Entries from June 2009 ↓

building trust

A company that I’ve worked with quite a bit has just recently set up a Trust Task Group.  Why?  Because trust, or lack of it, has been identified as the top issue through an anonymous survey they did.  Unfortunately, there are a few people in the Task Group that believe: (1) there is no trust [...]

people, profit, planet reporting?

You may have noticed by my posts that I have been hanging out with the Business Intelligence folks quite a bit these days.  The other day we got into quite the discussion regarding reporting standards.  At first we began our usual debate with respect to the convergence/adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (”IFRS“) which is [...]

time to quit your blog?

We’ve all read that having a blog is a key component of a corporate social media strategy - we even weighed in on the subject here.  The biggest commitment to this extended communication strategy is your time: social media is about getting out what you put in.  If you don’t communicate regularly then how can [...]

property, plant and equipment schedules

I’m so excited!  A client of mine is moving into new digs soon and it is a fantastic location, bright open layout concept and, on the surface, makes them look like an established software company.  Yeah!  During the move discussions the Controller pulled me aside and asked me:
how will this affect our property, plant and [...]