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The complete run of my weekly “AI in Finance & Business” column for the Jamaica Observer, plus earlier writing from PGH Consulting.

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July 10, 2026 | Jamaica Observer

From Excel to slides in minutes — Claude now works inside your spreadsheet and your deck

Claude now runs inside both Excel and PowerPoint, so finance teams can move numbers straight from a spreadsheet into a polished slide deck — no manual copying, no reformatting at month-end.

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July 3, 2026 | Jamaica Observer

Clearing the drawer — how Claude's desktop app turns a year of receipts into clean books in an afternoon

Point Claude's new desktop app at a folder of receipts and bank exports, and it extracts, sorts and cleans a whole year of records in an afternoon — with your files staying on your own computer.

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June 26, 2026 | Jamaica Observer

Ten prompts that will 10x your results — and the one habit behind all of them

Ten AI prompts to speed up real work across accounting, sales and HR — plus the one habit behind all of them: give the tool a clear role, real context, and the exact output you want, then refine.

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June 19, 2026 | Jamaica Observer

A dashboard in minutes — no analyst, no software, no wait

Turn a static spreadsheet into an interactive dashboard with a single plain-English prompt — no analyst to hire, no new software to buy, and no waiting.

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June 12, 2026 | Jamaica Observer

Cash flow forecasting in minutes, not days — with Claude, even when the JMD/USD rate won't sit still

Building a 13-week cash flow forecast used to take days. With Claude inside Excel, you can build one and stress-test it against every JMD/USD scenario in minutes — even as a one-person finance team.

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June 5, 2026 | Jamaica Observer

ChatGPT just landed in Google Sheets — here's why every Jamaican business owner should pay attention

OpenAI put ChatGPT right inside Google Sheets — build sheets from a plain-English description, clean messy data, and explain formulas. Here is why it matters for lean Jamaican finance teams.

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