Goal: Turn the Matrix of Metrics into Music
Turn the Matrix…
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…Into Music. made this eight-bar set in front of me.
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The Balance & Flow of Business
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But…
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Right and wrong way
Each flow and balance has a Rowset based on System Type
Things that move through stages in a pipeline are things that flow
A total amount that you add to and subtract from is a balance.
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Traditional accountants hear all the music but only report when the key G is played. ββοΈ
Clean and label the data
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Look at it this way
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Instead of
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The Spectrum of Weekly Accounting Performance
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At the transactional level
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If Every Unit of Work was Self Aware
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Then you can make a Weekly Metrics and P&L for every seat
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Which results in
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Alan Watts – Life is like Music
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Life is Like Music – Alan Watts
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