Four of them need budget, a project plan, or somebody else's permission. One of them can be done on a Tuesday afternoon with the file you already have.
14 September 2026 · 8 min read
It is almost never a formula error. It is two people asking the same question of two different files, and no way to tell which one is closer to the truth.
9 September 2026 · 5 min read
Twelve closes a year, each eating the best part of a week. Nobody books it as a cost, because it does not appear on any line.
4 September 2026 · 5 min read
By the time it has a name it is a finding in a report. For most of its life it looks like a competent person doing a good job in a file only they understand.
28 August 2026 · 4 min read
Every finance function has both kinds. The difference has almost nothing to do with how well the spreadsheet is built.
21 August 2026 · 5 min read