Welcome back Paul from two weeks out of trenches. This week is so big we actually had to interrupt our pre-game arguing to save some of the fight for the show. This was all Lielette ( Calleja https://www.linkedin.com/in/lielettecalleja/ fault for accou...

From the Trenches decided to skip episode #21 because.............well because skipping numbers seemed to have worked for trump tower and our producer doesn't seem to be able to count.

The show went on though with Xero Firm of the year winner James Van De Beek filling in for Paul Meissner who is still out of the trenches and in the infirmary. 

Best on Ground

 

Customer Experience Matters says MYOB & Receipt Bank - we agree

https://www.myob.com/au/blog/why-customers-desire-experience-more-than-stuff/

 

David v Golia…Deloitte

Absolute empowerment to the little firm taking on the CPA Deloitte audit

http://www.afr.com/business/accounting/deloitte-denies-wrongdoing-in-cpa-audits-20170817-gxy9h2

 

Worst on Ground

 

More proof the ‘’robots will kill us’’ camp are miles off with the AFR publishing not 1 but 3 articles dulling down the impact of rise of the machines.

 

Robotic Process Automation

Our mate Sri Annaswamy described robotic process automation the ‘’consulting scam of the century’’  http://www.afr.com/technology/robotic-process-automation-on-demand-as-consultants-get-disrupted-20170816-gxx6b0

 

Block Chain

‘’The truth is the only people making any money out of blockchain at present are conference producers.’’ 

http://www.afr.com/technology/the-reality-of-blockchain-in-australia-lots-of-plans-but-waiting-for-the-big-hit-20170816-gxx6cs

 

Artificial Intelligence

Almost no one is ready for it now so it is nowhere near ready to take all our SME jobs and still relies on quality data inputs

http://www.afr.com/technology/gadgets/computers/artificial-intelligence-business-wants-a-lot-from-it-but-is-reluctant-to-commit-20170817-gxycql

 

Media Watch

Stop fear selling to us. If you can't convey the value of your product without putting something else down then your product doesn't have enough value.

From the Trenches decided to skip episode #21 because.............well because skipping numbers seemed to have worked for trump tower and our producer doesn't seem to be able to count.

The show went on though with Xero Firm of the year winner An...

It wouldn't be a Melbourne Winter if one of Paul or David didn't lose their voice, not great for a couple of podcast hosts. The show must go on so David is joined By Trent McLaren, Australian Accounting Awards Thought Leader of the Year, Practice Ignition superstar and all round nice guy. 

Best on Ground

David 

Can Accountants advise clients to run Venture Capital Funds 

https://www.pickles.com.au/blog/-/blogs/a-commitment-to-innovation-pickles-ventures?_33_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pickles.com.au%2Fblog%3Fp_p_id%3D33%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BV9NAlvZ4ToaeuJWAmlXjGQ%3D%3D  

Brilliant content from Receipt Bank on Value Pricing 

https://blog.receipt-bank.com/five-innovative-firms-that-nailed-value-pricing?utm_campaign=Social%20-%20Value%20Pricing%20-%20Q3&utm_content=58954397&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Trent 

Martin Bisset's article on why offline relationships trump all the social media attention possible. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6303192876029476864/ 

Worst on Ground 

Trent is fed up with insurance brokers using fear selling and talks about a bad conversation he had.

David sings praise on the Women in Finance awards from momentum media but asks the question, Did anyone miss out?  https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/professional-development/10649-finalists-revealed-for-industry-first-awards-program

Fake News

No, relying on just your network isn't Killing your business. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-relying-referrals-killing-your-accounting-firm-amanda-c-watts

It wouldn't be a Melbourne Winter if one of Paul or David didn't lose their voice, not great for a couple of podcast hosts. The show must go on so David is joined By Trent McLaren, Australian Accounting Awards Thought Leader of the Year, Prac...

BOG

DAVID

Microsoft is changing the way their lawyers price (and its not more hourly billing) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/business/dealbook/paying-lawyers-by-hour-microsoft.html 

PWC's Airtax is advertising on the street https://www.airtax.io/ 

PAUL

Robots have tried to take our jobs for over 200 years, they keep failing https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6300235577182814208/ 

WOG

DAVID

More people die from lack of sleep than road accidents. WHAT!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/tiredness-killing-aussies-with-more-than-3000-deaths-a-year-linked-to-lack-of-sleep/news-story/479abf7f33de0e3cf2f6417c9e2f1309

Media Watch

Blockchain is not our priority right now, Rod Drury will tell us when it is though. https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/columns/10624-blockchain-why-it-s-time-for-the-accounting-industry-to-get-on-board

Indepth

Why do accountant need empathy and emotional intelligence??

It was a good news week in accounting land as Paul and David share their happier moments including PWC using street media to promote their tax service for Uber drivers, new pricing trends in the legal world that may impact us, a flurry of applicants fo...

#18 We're being used as political pawns by David Boyar & Paul Meissner

Paul Meissner is back and takes no time pulling David up on his comments about compliance being under pressure. 

Unfortunately the CPA saga continues but working remotely, work life balance, and an MBA for accountants are some positive news stories to discuss. 

BOG

David: 

If your career is worth $10m then why aren't you pro actively managing it? 

http://theoutperformer.moble.site/post/how-much-is-your-career-worth?utm_content=bufferacc6a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer  

Working Holidays are on the rise

http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/mixing-business-and-pleasure-is-key-for-aussies-who-work-on-holiday/news-story/491bb98846a5ba298126d4ca4b11e0a1

Paul

The IPA, MBA https://www.publicaccountants.org.au/education/ipa-program

WOG

David

Surely there are better ways to promote work life balance than an office social party https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/professional-development/10564-workaholic-culture-persists-in-accounting-industry

Paul

The new industry super fund add is....well we can't really find the words, but it's a bit much https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2017/mar/20/industry-superannuation-funds-launch-fox-in-henhouse-attack-ad-video

Media Watch

MYOB survey reports are out of touch with what happens on the ground

http://www.dynamicbusiness.com.au/small-business-resources/tax/cloud-accounting-advancements-have-led-to-more-smes-doing-their-own-tax-says-myob.html

5 in 5 with the awesome team at Illumin8 http://illumin8.com.au/