Future-Proof

Lack of self-confidence is a key reason why many of us don’t get what we want —  that promotion, that raise, that speaking gig. Our guests this week are trying to change all of that. They are Kate Boorer and Fiona Pearman, two leading Australian business experts who have joined forces to write a book aimed at helping people “own their talents, face their fears, and create their futures.” That’s the sub-head of their extraordinary book Core Confidence. We discuss why that happens, and what we can do with these building blocks to re-tap into that core confidence and walk away with a positive mindset.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Core Confidence: Own Your Talent, Face Your Fear, Create Your Futurehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kateboorerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fionapearman"Yes, Impostor Syndrome Is Real. Here's How to Deal With It""Imposter syndrome: women’s silent career killer"Future-Proof is a production of Crate Media

This week we’re talking about the Paycheck Protection Program. A provision of the CARES Act — the massive coronavirus relief bill that was signed into law on March 27 — the PPP is a loan that’s designed to be an incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll.We know some of our listeners may be applying for it, and if you are, you probably have a few questions. So we sat down for a conversation with two people who can help put this all into proper context. Erik Asgeirsson is the president and CEO of CPA.com, the technology arm of the American Institute of CPAs, and he is going to give us some perspective on the massive and almost unprecedented legislative undertaking to get this bill passed, as well as recommendations for the types of documents that lenders are looking for under various circumstances during the loan application process. And Tom Hood, the president and CEO of the Maryland Institute of CPAs and the Business Learning Institute, is going to talk a bit about the role that CPAs can play in this process, and give us some guidance of his own for people in the profession as the rest of this crisis plays out.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:SBA Paycheck Protection Program resources for CPAsMACPA.org/COVID-19AICPA recommends lender documents and key calculations to use in PPP applicationsFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

The world has been slowly transitioning towards remote work, but we are suddenly in an era where many of us have been forced to adopt remote work practices in a very short time. Some of us weren’t ready for this, and we could all use a little guidance in making the leap. Here to help us through that is Greg Rittler, the founder of Blue Ocean Ideas. We learn what it takes to lead a fully-remote team like this under very difficult circumstances, and he has some great insights into how to lead a remote team in an era of crisis — lessons that many of us need in this profession.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Blueoceanideas.comMACPA.org/COVID-191. Welcome to the World of Exponential Change: Becoming an Anticipatory Organization | with Daniel BurrusFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Amidst all the chaos of the coronavirus, we are all trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy in our day-to-day lives. One way people are trying to maintain as much of the status quo as possible is through remote work. Our guest this week, Tina Garza, has some great guidance for businesses and employees alike when it comes to working remotely and returning to business as usual.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Accountingprose.comlinkedin.com/in/cristina-tina-garza-small-business-superhero-b5622124/The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Become the World’s Largest Work-From-Home ExperimentCOVID-19 Has My Teams Working Remotely: A Guide for LeadersFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

The coronavirus has caught everyone’s attention, and not in a good way. Most of what you read out there largely falls somewhere between paranoia and panic and — given the reliability of the “news” we see in our social feeds — that’s not good for anybody. Jennifer Elder of the Business Learning Institute has compiled a list of questions that business leaders can use to help their organizations prepare for the potential impact of the coronavirus. And now is the best time to do it because things are likely to get worse before they get better.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Coronavirus: How prepared are you?Experts Simulated a Coronavirus Pandemic Last Year and It Killed 65 Millionwww.centerforhealthsecurity.org/Event201www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/recommendationswww.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/videosFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

When you’re talking about life in an exponential age, there are few skills that are as important as anticipation — the ability to spot future trends early, before they become truly disruptive, and take advantage of the opportunities they offer.One person who truly understands the importance of anticipation is our guest today, Rita McGrath. Rita is a longtime professor at Columbia Business School and a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review. She’s considered one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth, and her latest book, Seeing Around Corners: How To Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen, offers an interesting perspective on the concept of anticipation. She joins us to talk about how her thoughts fit into what the MACPA is doing with Daniel Burrus and share insight into how we can all become better anticipators.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Learn more: www.ritamcgrath.comRead: Seeing Around Corners: How To Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They HappenLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ritamcgrath"Don't Assume Anything. Prove It.""Three Things You Must Do to Conquer Complexity""If Your Team Isn't Doing These 6 Things, You're Doomed"Future-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Bots are the name of the game this week. They are all the rage, and they’re setting their sights on the accounting and finance world. No one knows that more than our guest this week. Jody Padar built her “Radical CPA” brand as chief executive officer of New Vision CPA Group near Chicago. But then, in January she was named vice president of strategy for Botkeeper. We ask Jody about the potential of bots to transform this profession. As a future-focused accounting and finance professional, this is a conversation you need to pay attention to.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Learn more: www.botkeeper.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jody-padar-18a9711/Start mastering these Future-Ready skills now by visiting MACPA.org/future-learning-frameworkFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

