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IDU NEWS AND INSIGHTS
Oct 15, 20193 min read
Remove drama from budget cycles
Nobody has ever written an opera about organisational budget cycles – but given the amount of human drama they generate, perhaps someone...
Sep 19, 20193 min read
Accountancy as heroism
The financial health of South Africa’s cities and towns is worse than ever before, with only 18 out of 257 municipalities getting clean...
Apr 30, 20194 min read
Am I an asset, or am I just OpEx?
“Am I an asset to my company? Or am I ….” The audience of accountants collectively inhaled, wondering if the attendee asking the question...
Oct 17, 20183 min read
When economic times get tough, resist pulling up the drawbridge
This century has only just become an adult, but has managed to fit in an unprecedented amount of upheaval and disruption. From the...
Aug 2, 20183 min read
Don’t put new, square pegs into out-of-date, round holes
I’ve previously written about how succession planning is going to change in the Information Age. That, instead of grooming mini-me...
Jul 10, 20184 min read
Re-writing history with the GDPR time machine
I recently had a conversation with someone where they told me that they had to politely explain to an employee that yes, they could...
Mar 14, 20183 min read
The modern day alchemist: Turning busy into time
Peter Drucker, the management consultant that coined the phrase “knowledge worker” back in 1959, nailed it when he said: “Time is the...
Oct 17, 20173 min read
Expense management: Honing the double-edged sword
Ironically, growth and success can be a double-edged sword for small and medium-sized businesses. On the one hand, you’re growing and...
Jul 12, 20172 min read
Lockdown Time Thieves
In my May article I suggested that one of the biggest challenges to innovation and business progress is simply finding the time to think,...
Jul 6, 20162 min read
Savvy SMEs can now supercharge their budgeting and reporting
Small and medium businesses can now take their budgeting and reporting to the next level thanks to idu-Concept’s launch on Amazon Web...
Mar 7, 20162 min read
The 2016 Budget Speech lacked transparency
Last week’s budget speech has been bugging us, there was a consistent vagueness to it all. There is a lack of certainty, a lack of...
Feb 22, 20162 min read
Top 10 Mistakes in Budgeting
Budgeting is one of the most crucial aspects of business planning, and yet too often it is not given the attention and input it deserves....
Dec 8, 20152 min read
Say goodbye to countless budget iterations
Say goodbye to countless budget iterations and complicated spreadsheets and hello to fast, streamlined financial budgeting and reporting!...
Apr 22, 20142 min read
Empowering your employees
Too many businesses in South Africa see their employees as a problem to be managed as opposed to an asset to be optimised. Your business...
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