Beyond the grid: AI inventors target Excel’s formula
For 40 years, Excel has seen off every challenger. Now AI innovators think they may finally have the recipe that can break Microsoft's spreadsheet dominance.
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Profit vs planet: how do super funds balance ESG with returns?
Profit vs planet: how do super funds balance ESG with returns?
While few people pay attention to their accumulating funds until they are staring down the barrel of retirement, it is worth examining where...
Does your practice need an AI policy and how will it help?
Does your practice need an AI policy and how will it help?
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow exponentially, with the technology touching businesses large and small and outpacing,...
SMEs to drive Australia’s success through ‘everyday, incremental’ innovation
SMEs to drive Australia’s success through ‘everyday, incremental’ innovation
Politicians extolling Australia’s virtues often say the country is a font of innovation, that we are a nation of inventors, and cite the black...
Recruiters and job seekers are ‘ghosting’ each other. Can we save the lost art of replying?
Recruiters and job seekers are ‘ghosting’ each other. Can we save the lost art of replying?
Being “ghosted” – cut off from all communications without an explanation – isn’t a pleasant experience in any situation. So when you’re in the...
How to value your accounting business
How to value your accounting business
The market has come to its own conclusions around how to value a small accounting practice, says Kev Ryan, transaction advisor for accounting...
3 lessons accountants can learn from an HR professional
3 lessons accountants can learn from an HR professional
In this series, we speak with professionals across different sectors about the challenges they face in their roles, and bring lessons back to...
How can accountants reckon with AI’s emissions problem
How can accountants reckon with AI’s emissions problem
What is certain, however, is that the rapid rise of generative AI demands astonishing amounts of computing power – along with astonishing amounts...
Will democracy’s bug infect Australia?
Will democracy’s bug infect Australia?
Larry Diamond, a professor at California’s Stanford University, scores the health of democracies. He does it the same way analysts score business...
These eight tests will help you decide which of your innovation ideas is going to be a winner
These eight tests will help you decide which of your innovation ideas is going to be a winner
In the case of an organisation that has committed to building and progressing a portfolio of innovation projects and initiatives, it is a matter...
Keeping AML reform burden from outweighing the benefits
Keeping AML reform burden from outweighing the benefits
In a detailed joint submission with CA ANZ and CPA, the IPA has outlined a series of measures to keep the anti-money laundering and...
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