When we had a whole show highlighting blockchain last year, the hype around it was sky-high. It was supposed to transform our profession and, in fact, many professions. It seemed like there was no problem that couldn’t potentially be solved through the use of blockchain technology. Now, things have cooled off a bit, but people in our profession are still very interested in how blockchain might transform what we do.Keith Nichols, General Manager for small to mid-size firms with Thomson Reuters, is one of them. Keith was previously Thomson Reuters’ managing director for government, which meant he had significant say in the global strategy and business operations of the government practice with the Tax and Accounting business at Thomson Reuters. That meant he was recognizing blockchain’s potential to disrupt things like governmental tax transactions, land registries, and things like that. He’s been watching this technology for a while now, and he has some pretty interesting insights into the real potential of blockchain and how it might impact this profession and our society once the disillusionment wears out.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nicholskeith/Read: Gartner Hype CycleRead: "Get ready for a massive “block” party"Start mastering these Future-Ready skills now by visiting MACPA.org/future-learning-frameworkFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

We spend a lot of time talking about exponential technologies and the disruptive impact they’re having on our world — but today’s guest turns the tables on the mindset and focuses, instead, on the importance of exponential thinking. Jeffrey Rogers is the Principal Facilitator at Singularity University, which is a global learning and innovation community that uses exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-rogers-ab368658/Read: “How Will You Measure Your Life?”Watch: "Jeff Rogers: Exponential thinking and creative resolution | SingularityU Brazil Summit 2019"Start mastering these Future-Ready skills now by visiting MACPA.org/future-learning-frameworkFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

In this episode, we’re talking about innovation in CPA firms — and, no, this isn’t the punchline to a knock-knock joke. It’s happening, believe it or not, and on a pretty serious scale.Joining us to about it is none other than Jonathan Kraftchick. Jonathan is the partner of assurance services in the Raleigh office of Cherry Bekaert, where he is known (informally) as the firm’s Innovation Partner and heads up the firm’s Innovation Team. Jonathan has some great insights into what innovation actually looks like in practice within the stereotypically non-innovative environment of a CPA firm, and understanding what innovation looks like is an important first step towards being innovative.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Twitter: twitter.com/jkraftchickLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jkraftchick"Jonathan Kraftchick Named Triangle’s Funniest Accountant"Start mastering these Future-Ready skills now by visiting MACPA.org/future-learning-frameworkFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

We spent last week talking about federal tax issues that you might need to know about as we head into this year’s Busy Season. This week, we’re going to do the same thing — but on the state tax side of the ledger.So we sit down with Peter Franchot, comptroller for the state of Maryland. We also asked some of our MACPA members what questions they have for the comptroller, and we got a ton of responses. We were able to ask a few in this episode, but we hope to share answers to even more of your questions on the MACPA blog soon.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Prepare for tax season at MACPA.org/taxStart mastering Future-Ready skills now by visiting http://macpa.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Settle in and relax, folks, because this might be your last chance to chill until April.Yeah, tax season is here. And yeah, you’re probably going to be busy — but today’s episode just might help.Our guest is Cari Weston, director of tax practice and ethics for the American Institute of CPAs. She down with our host, Bill Sheridan, at the 2019 Digital CPA Conference to talk about the issues that will be impacting tax pros in 2020. This year, for a change, those issues go well beyond the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Prepare for tax season at aicpa.org/taxConnect with Cari on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cariwestonLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Find CPA tax training at MACPA.org/taxAccounting Today's 2020 "Year Ahead" surveyRead: "2020 tax season filing preview”Future-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Given the latest research within the profession — see our recent conversation with Lexy Kessler for details on all of that — there’s one thing that most accounting and finance professionals are thinking about: talent.How to find talent, how to keep it, and how to figure out what the best talent wants in the first place. This last bit is really important, too, because what younger generations want is often different from what the older generations wanted. To learn more about this generational gap and what you can do to attract the best and brightest of the next generation of accountants, we sit down with Monique Malcolm-Hay, a senior consultant at PwC and founder of New-Gen Accountants.If you have any interest in the future of this profession, this episode is a must-listen.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:www.newgenaccountants.comLinkedIn: .linkedin.com/company/new-gen-accountants/Twitter: @NewGenAccountInstagram: @NewGenAccountantsLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

