How to convince my boss to move from paper to digital accounting
Updating manual paper accounting records often meets pushback from traditionalist leadership who resist moving away from familiar paper processes and plastic-bag client records. This resistance prevents organizations from adopting modern, cloud-based workflows and marketing new digital services independently.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Keeping excel files
- 2Tracking a lot manually
- 3Joining another firm that specializes in cloud-based accounting services
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I.E clients come in with there papers in a plastic bag ETC”source ↗
“My question is i want to start providing a cloud based service and market it on social media. However do i need to join another firm the specialise in this or through research can i do this myself.”source ↗
Where this came up
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