Business media, led by the Wall Street Journal, is trying to help companies deal with the new norm. WSJ has published over a dozen articles on the subject in the last month addressing everything from real estate and urban design to wages and new regulations requiring remote work options.

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The availability and analysis of data is the driving force for change in business today and we see five ways that it is going to change the way equipment finance operates over the next few years. We note that “changing the way a business operates” is another way to say “changing our behavior” so we are really talking about five ways data is going to create innovation in our industry.

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An interview with Equipment Finance leader David Gnade on the risk and opportunities of impending rate hikes.

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The Amazon Prime television show “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” recently re-introduced me to concept of matchmakers. The show’s plotline begins with Mrs. Maisel’s mother, Rose, launching a business as a New York City matchmaker. This intrigued me because the challenges she faced seemed very much like those I have come to understand working with and around brokers in equipment finance.

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Everyone has their own methods of predicting customer behavior. That’s the goal. Like tournament seeds, credit scores reflect past performance and provide insight over the long term that will be statistically relevant. But just like every game has new circumstances and the opportunity for special efforts by players and coaches, every business year has a plethora of new opportunities, constraints, and circumstances that might change how a business performs and behaves. Extra data sources help make better predictions.

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Transformation to becoming a “digital business” may be a tired topic, but how many finance companies can actually claim success? Indeed, how many business leaders have a definition of success for digital transformation much less have communicated it companywide?

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