This episode releases on the cusp of a new year — so, if you’re reading this in 2019, we want to wish you a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2020. Here’s to you and yours.Of course, with the new year comes New Year’s resolutions, and there’s one resolution that all accounting and finance professionals (and, really, most people) can benefit from: becoming a better delegator.So we sit down with Emily Morgan, the mastermind behind a group called Delegate Solutions, which offers premium-level virtual assistant services for entrepreneurs. They tackle your distracting to-dos, create a strategic delegation plan for meeting your goals, and fully manage the virtual team assigned to your projects.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:DelegateSolutions.comDownload your FREE Delegate and Elevate worksheetRead: Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino WickmanRead: How To Be A Great Boss by Gino Wickman and Rene BoerLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Client Accounting Services (CAS) are the services that CPAs provide because clients can’t do them, don’t want to do them, or just aren’t good at doing them. It’s that full-menu offering of taking over many of a client’s routine internal accounting chores. The popularity of these services is growing, too — to the extent that a lot of people in the accounting and finance profession consider CAS to be a new line of business, something they need to start exploring to keep up with the competition.But these services really aren’t new at all. Some firms have been doing this stuff for years, and bear the battle scars to prove it. In the process, they have also learned a thing or three that the rest of us can benefit from.So we sit down with one of these early vanguards of Client Accounting Services, Robin Thieme. Robin is the CEO and CAO — that’s Chief Anticipation Officer — of KBS CFO, a company that serves as a CFO, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Operating Officer for their clients. That might sound like a new concept, but Robin and her team have been doing this for the past 15 years. They were the Lewis and Clark of CAS. They were there before anyone else, trying to map this territory — and if we pay attention to what Robin has to say in this episode, we’ll be able to navigate this territory a little more easily.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:KBSCFO.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kbscfo/Twitter: twitter.com/kbscfoLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Today’s episode puts the P in CPA — because we’re talking about public practice! What is going on with CPA firms these days, anyway?Quite a bit, as it turns out. The world is changing, and with every change that the world experiences these days, the folks who work at CPA firms seem to get a double dose of it. They have to figure out how to embrace these changes and disruptions inside their own firms, but at the same time, they have to help their clients figure out what to do about all of this complexity.But our guest Lexy Kessler has her fingers on the pulse of CPA firm challenges and opportunities more firmly than most people in the profession. Because, in addition to being a partner with Aronson LLC and a member of the Maryland Association of CPAs’ Board of Directors, Lexy is the current chair of the AICPA Private Companies Practice Section, a group that supports CPA firms in the everyday intricacies of running a practice.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Learn more at AICPA.org/PCPSConnect with Lexy: aronsonllc.com/person/lexy-kessler/Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen by Rita Gunther McGrathMACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Today we’re asking an important question that every industry is going to have to ask sooner or later: What does future-focused leadership look like?Our guest, Rachel Druckenmiller, is on a mission to humanize the workplace by igniting intentional leadership. She has made a name for herself nationally in the fields of workplace wellness and culture. In 2019, she was recognized as a 40 Under 40 Game Changer by Workforce Magazine, and in 2018, Employ Humanity named her one of “7 Wellness Leaders Making a Positive Impact.”But all of this — wellbeing, wellness, culture — it all ties directly to leadership. And Rachel trains leadership teams to be more self-aware, curious, and connected so that they can have greater impact and influence at their organizations.So, with those types of insights at our disposal, we wanted to find out from Rachel what a future-ready leader looks like.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:www.RachelDruckenmiller.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rachelbdruckenmillerInstagram: www.instagram.com/unmutedlifeYouTube: www.youtube.com/user/racheldruckenmillerTwitter twitter.com/rachel_druckLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

