The 7 Personas of Budgeting (Also known as: Persona Non Grata!) Imagine this:  It’s budget time, and you are surrounded… Surrounded by department heads that don’t have financial training, but do have their own agenda and quirky approach to budgeting. You probably don’t have to stretch to imagine it – as most finance teams live…    Read More

A recent headline stood out to me: “Argument for Austerity Based on an Excel Error.[1]” I was stunned when I saw it.  How could a spreadsheet error be so big that it could shape economic policy?  This story shows how drastic the results of a single miscalculation can be. In 2010, Harvard Economists Ken Rogoff…    Read More