Leanne on Demand Daily with Leanne Hughes 🌴344. The Xero update I didn’t know I needed
This episode is me calling myself out on one of the least sexy but most critical parts of running a business: money management. I’m great at the fun stuff. Give me a microphone, a client room, a blank page I’m happy. But ask me to open Xero every week and I’ll suddenly find seventeen other priorities.
After coming back from Nepal, I finally logged into Xero expecting the usual admin slog. Instead, I found a new beta tool called JAX quietly sitting there waiting. And honestly, it punched way above its weight. It auto-suggested reconciliations, sorted categories and wiped out about 80 percent of the thinking work. For someone who normally has to Google charges and cross-reference my calendar like a forensic accountant, this was wild.
But the part that really got my attention wasn’t the reconciling. It’s that JAX can answer financial questions, spot trends and give cash-flow insights on demand. Which makes me wonder: what happens to bookkeeping and accounting when your software starts offering real-time advice before a human even emails you?
This episode is a look at the tool, the time it saved me and the bigger question I'm sitting with: Is this just a handy update or the start of a real shift in how small businesses handle finance?
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