Insights

What we see now, and what is coming next.

Practical writing for accounting firm partners and practice managers on technology, people, systems and change - grounded in the work we do.

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Guides

Longer, practical documents on a specific change or decision - what is happening, what to action, and in what order. Written to be handed around.

Practice technology change 9 min read

Xero Partner Hub: what changes, and what to do first

Xero HQ, Practice Manager and Xero Tax become one platform, with automatic migration from September 2026. The known limitations, and the seven things to action before you are moved.

Daniel RichardsonGuide

Articles

Shorter, opinion pieces.

Implementation 7 min read

Why practice management implementations fail

Almost never the software. Three failure modes we see again and again in accounting firms, and what a firm can do about each one before it signs anything.

Daniel Richardson
Optimisation 6 min read

How to review your firm's technology stack

Four questions that tell you whether your app stack is working, and how to run the review yourself before you pay anyone to do it for you.

Daniel Richardson

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