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              Strategy

                    FP&A

                    +2

                    Jun 20, 2026

                    •

                      11 min read

                  Incremental thinking: The Growth CFO III

                  The economics of growth

                    FP&A

                    +2

                    Jun 13, 2026

                    •

                      9 min read

                  Value Atoms: The Growth CFO II

                  How to make sure you grow the right thing

                    Strategy

                    +1

                    Jun 6, 2026

                    •

                      10 min read

                  🫡 Permission to Grow, Sir?

                  A CFO's guide to growth. But first, should you even bother?

                    Career Management

                    +4

                    May 26, 2026

                    •

                      9 min read

                  📬 Gone in sixty seconds: Speed-reading financial statements

                  And dealing with controlling founders...

                    Career Management

                    +3

                    Apr 7, 2026

                    •

                      17 min read

                  📬 Sticker shock: Repricing without blowing customer relationships

                  And what to do when your CEO breaks a promise

                    Mailbag

                    +2

                    Mar 24, 2026

                    •

                      18 min read

                  📬 Feeling anxious: is it time to refinance your debt?

                  And sticking it out vs abandoning ship in a struggling business

                    FP&A

                    +2

                    Feb 28, 2026

                    •

                      20 min read

                  Drilling for Insight: The Storytelling CFO IV

                  How to isolate the few operational truths that actually explain your numbers

                    Treasury

                    +5

                    Feb 17, 2026

                    •

                      18 min read

                  📬 Marginal Impact: Contribution Margin vs. Absorption Costs

                  And making the most of FX strategy

                    Strategy

                    +3

                    Jan 24, 2026

                    •

                      20 min read

                  The Next Big Thing?: Cashflow Mastery IV

                  Turning a blind eye to ROI

                    FP&A

                    +3

                    Jan 17, 2026

                    •

                      19 min read

                  The (Cash) Personality Test: Cashflow Mastery III

                  How to actually deliver Maintainable Free Cashflow

                    Strategy

                    +3

                    Jan 10, 2026

                    •

                      18 min read

                  M********** F****** Cashflow (Revisited)

                  And a new way of thinking about OpEx

                    Strategy

                    +2

                    Jan 3, 2026

                    •

                      17 min read

                  Not all Cash is Created Equal: Cashflow Mastery I

                  And introducing the cashflow megaphone

                    CFO Role

                    +3

                    Dec 27, 2025

                    •

                      17 min read

                  Can We Talk About Relapse? Finance Transformation IV

                  The last mile is the longest...

                    Teams & Hiring

                    +4

                    Dec 16, 2025

                    •

                      20 min read

                  📬 The Speedrun Rebuild: Achieving Finance Maturity Fast

                  And becoming a CFO at IPO

                    Teams & Hiring

                    +3

                    Dec 13, 2025

                    •

                      20 min read

                  The Soft Stuff Is the Hard Stuff: Finance Transformation II

                  How to write a vision for finance

                    CFO Role

                    +5

                    Dec 6, 2025

                    •

                      15 min read

                  Easier Said Than Done: Finance Transformation I

                  It's not them, it's you...

                    Career Management

                    +4

                    Nov 18, 2025

                    •

                      16 min read

                  📬 Proper ZBB: Separating essential from discretionary spend

                  And the leap from software to manufacturing finance

                    Mailbag

                    +5

                    Nov 11, 2025

                    •

                      17 min read

                  📬 “Strategy” or Fraud: Radical transparency in accounting

                  And a word on hedging interest rates

                    Mailbag

                    +4

                    Nov 4, 2025

                    •

                      15 min read

                  📬 Brand First: D2C survival tactics

                  And wtf is "lights out accounting"

                    Strategy

                    +2

                    Oct 11, 2025

                    •

                      21 min read

                  Inside the PE machine: The Private Equity CFO II

                  Let’s follow the money

                    M&A

                    +5

                    Oct 4, 2025

                    •

                      16 min read

                  PE CFOs are Built Different: The Private Equity CFO I

                  What every CFO can learn from their PE peers

                    The Board Room

                    +4

                    Sep 27, 2025

                    •

                      20 min read

                  When the numbers fall apart: Crisis Management IV

                  This time it’s about you

                    CFO Role

                    +5

                    Sep 23, 2025

                    •

                      16 min read

                  📬 Spending Freedom: Managing employee expenses

                  And rebranding ... what's the point?

                    Strategy

                    +2

                    Sep 20, 2025

                    •

                      17 min read

                  The NPC CFO: Crisis Management III

                  How CFOs can help when finance isn’t the epicenter of the crisis

                    Teams & Hiring

                    +4

                    Sep 9, 2025

                    •

                      16 min read

                  📬 Legal Troubles: Managing out-of-control lawyer fees

                  And does a CFO have to be an expert in all finance areas?

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