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June 2025

Let's Open the Books & Re-imagine the Close
Follow up to the "ERP Era Is Over" post from April 2025.
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Jim Cook
T-Chart Framework
Draw the "T"! - another "Best Of" communication and influence tool.
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Software in the Era of Ai
Daily-Weekly “Best Ofs’ are usually in NOTES area of Substack but this one is too large so it’s a Post.
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North Star Thinking
How CFOs anchor a company's decision-making culture...
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Reverse Design Thinking for the Future CFO Architect
Start with the DECISION, NOT the DATA, and work backwards.
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CFO Guide To Setting Constraints
Follow-up post to "Constraint Driven Innovation" (for paid subscribers only).
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May 2025

Constraint-Driven Innovation
Why less is the CFO secret to more...
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Jim Cook
First Principles Thinking for CFOs
Turning Executive Team Assumptions into the CFO’s Leadership Advantage
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CFO Sidebar: Fire! - Aim - Ready? Follow-Up
For paid subscribers only.
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Fire! - Aim - Ready?
What's your leadership style? - Why Fire-Aim-Ready works early, Why it fails later and how to balance both when scaling.
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Great CFO's = Cultural Architects, Bad CFO's = Cultural Cops
CFOs creating an ownership culture with cool rules...
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