Staying alert to the metrics that really matter
Richard Brewin • February 19, 2024
Too much water of the wrong kind was the misfortune of the Ancient Mariner, quite literally the albatross hung around his neck, but, to paraphrase Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s rime about the cursed sailor, the modern day accountant will feel the frustration of ‘data, data everywhere nor any time to think’.
Historically, the challenge of our profession has been the time it has taken to produce meaningful data, either on a client’s business or on the accounting firm itself. Incomplete records and the difficulty of extracting information has always held back our decision-making and actions.
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