So you know Simon Sinek? Best-selling author, leadership expert, the people-don’t-buy-what-you-do-they-buy-why-you-do-it guy?Well, he has a new book titled The Infinite Game and our host, Bill Sheridan, has become a bit obsessed with this notion of playing the Infinite Game, of adopting an infinite mindset.So we sat down with Stephen Shedletzky, chief of staff with Simon Sinek’s team at Start With Why. He supports leaders in creating environments where their people feel inspired to go to work, feel safe and valued while they are there, and return home at the end of each day fulfilled by the work they do.Stephen and I talk about ALL of this — the difference between Finite and Infinite Games, the benefits of thinking more infinitely, and how traditionally Finite-based professions — LIKE accounting and finance — can get started down a path toward thinking more Infinitely.Really good stuff this week. And if you can’t listen to Simon Sinek, then Stephen will definitely do. Here is Stephen Shedletzky.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Read: The Infinite GameTwitter: twitter.com/steveshedLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenshedletzky/?originalSubdomain=caWatch Bill interview Simon Sinek: youtube.com/watch?v=g0ROzBuwoCo&feature=youtu.beLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Back in episode 66, we spoke with Matt Loeb about digital transformation, and he brought up a great point — just because you’re enacting some digital solutions doesn’t make you a digital organization. There’s a difference between doing digital and being digital, which is about culture and mindset more than anything else.Jeanne Ross is a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan Research Center for Information Systems Research and co-author of a new book titled Designed for Digital: How to Architect Your Business for Sustained Success. And she says there’s a key reason why your organization isn’t crossing that digital divide, and one that really isn’t being talked about enough.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Read: Designed for Digital: How to Architect Your Business for Sustained SuccessCenter for Information Systems Research: http://cisr.mit.edu/Connect with Jeanne https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/jeanne-w-rossTwitter: twitter.com/MIT_CISR

