analytics

It’s about time we got some Web apps

October 13, 2011

This article originally appeared in Profit-Driven, a blog for startups and small businesses by Profitably. For most of us in the accounting profession, Excel spreadsheets are tried and true tools of the trade. And that’s absolutely fine. They’re what we know. They’re comfortable. And for the most part, they get the job done. But if [...]

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Warrior Fitness Phase II

October 7, 2011

I’ve lost 20 pounds but now it’s time to get serious about Phase II if we’re going to keep the pressure on…

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Why Your Business Needs an Excel Intervention

September 8, 2011

This article originally appeared in Profit-Driven, a blog for startups and small businesses by Profitably.   How many of you plan your business with an Excel spreadsheet? It’s OK. This is a safe place. No one’s going to judge. Truth be told, I’m actually a huge fan of Excel. I used it to plan my [...]

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Big redesign for adamrneary.com

August 21, 2011

I realized a week or so ago as we tightened the screws on some revisions to profitably.com that adamrneary.com had grown quite stale. Here’s an article that talks through the motivations for the redesign as well as some key influences.

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Unifying the forecast

November 18, 2009

One of the most destructive attitudes in the modern workplace is the “yeah, yeah yeah.”  Have you heard it?  The research guys put some numbers together, and marketing puts some numbers together, and manufacturing put some numbers together.  Everyone comes together, preaches their numbers, and says, “yeah, yeah, yeah” to the other guys in the [...]

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Analytics: “You don’t get too many tries to get it right.”

November 17, 2009

I am quoting Chris from http://www.thefoldblog.com/ because he reminded me of something today that I think is really important.  When it comes to analytics, “you don’t get too many tries to get it right.”  His blog post about Obama’s recovery.org drew a bit of a knee-jerk defense from me (can’t help it), but ultimately I [...]

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Time to get out of the recession with execution

November 17, 2009

That’s it.  November 17, 2009, marks the day when I officially decided that I am bored with companies licking their wounds as pertains to this recession.  The Dow is back up in happytown, and while things aren’t rosy yet in the employment numbers, I really think that there are many consumers who will spend some [...]

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4 Weeks to Organizational Visibility

November 10, 2009

One of the central tenets of Shared Service programs is trying to consolidate operations for support functions into one central view.  It isn’t easy, it isn’t always fun, but if you’re going to manage across multiple business units or held companies effectively, you need to see everyone first. The problem, everyone will tell you, is [...]

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Your First Data Analyst

November 9, 2009

“Analytics” are on everyone’s mind, but most execs don’t know where to start. Find out how to get started with your first data analyst.

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Government transparency…done and done.

November 9, 2009

I am having trouble explaining the magnitude for my excitement about the federal government’s massive entres into data transparency. In no time at all, Vivek Kundra has helped Obama and Co. rewrite the rules around the way the public sector looks at information and accountability. Take www.usaspending.gov. For years, we consultants have worked with organizations public and [...]

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