Notes on decisions, exceptions, and systems.
Short pieces on how a decision gets a clear read, when a pack is the right shape, and when the company needs software instead.
September 2026
What a weekly management pack should actually contain
Most packs still dump every report the system can produce. Leadership needs exceptions, cash, margin, and a short list of decisions, not forty tabs.
September 2026
A projection should come with a range, not a single cell
A single number looks certain. A range with the assumptions listed is honest, and a decision-maker can ask how it was built.
August 2026
Exception-first KPIs: stop reading the whole dashboard
A KPI is only useful if it tells you when to intervene. Define the band, show the breaches, and keep the rest in the appendix.
July 2026
Cash and margin: two numbers still reconciled in someone’s head
Books, stock, and bank rarely tell the same story on the same day. The work is to make the differences visible before the week is already gone.
If your numbers do not add up, a report is still built by hand, or your team has outgrown its tools, get in touch.
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