Posted on February 28, 2017 by Ken Homza

Delays Beget Delays (January 2017)

Delays beget delays. Speed generates speed. Ask yourself how your organization behaves. I have the benefit of working with multiple organizations simultaneously so I have the unique ability to benchmark decision processes between organizations as they are occurring in real …

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Ken Homza

Lost or Found? (November 2017)

This is the third newsletter that I am writing as I sit in an airport delayed on my way back from Thanksgiving travels. When the airline announced a flight delay, I had a decision to make. Would the delay end …

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Ken Homza

I Don’t Golf (September 2016)

I don’t golf. That might seem like a strange opening for a blog post titled “Finance Matters”. Who cares whether I care to spend my Saturdays walking around swinging a golf club or not? But, there’s a point to be …

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Ken Homza

The Extra Mile (May 2016)

The inspiration for my monthly newsletters comes from many different places. Sometimes it is a client experience that I think will be of interest to my readers, at times an experience I personally had with a business, others from a …

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Ken Homza

Transition Planning 101 (April 2016)

As I write this newsletter, I have insights into several businesses where transition issues are somewhat of a hot topic. Frankly, this isn’t an area on which I focus but I have dealt with it over the years. The differences …

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Ken Homza

Stayman’s Law (December 2015)

My friend and colleague, Phil Stayman, Controller of Fitcorp USA, Inc. recently shared with me the following accounting axiom which he coined Stayman’s Law. “If you don’t know what an amount is, where it came from or why, any action …

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Ken Homza

Turbulence (August 2015)

Earlier this month, we took a family vacation to Niagara Falls. The history of the falls is amazing as is the fact that it is a tourist destination for people the world over. The falls are clearly a natural wonder …

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Ken Homza

Growth (April 2015)

In order to achieve business and personal growth, you have to make sure that those around you are growing as well. One of the most satisfying engagements I have had during the past year is one in which I witnessed …

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Ken Homza

Speed (November 2014)

What is the speed with which you and your organization can accomplish a goal? It is no secret that the world moves at a much quicker pace than it did even a few years ago but is your business keeping …

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Ken Homza

The Criticality of H2O to Your Business Model (October 2014)

Recently I wrote What Can You Learn from a Waterfall? and Is Your Pool of Capital Sufficient? In both issues, I used water as an analogy to the cash flow and profitability of a business. In this issue, there are …