Chapter 4

What's an accurate forecast worth if nothing changes?

Dự báo đúng mà không đổi được gì thì để làm gì?

The chapter's question

Which of my decisions did this sheet change last quarter?

Big idea

A sheet only has value when it changes a decision before things happen.

In this chapter

  1. Part 4.1

    What to Delay

    If cash is short in week six, what can I postpone?

  2. Part 4.2

    What to Pull Forward

    Which receivable could come in earlier?

  3. Part 4.3

    When to Borrow

    How much advance warning makes borrowing far easier?

  4. Part 4.4

    Telling the Owner

    How do I present a negative week without causing panic?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of The Next Thirteen Weeks is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of The Next Thirteen Weeks

  1. 1.Why thirteen weeks, and not a whole year?
  2. 2.Should my first forecast be pretty, or just done?
  3. 3.Why do cash forecasts die in week three?
  4. 4.What's an accurate forecast worth if nothing changes?
  5. 5.Does my plan only work if nothing goes wrong?