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The Silent Assassins

The Silent Assassins Today in this video, I want to talk about the three silent assassins, in your business. “The changes Jürgen made have resulted ...
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The storm is over, or is it?

The storm is over, or is it? With the vaccination well under way around the world and with the first international travel bubble including Australia and ...
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Calculating your risk when using Excel

Calculating your risk when using Excel We all know that there is an intrinsic risk in using Excel extensively in your business. Research shows that over ...
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How to be 10% more productive?

How to be 10% more productive? When I talk to people working in large organisations (e.g. Health Industry) and ask them whether they’d like to be 10% ...
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Naturally Successful

Naturally Successful - Ingrid Messner Hope you are well. You know that I am basically a Business Strategist, but I’m known for creating clever Excel ...
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How can I make your life easier this year?

How can I make your life easier this year? After booking three flights to Germany in the last year and eventually cancelling all of them we ...
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Does working from home require better systems?

Does working from home require better systems? Happy New Year to you. I hope you and your loved ones are safe and had a great Christmas ...
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Finding the GOLD in 2020…

Finding the GOLD in 2020... This week I went again to a networking event called “Networking in Nature” – organized and facilitated by the fantastic ...
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Does Excel put your business at risk?

Does Excel put your business at risk? maybe this question is a bit blunt. Just think about it. You might say, we don’t even use ...
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Needs vs Software Tool

Your software need versus the software tool you buy. In most cases the software package you buy does not fully cover your needs in your ...
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What is bad modelling costing you?

What is bad modelling costing you? Now is the time where numbers are (frantically) crunched and (last minute) spreadsheets are being created. The end of the ...
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