Today’s episode focuses on something a little different. Not the technology that’s going to prepare us for the future, not the hard trends that will affect change in the future, and not why we should stop panicking about AI putting all auditors out of work. Today, we’re talking about joy.Because our guest is Richard Sheridan, co-founder and CEO of Menlo Innovations (and of no relation to our host Bill Sheridan), has written two books on the topic: Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Check out MenloInnovations.comRead: Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love Read: Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate FearLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Riddle me this, Batman: What do you get when you cross exponential advances in technology with an unrelenting regulatory environment?The answer is no joke: what you get, oftentimes, is one big headache. These “hard trends” or “future facts” that futurist Daniel Burrus talks about — the things that we know will happen, with absolute certainty — they’re hard enough to come to grips with individually. But when they cross borders and join forces... well, that’s when our lives really start to get complex.There’s another way of looking at it, though, and our guests today are here to provide a little perspective.Marchelle Klippenstein is the Director of the SAP Concur value consulting organization and Jameson Hughes is a Value Consultant at SAP Concur, and they are both working to help organizations improve their financial outcomes through data analytics and deep-dive management consulting.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Learn more at www.concur.comSEC’s Financial Technology Hub: www.sec.gov/finhubMACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Halloween is over. Autumn is kicking into full gear. And you know what that means — it’s time to talk about audits!Because the future of audit is... uncertain, to say the least. Luckily, we had an opportunity to talk to Mark Miklosovic, the Customer Proposition Strategy Lead for tax professionals at Thomson Reuters, who spends much of his time thinking very critically about the future of this profession.We talk about where audit has been, where it is now, where it is going — and most importantly, what the future of this profession looks like. Given the pace of change today, it’s a crucial conversation to be having, and to be able to dig deep into the brain of someone who has a passion for this stuff like Mark does is a real treat.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Learn more at tax.thomsonreuters.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/markmiklosovicAccounting Today: “Where is the audit profession going?”Accounting Today: “Audit dead in a decade?”Accounting Today: “The future of audit: Looking ahead in a time of rapid change”Start mastering Future-Ready skills now at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Pretty much every survey under the sun identifies recruitment and retention as one of the top five issues facing accounting and finance organizations today. Everyone is struggling with this and nobody seems to know how to solve it.There are a lot of suggestions being put forward throughout the profession — communicate, be a role model, make your expectations clear, offer a safe working environment, provide a clear career path, build leaders — and that’s all great advice. Yet, no matter how many times we hear this, talent continues to be one of our most pressing problems.So, what’s the real issue here? Why can’t we hire the people we want? And why can we keep the people we have?Our guest Alan Jagonlinzer has some ideas. Alan is a Professor of Financial Accounting, the Head of the Accounting Faculty Subject Group, and the Director of the Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, where he has helped develop leadership, innovation, and change-management degree programs for accountants.You may not want to hear everything Alan says about what’s causing our recruitment and retention woes — but they’re things you have to hear.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Learn more at jbs.cam.ac.ukTwitter: https://twitter.com/jagolinzerLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jagolinzerWorld Finance: “Mental health issues are becoming more prevalent in the financial services sector”Economia: “Third of accountants suffer from poor mental health.”Bloomberg Tax: “U.K. accountants in mental health crisis from work stress.”Check out MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Today we’re going to talk about something that most accounting and finance professionals probably never give a second thought — writing.Writing is one of those skills that we all take for granted. We all do it in some way, shape, or form every day, so we all assume we’re awesome at it. Maybe even better at it than some of our peers?This is a misconception that happens all the time, in different areas of our life. We can’t all be better than mostly everyone else at most things, but we’ll learn more about that phenomenon in a moment.First, we want to introduce our guest Bob Dean, a learning and development expert who has designed, developed, and facilitated hundreds of interactive virtual learning programs, using a variety of technology platforms. More to the point, he has authored a series of programs for the Business Learning Institute about writing for results, writing as a leader, writing in a way that will get you noticed — and, equally important, writing in a way that makes sure people won’t notice you as someone who simply cannot communicate.Bob’s lessons are so simple and so easy to learn, yet so powerful and impactful. And if you take them to heart and learn to do them well, you won’t just become a better communicator. You will have mastered one of the key competencies that will turn you into a future-ready accounting and finance pro.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Connect with Dean at DeanPeoples.comLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Pascal Finette is co-founder of be radical, an organization that teaches leaders how to create new business models for success, positively embrace disruption, and prepare their people to be future-forward and future-ready.He is also chair for Entrepreneurship and Open Innovation at Singularity University, which is a global learning and innovation community that uses exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges. He previously held leadership positions at Google, Mozilla, and eBay.Pascal’s focus these days is what the future looks like, as it pertains to the intersection of business and technology. And that future? It terrifies him and thrills him at the same time. He says he’s living this duality between freaking out and being super excited — and that gets us excited, too.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:be radical: beradicalgroup.comSingularity University: su.orgLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/pfinette/Twitter: twitter.com/pfinetteDisruption Map Exercise: https://youtu.be/CHymEuouJh8Pascal’s partnership with CPA.com: j.mp/CPARadicalLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Summer’s over, October’s here, and things are changing. But that’s the state of our world today, isn’t it? And not just when it comes to the weather. Change is the new normal, and that can be an uncomfortable thing, especially for CPAs. But for those who are ready to embrace it — to adapt a more nimble and flexible mindset — there are a lot of opportunities just waiting to be taken advantage of.The question is, then, how do we do that? How do we start embracing flexibility and fluidity as competitive advantages? How do we start thinking about transforming our very business models so that we’ll remain relevant in a changing and complex world? Those things aren’t baked into our DNA, are they?But here to help us figure it all out is Will Hill, the Tax Professionals Advisory product manager for Thomson Reuters. He’s also been included on CPA Practice Advisor’s “40 Under 40” list twice and he’s an iInnovator with TR’s Practice Forward service offering, which is focused on helping firms make the transition to having client relationships that are centered on Advisory Services.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Learn more at ThomsonReuters.com/tax-accountingLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/wghillRead Will’s blog post: “Don’t Underestimate the Value of CPA Advisory Services”Read: “Inside CAS: Promises and Pitfalls”Check out MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

We’re jumping back on the culture train today. As you can probably tell, we’re big believers in getting your culture right. We’ve had conversations on the topic with Tom Peters, Karl Alrichs, Jamie Notter, Richard Silberstein, and David Barrett — and that’s because it’s a REALLY important conversation to be having!&nbsp;Really, there might not be a bigger or more important differentiator in business today than your culture. If you get it right, you’re going to have a leg up in recruitment and retention, for one, but you’ll also just be doing business with really great people who will sing your praises and be loyal to you, and evangelize what you do to the world.To help us take this conversation a step further, we sat down with with Dee Ann Turner, who speaks and consults with businesses around the world on how to leverage talent and culture to create what she calls “legendary customer experiences.” And she ought to know. She spent more than 30 years with Chick-fil-A, including a stint as their vice president of talent and human resources.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:www.deeannturner.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/deeannturner/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/deeannturner/Twitter: twitter.com/DeeAnnTurnerFacebook: <a...

