Archive for March 2018
Your firm is not the solution
Does your firm proudly announce itself as a solutions provider? You’re not alone. In fact, ‘solutions’ is now right near the top of the trendy, overused buzzwords list. I’m sorry to be the one to break the news, but this word has joined the ranks of leverage, synergy and other wildly successful business terms that…
Read MoreWhat does Facebook know about you? You may be surprised
With Facebook looming large in the news, everyone is wondering whether they were part of the Cambridge Analytic data set that is currently in focus. Whether or not you were involved in that particular incident, you’ll probably be amazed to learn just how much information you’ve given Facebook. When users of the biggest social networking…
Read MoreClient interviews: Preventative medicine to maintain a healthy accounting firm
One of the key tenets of medicine is dealing with illness at an early stage, for everything from a virus to a cancer. By recognizing and treating the problem before it has a chance to take hold and spread, you can limit its potential to threaten the long-term health of the entire organism. While your…
Read MoreEmbiggen Yourself!
Next time someone reminds you to use your words, you’ll have a few more to choose from. More than a few actually, because Merriam Webster has added a fresh batch of 850 officially sanctioned “real” English words to the dictionary. As any linguist or casual wordie knows, language isn’t a static phenomenon. It’s always shifting…
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