by Gabriele Albarosa | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
An “expert” is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. This quote from Niels Bohr (Nobel prize for physics in 1922) suggests a central role for mistakes in scientific discovery. Still, publicly sharing mistakes is kind of...
by Gabriele Albarosa | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Over the last couple weeks, Krescendo duly carried out the recommended COVID-19 risk assessment, in preparation for the gradual resumption of office life. I don’t know about you but audits and risk assessments arouse conflicting emotions in me: initially, a...
by Gabriele Albarosa | May 28, 2020 | Quality Assurance
Over the last couple of weeks we have been busy with compliance-related assessments, with COVID “office-readiness” quickly followed by annual ISO27001 re-certification. Aside from the bitter-sweet feeling of being able to do some of it from the garden, it...
by Gabriele Albarosa | May 22, 2020 | Resource Planning
How can you forecast expenses in a way that people feel accountable? How do you explain the past reliably, so that departures from BAU carry an appropriate label? By enabling data collaboration across your finance function. This post is for those who find themselves...
by Gabriele Albarosa | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Whilst home staying alert, most of us did pile on the pounds over the last few weeks. Something else, however, happened: we got creative to stay sane, to keep in touch, to get on with our work or invent new ways of making a living. As the barriers of socialisation...
