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IDU NEWS AND INSIGHTS


Parenting as leadership education
Business leaders who challenge, support and empower their employees reap the rewards of excellence and loyalty.
Mar 24, 20203 min read


Moving to the cloud could help manage business disruption
In our new paradigm of remote working is Cloud an opportunity to manage your business disruption?
Mar 17, 20202 min read


Clients had a blast at the IDU User Conference 2020
This year was the 11th Annual User Conference and we are delighted to say that we had the best turn out to date.
Mar 16, 20202 min read


Users love us!
With February being the month of love, we decided now was the perfect time to puff out our chests, preen ourselves and bask in the...
Feb 14, 20202 min read


Challenging the state on impact investing
The social and environmental benefits of impact investing are too important to be left to the private sector alone.
Feb 7, 20202 min read


Entrepreneurs vs monopolists
Reining in the entrepreneurial instinct to dominate a market forever.
Jan 16, 20203 min read


The case for zero-based budgeting
Budgets can be an opportunity for reflection on strategy and alignment
Dec 5, 20193 min read


Corporate Renaissance Group partners with IDU
Corporate Renaissance Group partners with IDU
Dec 3, 20193 min read


IDU User Conference 2020 – Registration open!
On the 27th and 28th February 2020 Financial Managers, Financial Accountants, IT Managers, and Financial Administrators from a wide range...
Nov 19, 20192 min read


Free the accountants!
The “bean counter” trope is long past due for retirement, but what’s the alternative? Kevin Phillips argues it’s time for accountants to...
Nov 7, 20192 min read


IDU a leader in the G2 Crowd Fall 2019 Report
IDU has been named a Leader in the Budgeting and Reporting category and a High Performer in the Corporate Performance Management...
Oct 29, 20192 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...
Oct 15, 20193 min read


Want your staff to be accountable for their numbers?
Empower them. If you want to track the rise and fall of buzzwords over time, the Google Books Ngram Viewer, which tracks word frequency...
Oct 1, 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...
Sep 19, 20193 min read


Recession and Resilience
There might be a recession coming soon; or it might come later. Economists are notoriously bad at recognising recessions until we’re in...
Sep 3, 20193 min read


Stuck in spreadsheet hell?
It’s time to upgrade your budgeting and forecasting process How long does it take your company to prepare its annual budget – two weeks?...
Aug 22, 20192 min read


Will Libra entrench Facebook’s dominance or trigger its downfall?
“Move fast and break things”, Facebook’s motto until 2014, was the mantra of the “disruptive innovation” era. Five years on, the naivety...
Aug 2, 20194 min read


Unravelling the consequences of the US ban on Huawei
The US government has been steadily ramping up its campaign against Chinese tech giant Huawei in the past few years – and its latest move...
Jul 16, 20193 min read


IDU partners with Sage Intacct
IDU Partners with Sage Intacct, bringing together powerful Financial Planning and Analytics capabilities with the innovation and customer...
Jul 10, 20193 min read


Am I an asset?
The accountants attending our annual user conference earlier this year paused for thought about how to navigate the rapidly changing...
Jul 2, 20193 min read
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