, disruptive world, every CFO needs to be a storyteller who injects meaning into numbers. This holds especially true at corporate board meetings, when the directors—who probably aren’t involved in the company’s day-to-day… Read More
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