What Would Janet Do? Our Current State Review of Data In Practice looks directly at that reality. We examine how data is produced, shaped, interpreted, and handed over in practice, not how it’s described in policy or slide decks. If these videos feel uncomfortably familiar, it’s usually because transformation isn’t failing in theory. It’s failing right where operations and finance meet. #ColinTheCFO #JanetFromAccounts #DigitalTransformation #FinanceTransformation #CorporateSatire | JAInet HQ

We called it a tech upgrade; Janet called it a waste of budget. New systems, dashboards, automation - none of it could match the accuracy of her Excel stack. Digital transformation keeps promising miracles, but the only thing that consistently works is the Janet Stack: twelve sheets, fourteen macros, zero nonsense. #JanetFromAccounts #corporatehumor #ColinTheCFO #CorporateSatire #DigitalTransformation | JAInet HQ

They launched a new people system. Janet asked, “Who’s it for?” New login. New UI. Mandatory HRIS training. IT said it would “unlock the employee experience.” Janet said she just wants to book leave without a 504 timeout. So she built her own tracker m - in Excel. Formatted. Colour-coded. Already adopted by three other departments. HR called it non-compliant. Everyone else called it usable. #JanetFromAccounts #ColinTheCFO #DigitalTransformation #FinanceTransformation #Leadership #Satire #Corpora