Today’s episode is all about Color Accounting — and if you’re not familiar with Color Accounting yet, you need to be!So, we invited Peter Frampton, co-founder of Color Accounting, onto the show to teach us all about what Color Accounting is and why it’s so important to the future of our profession.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:ColorAccounting.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/peterframptonHow Color Accounting works: https://youtu.be/QeoCoatHGsYColor Accounting’s books on accounting and finance: coloraccounting.com/books.htmlLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Today we’re going to talk about something you probably didn’t expect from this show: Cannabis.&nbsp;But legalization for both medical and recreational cannabis products is growing at the state level. At this point, it seems like a hard trend. So it’s high time we talked about this stuff (pun intended)&nbsp; if we want to future-proof this profession.To help us come to a joint understanding, if you will, about how we can best serve our clients in this area, we are joined by Emily Burns, who provides customized legal and consulting solutions specifically for the rapidly evolving cannabis industry.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:Check out LegallyBurns.comTwitter: twitter.com/legallyburnsLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/legallyburnsWatch Sen. Orrin Hatch’s statementTake one of Emily’s courses: blionline.org/instructor/emily-burnsLearn more at MACPA.org/future-learningFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media

We’ve been talking about the cloud for so long now that it’s easy to assume that everyone already has it figured out – but that’s the wrong assumption to make with our profession. There are exceptions, of course. There are some accounting and finance pros out there who take pride in getting ahead of new technologies early. But a sizeable part of the profession hasn’t made that leap yet. So Blake Oliver, co-host of the Cloud Accounting Podcast, joins us to assess where we’re at in the profession when it comes to cloud adoption, as well as what’s next from here. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Read: Cloud Accounting Blog Listen: Cloud Accounting Podcast Twitter: twitter.com/BlakeTOliver Facebook: www.facebook.com/blake.t.oliver LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/blaketoliver/ Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is a production of Crate Media

How do you transform your organization into a truly digital organization? It’s not as simple as it sounds. You can’t just about employ some digital technologies and think that you’ve made it. Doing digital and being digital are not the same things. Not even close. So, we’re joined by Matt Loeb, principal of Optimal Performance Seekers and acting CEO of SECURE, who is simply one of the deepest thinkers about what it means to be digital in an increasingly digital world. Quite frankly, too many people get this stuff wrong, and Matt is here to point us in the right direction. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mattloeb/ Twitter: twitter.com/mattloeb digitalNow Conference: digitalnowconference.com How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World by Neil Irwin Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is a production of Crate Media

To know where you’re going, you have to have an understanding of – and an appreciation for – where you’ve been. Publisher and activist Marcus Garvey said, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” And Michael Crichton, the bestselling author of Jurassic Park and Westworld, said, “If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” Why are our two favorite quotes about history also about trees? Who knows. But these quotes encapsulate what we’re going to be discussing on today’s episode: a glimpse back at a little-known but hugely important event in this nation’s history and the role that little-old Maryland played in that event. Our guest, Chris Formant, is a businessman by trade – a former top executive of a multi-billion-dollar global business and now the CEO of a technology company – but more to the point for this episode, he’s the author of a riveting new book called Saving Washington: The Forgotten Story of the Maryland 400 and the Battle of Brooklyn. It’s a piece of historical fiction; all of the events in the book actually happened, but they are told through the eyes of two fictional characters who give life to an event that most people know little or nothing about. And we can really learn a lot about history, and the present, through their eyes. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: ChrisFormant.com Read: Saving Washington: The Forgotten Story of the Maryland 400 and the Battle of Brooklyn Instagram: instagram.com/chrisformant Twitter: twitter.com/cmformant LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherformant Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is a production of Crate Media

