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The finance value chain disrupted. Are you keeping up?

August 30, 2019

In June I attended the largest CFO conference in Scandinavia, and two stats stuck in my mind. “800 to 2 and 10 to 10” It might sound like gibberish, but…

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8 changes for FP&A to make to transform strategy

Anders Liu-Lindberg

August 26, 2019

Eighty percent of economic profit created by companies globally comes from 20% of the companies. Yes, the Pareto principle applies here too! What’s the secret sauce for becoming one of…

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The hardest part of a long journey is taking the first step

Anders Liu-Lindberg

August 19, 2019

Many strategies and initiatives are failures even before they get started. That could happen due to: Insufficient resources to fund it Lack of organizational capabilities to execute it Political games…

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It’s not your numbers that make you

Anders Liu-Lindberg

August 12, 2019

Did you ever hear the phrase “you are your numbers”? In most companies, business leaders live and die by their numbers regardless of the circumstances in which they hit or…

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Sandbags and accounting sleeves only get you into trouble

Anders Liu-Lindberg

August 5, 2019

Let’s talk about a real problem that most companies face: business leaders who sandbag their targets to increase their chances of personal success, and accounting who always has something up…

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A year in, it’s clear: Planning is paramount

Tom Bogan

August 1, 2019

What an amazing year it has been for planning. As each day passes, it is increasingly clear that planning is critical for digital transformation in organizations of all sizes. Everywhere…

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Why FP&A must transform the strategy process

Anders Liu-Lindberg

June 12, 2019

Do me a favor and think about the strategy process for a moment. You start out with high-flying ambitions, getting inspired by some of the world’s greatest thinkers. You do…

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Planning for what’s next

Tom Bogan

May 22, 2019

This week, more than 1,600 attendees are in Las Vegas for one of the largest FP&A gatherings ever. They’re here from six continents. They represent 40 different industries. They’re here…

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The Power of One—for everyone

Bhaskar Himatsingka

May 10, 2019

In October, I described our plan to integrate the Adaptive Insights Business Planning Cloud into Workday’s Power of One strategy. Seven months later, I have real progress to report. In…

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Why being platform agnostic matters

Fred Gewant

April 8, 2019

“In the modern era, a closed ecosystem holds no future whatsoever.” My colleague Bhaskar Himatsingka, who heads product development and direction at Adaptive Insights, a Workday company, wrote those words…