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In Part 3, we conclude this series presenting a 3-step framework for reducing the cost of insights, enhancing - not sabotaging - your organisation’s ability to make decisions. Which jobs are most at risk? Where does automation make sense? And what should BI and Insights teams look like 12 months from now?

In Part 2, we review the 5 most common sources of insight in organisations today: (1) source systems (SAP, Oracle), (2) dashboard reports (Tableau, Qlik, Power BI), (3) Microsoft Excel, (4) BI and Insights teams and (5) the role of professional services.

You never want to drive a car or fly a plane with defective instruments. So why would you want to run a business by guessing what to do next? In this article, we distinguish between data vs. systems issues, helping organisations fix defective instruments, today.

To increase the odds of surviving a recession, a company must do two things: improve operational efficiencies and invest in opportunities to spur growth. But how do you discover which areas to improve or invest in when Finance and BI teams are off-limits to the rest of the business, swamped by ‘mission critical’ requests? Learn how Hyper Anna solves this very problem, helping organisations set their strategic agenda for a sustained period of uncertainty and slow growth.

Most people have bad dashboards. And if you don’t, then you’re lucky. In this blog, we share a snapshot of what a $250K Tableau dashboard implementation looks like and how in the short time, two months post-launch, has become completely obsolete, unable to help the organisation dig deeper and cope with a looming recession.

What should you expect from your BI or insights team in a recession? In this article, we look at the current state of BI teams, helping companies pivot quickly when it becomes near impossible for a BI team to service the entire organisation with ‘mission critical’ data and insights in a recession or time of rapid change.

Quicker and smarter decisions? Learn from three global recessions and the winning strategies organisations deploy to not merely survive, but go on to thrive.

How do you stay resilient when things are changing very rapidly? As a business, how do you respond and prepare? In this article, we want to talk about the role of insights in helping you stay ‘resilient’ in the context of making decisions.

What to expect when joining a startup from the corporate world / Big 4 consulting life.

Learn about the 4 key steps to insightful management reporting: from an impactful Executive Summary with key business drivers to using Big Data to uncover Actionable Insights

This guide covers the 3 types of software that best address financial analysis and reporting needs for small businesses: Small Business Accounting, Automated Financial Reporting, and Small Business Analytics.

Bringing data to the table by dogfooding our own product‍.

Accountants performing the role of a virtual CFO are not only widening their client base and growing revenue but also riding a wave of increasing demand. 

This blog covers 4 solutions which aim to help small businesses to leverage analytics across a wide range of business activities: marketing, website performance, revenue and cost, and customer demographics.‍

With AI-powered analytics capabilities, insights can be generated automatically and intelligently at a fraction of the cost - think 50c a day for all the insights that you need to run your business. In this article, we cover 4 ways AI-powered analytics can make or break a small or midsize business.‍