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Five Challenges to Finance’s Re-Emergence Scenario and How to Overcome Them
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to threaten populations and economies, and already-complex recovery scenarios are now compounded by surging infection rates…
How IT will Support a New Way of Working
Among business leaders, the consensus after two months of office shutdowns is that most knowledge workers can do their jobs…
Change Management: What Does It Mean to You?
During my career, I’ve heard varying definitions of change management ranging from the tactical to the esoteric. Perhaps more important…
5 Steps to Building a Post-COVID ‘Cash Culture’
In today’s world CFOs are analyzing daily cash inflows and outflows as organizations manage liquidity concerns but in 2020 Finance…
The Future Blended On-Premises/Remote Workplace
My colleague, Rick Pastore, wrote a thought-provoking blog post on the prospects for a return to the office. He foresees a slow and…
Why Your Workers Won’t Be Returning to the Office
Sorry, there will be no return to pre-coronavirus, everyone-working-from-the-office normality. HR leaders, CIOs, finance chiefs, and procurement/supply-chain leaders tell us…
Managing Liquidity in a Potential Global Credit Crunch
Although the Fed’s interest rate is currently at zero and a $2tr U.S. stimulus package was recently passed, companies might…
Guidelines for Managing the 5 Critical Coronavirus Crisis Risks
A global recession in Q2 2020, driven by the coronavirus pandemic is a virtual certainty according to economic experts. What’s…
How IT Kept Us From Crashing
The Hackett Group has had real-time visibility of the response to this crisis from the functions most vital to continuity…
BPO Contracts: Your Rate Card May Be Great – But Are You Still Paying for Too Much?
If you’ve been part of a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Managed Services contract negotiation, you understand that it is distinctly…
The Coronavirus Response: What’s Next for Finance?
Right now, many finance functions are scrambling to cope. But the coronavirus outbreak and its human and economic repercussions will…
What I’ve Learned From 20 Productive Years Working From Home
The Coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a huge and unexpected increase in the number of people who work from home. This…