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AI | How do we Know if we’re Ready? In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a futuristic concept to a pivotal component of corporate strategy. Boards worldwide are increasingly challenging their CEOs and CFOs to identify and implement AI applications that can drive efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage. But, [...]
AI in Business | The Questions Every Leader Needs to Ask AI has been hailed as the next industrial revolution, with boards worldwide pressuring CEOs and CFOs to adopt it or risk falling behind. But like many overhyped technologies before it, AI isn’t a silver bullet for business success. While AI has undeniable, amazing potential, [...]
AI and the Future of Financial Modelling Financial Modelers spend most of their lives thinking about the future and imagining different scenarios for their clients. But what about the future of financial modelling? Can Artificial Intelligence Replace the Modeler? There are some modelers who predict that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will eventually become [...]
Dear CFO / CIO, I am writing on behalf of your office staff - they need your help. There are FOUR decisions you can make today that will make your business a more efficient and a more engaging place to work. 1. Commit to providing regular training for your staff Picture a scenario where a [...]
Data is the oil of the 21st Century - Analytics is the engine “Data … the next natural resource” (Virginia Rometty, CEO, IBM, 2013) Oil - the commodity that got us here Current generations might be forgiven for being blasé about the mega role of oil in our daily lives. For most of us, [...]
So firstly lets face facts. Not many people need to bring 4 million rows of data into Excel. Point accepted. However, some do, and I recently needed to do this. If you've ever checked (Press End then the down arrow key) Excel has just over 1 million rows, but if you start adding a formula [...]
We’ll go into much more detail on these in future posts but this is very new stuff and we thought we’d let you know about it Key Points: It’s free and it’s pretty amazing. If you want to get more advanced then it is $9.99 per user per month. Pull your data together from single [...]
In the current environment, reducing costs and increasing productivity are the keys to success. This was emphasised strongly by a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report which found that profits at the world's top 40 mining companies, including BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, slumped by half as the mining boom came off its highs, then reduced by [...]
Power BI Companies of the World By Wyn Hopkins, 13 May 15 Data extracted from LinkedIn based on a company's specialty being Power BI. Kudos goes to the ever-informative powerpivot(pro) team for detailing how to do this.
Microsoft Leading in Agile Business Intelligence Forrester Report The battle over customer versus internal business processes requirements and priorities has been fought — and the internal processes lost. Game over. Customers are now empowered with mobile devices and ubiquitous cloud-based unlimited access to information about products, services, and prices. Customer stickiness is [...]
Using Data to Create a Competitive Advantage As we outlined in What is ‘Big Data’; and why is it such a big deal?, effective analysis of large volumes of data can identify new opportunities, products and services, and result in significant cost savings and operational improvements. “To paraphrase the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by [...]
What is "Big Data"; and why is it such a big deal? By Access Analytic For a year or two, management pundits around the world have been nominating ‘Big Data’ as the ‘next big thing’ – and the key to sustainable competitive advantage in a brave new world of business. But – [...]
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Wyn has been awarded MVP status by Microsoft every year since 2017 and is the author of the book “Power BI for the Excel Analyst”. He is known worldwide for sharing his knowledge via the Access Analytic YouTube channel with over 5 million views and 90,000+ subscribers.
He gained his Chartered Accountant qualification at PwC in 2000 and has extensive Business Analyst experience with HBOS and Barclays in the UK plus multinational clients in Perth.
Wyn is skilled in Excel and Power BI development, Power Query automation, management reporting and is an experienced Excel and Power Bl trainer.
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