We’re in a time when empowerment means do-it-yourself. Spend a few hours on YouTube and you’ll find a myriad of crafts you can learn, from brewing your own beer to making a better soufflé.
No one, though, would claim you can learn to be a surgeon on your own, or how to fly a plane, or embark on any number of highly skilled tasks without expert coaching. I’d argue the stakes for your company are just as high with do-it-yourself accounting.