by DerekHenry | Oct 25, 2023 | Thought Leadership
Overview I made a pretty big career pivot a few years ago from corporate accounting and financial reporting to solution consulting (also known as pre-sales and sales engineering) with financial software. It’s not uncommon to come from a practitioner...
by DerekHenry | Oct 18, 2023 | Efficiency, Thought Leadership
Overview Is it just me or is change happening around us more quickly than ever? While it can be frustrating, change is necessary if we want to get better. I’ve seen people treat change in three ways: avoid it, accept it, and embrace it. In other words,...
by DerekHenry | Oct 11, 2023 | Efficiency, Thought Leadership
Overview How many times have you wrapped up a big project, breathed a sigh of relief, and then found several issues that needed to be done over again? Or handed in what you thought was awesome work, only to find out it wasn’t what your boss or client was...
by DerekHenry | Oct 4, 2023 | Efficiency, Excel Tips
Overview So many accountants work like they’re on on a hamster wheel, going through the same inefficient process month after month, without giving it any question or thought. Accountants don’t tend to like change, even if we’re talking about a...
by DerekHenry | Sep 27, 2023 | Efficiency, Excel Tips
Overview It may not seem like it, but laziness is a trait worth aspiring to. I’m not talking about vegging out all day and letting the dishes and laundry pile up. I’m talking about the kind of laziness where you avoid unnecessary work. Where you focus...
by DerekHenry | Sep 20, 2023 | Efficiency, Excel Tips
Overview You’re probably familiar with the concept of auto-complete. After all, it’s been around for nearly 19 years, the invention largely attributed to Google with the launch of Google Suggest. You probably use auto-complete within several apps every...
by DerekHenry | Sep 13, 2023 | Efficiency, Excel Tips
Overview If you’ve ever searched for a command or setting in an app for more than 10 seconds, you know how frustrating it can be. As pretty as the menu is, as well-organized as all the commands are, odds are you’ll still end up searching quite a bit. ...
by DerekHenry | Sep 6, 2023 | Efficiency, Thought Leadership
Overview The picture above shows several of my shirts hanging up in the laundry room. My kids saw them all together like this and asked me why all my shirts are grey. While I like how they look with just about anything (they tend to hide dirt!), it wasn’t...
by DerekHenry | Aug 30, 2023 | Efficiency, Excel Tips, Thought Leadership
Overview In last week’s post, I discussed how valuable macros can be, and how you can get started with them. One of the best ways to leverage macros is with add-ins. Having macros live within an add-in is a great way to share them, provide a user interface for...
by DerekHenry | Aug 23, 2023 | Efficiency, Excel Tips, Thought Leadership
Overview Macros are a polarizing topic in Excel – some people love them, some people hate them, and some people have no clue what they are. Personally, I can’t live without them. They can automate so many tasks, well beyond the financial schedules that...
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