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Accounting Marketing Writing Team: Dec 29, 2025 8:00:01 AM
Tax preparation involves hundreds of data points, dozens of forms, and countless opportunities for errors that won't become obvious until the IRS sends a notice six months later. Traditional quality control means senior reviewers checking returns...
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Writing Team: Dec 29, 2025 7:59:59 AM
Auditors have been arguing about sample sizes since someone first decided examining every transaction was impractical. The traditional approach...
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Writing Team: Dec 29, 2025 7:59:59 AM
Tax codes change. Accounting standards evolve. State requirements diverge. Federal agencies issue guidance that contradicts last quarter's guidance....
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Writing Team: Dec 22, 2025 8:00:02 AM
We've all seen the receipt scanning demos. Point your phone at a crumpled Starbucks receipt, watch it magically extract $6.47 and categorize it as...
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Writing Team: Dec 22, 2025 7:59:59 AM
We've been training our fingers to do data entry since the 1980s while simultaneously developing AI that can understand natural language better than...
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Joy Youell: Dec 15, 2025 7:00:01 AM
The managing partner looked frustrated.
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Writing Team: Dec 8, 2025 8:00:01 AM
Watch what happens when new technology arrives in a traditional professional service industry.
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Writing Team: Dec 8, 2025 7:59:59 AM
You've built something new. Something genuinely innovative that positions your firm for the next decade.
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Writing Team: Dec 8, 2025 7:59:59 AM
Most professional service firms treat content marketing as a solo endeavor.
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Joy Youell: Dec 8, 2025 7:00:01 AM
Language reveals everything.
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Joy Youell: Dec 8, 2025 7:00:00 AM
Every AI transformation conversation starts with the same question: "Where should we begin?"
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Joy Youell: Dec 8, 2025 7:00:00 AM
Here's a conversation I have at least once a week:
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Writing Team: Dec 1, 2025 8:00:04 AM
There's a particular species of LinkedIn post that makes my teeth hurt.
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Writing Team: Dec 1, 2025 8:00:01 AM
You've spent twenty years asking the same fundamental question about your industry. The question persists not because you haven't found answers, but...
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Writing Team: Dec 1, 2025 7:59:59 AM
Most professional service engagements follow a predictable pattern.
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Joy Youell: Dec 1, 2025 7:00:02 AM
I can predict which AI initiatives will fail within the first hour of talking to a firm's leadership team.
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Joy Youell: Dec 1, 2025 7:00:00 AM
Every firm says they want a culture of innovation. They put it in their values statements. They mention it in recruiting pitches. They talk about it...
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Writing Team: Nov 24, 2025 1:26:05 PM
The technology vendor showed up with impressive credentials and promised transformative results. Three months later, your firm is paying for...
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Writing Team: Nov 24, 2025 1:25:58 PM
The audit partner received the memo about new quality management standards and filed it under "compliance paperwork to review later." Three months...
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Writing Team: Nov 24, 2025 1:25:52 PM
The tax department discovered an AI tool that automated client correspondence. The audit team built custom workflows for document analysis. Marketing...