Getting data-driven insights fast can be a significant competitive differentiator you can bring to your organisation. But when it comes to making the actual decisions that drive your forecasting and planning, the author would argue that you would be better served by building in a pause at this point. In this article, the author compares a game of golf with effective planning and decision-making, explaining why it is better to slow down sometimes.

In this article, the author describes how the pandemic taught us to adapt and to react ‘on the fly’. The COVID pandemic was speeding up the adoption of digital technologies and was strongly transforming businesses in all industries, setting the trends for the future. The author outlines three phases of the pandemic and key lessons learned.

In this video presentation, Autodesk’s Finance Director Valerie Martin offers insights on how to ascertain what you need from your data, overcome challenges and be a successful data-driven Business Partner.

In this blog series, the author looks at the areas FP&A departments must address to add value in this technology-driven age. In this blog, he considers the applications that can be developed using the latest database technologies.

Watch the new video by Gary Cokins, Analytics Thought Leader and Author, to learn the eight forces of Data-Driven FP&A.

In this series of blogs, I’m looking at several areas that FP&A departments must address to add value to the organisations they serve in this technology-driven age. In this blog, I look at the changing nature of databases.