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Many folks are scared of models.  But as I’ve started working more with non-financial folks, I’ve been explaining what any model comes down to:  How much, how many, how easy.  The below example talks about a particular training gym I’m…

There are those who think that data can solve all your problems.  Others focus on feelings. Are people motivated?  Do they want to move forward.  I’m convinced that you need both.  And I think that most folks if they think…

I was talking to one of my clients.  I work out in his gym so I know his trainers.  He was saying that most of his people would never really move beyond where they were.  Which I understood.  Because the…

So, I’ve talked about numbers that are too big to fix and numbers that don’t matter.  I can now start the real discussion – numbers that make a difference.  Again, I’m interested in gyms and I’m currently working on my…

It just doesn’t matter.  In my last post, I talked about numbers that are too big to be helped with data.  Now, I’m going to talk about numbers that don’t really matter.  As in how much you paid for the…

It’s hard to help someone out of a well when it’s 100 feet down. It’s also hard to help folks move forward with data when they’ve dug their own very deep well and jumped in.  As in signing a lease…

I’ve read of lot of financial statements in my life.  And I’ve explained financial data to people who hated anything to do with accounting.  And the key thing that comes out over and over again is that numbers are SIMPLER…

Here’s my smart watch: It doesn’t tell me the exact minutes I slept or the steps I took.  But I work out five to six times a week.  And at my last annual physical, all my numbers were just fine. …

Most normal folks don’t get involved in business for the sheer love of financial statements or systems.  To stay in business, they need to get the basics down.  And I’ve seen lots of folks who didn’t like numbers get to…

A project can mean a lot of things. But in my world of data and software, I like to distinguish between maintain project and change projects.  Change projects start with the assumption that things as they are don’t work. We can’t…