A budget uses numbers to express thoughts which can be done broadly, narrowly, or both. How thoughts are expressed is important in a budget. If a budget is not impressed properly, it becomes irrelevant in many ways.

In order for a company to exist, it must organize itself in a way that fulfills its value proposition because a value proposition has enormous power.  So, how can a company organize itself?  The answer is with a budget.

A company exists in order to improve the well-being of its stakeholders. Achieving this task is based on the ability of a company to connect with its customers. How a company connects with its customers is through a value proposition.  

“If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.”

For FP&A professionals the box is budgets.

One of the characteristics people use to describe me is well-read which is appropriate because I enjoy reading material that covers a variety of fields.  One of the fields I cover is sports because it provides connections to finance. While covering sports I found material that represents a connection to budgets and the connection is the leadership style of a football manager, Jurgen Klopp.

The sixth meeting of the Boston FP&A Board was held on February 27, 2020, to address a popular subject of  Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB). What is new in ZBB of the 21st century? How can it be useful for addressing the challenges of traditional budgeting culture