Business
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Final Thoughts On Change
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For the last few weeks I have been doing my best to give context on change and its impact on accounting automation. When I write about accounting automation I am referring to getting rid of the paper invoices and the paper checks. To review for the last few weeks I have been writing about positive…
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I spoke on a panel yesterday – and here is what I said…
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I was asked to speak on a panel at the inaugural IOFM Payment Summit. IOFM has done a great job of assembling payment providers, accounting personnel and technologist to take three days to learn more about the future of the payment industry. The group that I spoke with had a wide range of experiences and…
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How Will You Know You Have Changed?
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Well this seems like an obvious question with an easy answer… things will look different… things will work different. That’s not what I am want to write about. The things that make good, well planned and organized change work so well are two… Benchmark Reconciliation Evaluation Benchmark reconciliation is simply looking at the data you…
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If Everything Stays in Vegas – Why are there so many cameras?
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I have always wondered how Las Vegas can get away with saying, “Everything that happens in Vegas – Stays in Vegas”. Las Vegas is the most photographed and videotaped city on the planet. Sure there is the army of impromptu journalist that at a moments notice will take out their smartphone and capture a moment in…
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Capitalizing on Opportunities
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Yesterday I wrote about executing on change. In the middle of the post I wrote that those organization that are more prepared can capitalize on opportunities. It’s true, one of the great side benefits to doing good change management is the ability to have more time to search, evaluate and capture opportunities. Here are a…
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Check out the Elmore kids reading…
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Well, the Princess and the Paper is almost ready for mass-distribution. I thought it would be entertaining to see my kids read a part of the book… enjoy – Kyle, Adelle, Ed and Ada reading and acting. Buy the book – The Argument to Automate – How Innovation Can INSPIRE Not Fire – click here to…
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Communicating Change
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In a post I wrote a few days ago, I mentioned that I had fallen into the role of change manager. I like the role and as I am frequently reminded change management is a very important part of automating accounting processes. One of the keys to good and positive change is communication. If change…
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Benchmarking Change
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Have you ever heard the saying, “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will lead you there”? The writer Lewis Carroll wrote those words. No truer words have ever been written about change. Benchmarking change is one of my favorite subject to write about. If you read my books or this blog just…
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Phase 1 – Taking Inventory for Change
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Yesterday I introduced change. Change has been around for a long time. I am sure that change was met with great enthusiasm by cavemen when they came home from hunting and their cave wives had moved all of their cave furniture. In my last post I wrote that there were three phases to change, today I am going…
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6 Good Reasons and 2 Free Book
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Join me tomorrow for a webinar on the 6 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wait to Automate. If you join me online you will get the 6 reasons… plus insight on how automation can help. But here is what I really want to tell you. Doculynx has created the first webinar of its kind, a webinar with a concrete outcome. For…