Counting Pickles: Why Decision-Makers Need Event-Based Modelling in the Age of AI
Most businesses still make their biggest decisions in spreadsheets. The problem? Spreadsheets capture the what — revenue last quarter, payroll this month, costs on a project — but they rarely capture the why or the when. Numbers without story don’t add up to insight, especially in the age of AI. After 25 years in film and post-production — an industry where everything runs on timelines — I began asking why business models don’t work the same way. That’s the foundation of event-based modelling: a new approach to financial forecasting, scenario planning, and AI-driven decision-making.