We spend a lot of time on this show talking about future trends and technologies — things like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and automation – and, more importantly, what those things mean for the future of our profession. But there are many other hard trends — a.k.a. future facts, a.k.a. things that we know are going to happen – that will have a huge impact on what we do. The topics aren’t always as sexy, sure, but they’re equally impactful, and if we want to get serious about becoming future-ready, we need to be talking about these things, too. So, that brings us to the decidedly un-sexy world of regulation this week. It probably doesn’t excite you, but we have to talk about this stuff, as a profession, because it might have more of an impact on what we do going forward than anything that technology can throw our way. Luckily, our guest, Russ Golden, is one of the best people to talk to about regulation in the accounting and finance world because Russ is the Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, better known as FASB. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Find out more about the FASB’s most recent initiatives at FASB.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellgolden Read: “FASB Proposes Improvements Related to Distinguishing Liabilities From Equity” Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Our guest today is Neil Irwin, who is the senior economic correspondent at the New York Times and the best-selling author of The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire, about the global financial crisis and its aftermath. And Irwin recently wrote a new book titled How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World: The Definitive Guide to Adapting and Succeeding in High-Performance Careers. It’s a fascinating and important book, given the changing and complex world we live in. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Neilirwin.com How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World: The Definitive Guide to Adapting and Succeeding in High-Performance Careers Twitter: twitter.com/neil_irwin LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/neil-irwin/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/neil.irwin Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is a production of Crate Media

Today, we’re talking about the elephant in the room, or what Tom Hood would call the dead moose in the room. That thing that’s stinking up the joint but that nobody wants to do anything about – or, more to the point, nobody knows what to do about it. That dead moose is talent. How do you find it? How do you keep it? How do you set your organization apart from all the others out there so people want to work for you? It’s a HUGE problem, and here’s why in three short words: One point five. That’s the unemployment rate for accountants and auditors. One point five percent. The national average is 3.7 percent. That means it’s more than twice as hard for employers to find great employees than everyone else. Welcome to reality, and reality continues to get more and more harsh. Ten thousand Baby Boomers reach retirement age every single day. That means one of two things: they’re retiring and they’re taking all of their wisdom and experience with them or they’re continuing to work, which means younger professionals have fewer opportunities to advance their careers, which means they’re more likely to look elsewhere for those opportunities. So, from a people perspective, accounting and finance professionals are dealing with a lot these days, and it’s not getting any easier. So we sat down with Paul McDonald, Senior Executive Director at Robert Half, which specializes in the placement of professionals in the accounting and finance, technology, legal, creative, and administrative fields. Paul has more than 30 years in the recruiting field and he has advised thousands of company leaders and job seekers on how to hire and get hired. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Learn more at RobertHalf.com Read: “The Future of Work: Adapting to technological change” Read: “How to Make the Accountant Unemployment Rate Work for You” Twitter: twitter.com/paulcmcdonald Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

Today’s show is all about innovation – which, let’s face it, it’s not something the accounting and finance profession is known for. We’re all about accounting for what has happened, and history tells us that what will happen is not our problem. Except, here’s the thing: We’re living in a world where we’ll be flattened by what’s in front of us if we don’t take the time to look for it, if we don’t take the time to turn around and look for what futurist Andrew Zolli would call those “weak signals of disruptive change” on the horizon. If we don’t start training ourselves to look forward to what’s next as much as we look back to what’s happened, we’re doomed. And here’s why: A few years ago, the Sleeter Group released the results of a survey that showed the top reason why clients decided to leave their CPA firms is that their CPAs were providing reactive services instead of proactive advice. In other words, their CPAs were holding them back instead of helping them become future-ready. At the same time, CPA.com released a survey that found 92 percent of CPAs said they weren’t prepared to provided that proactive advice. So, to recap: Our clients are demanding proactive, future-ready advice – and 92 percent of us aren’t prepared to provide that type of advice. That’s a problem. And that’s where this week’s guest comes in. Jordan Kleinsmith is the Director of Innovation for the Tax and Accounting business at Thomson Reuters. He’s the guy who’s keeping an eye on what’s happening in the profession and figuring how Thomson Reuters needs to respond, in terms of innovative new ideas, strategies, and products. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Checkpoint Edge: tax.tr.com/checkpoint/edge LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jordankleinsmith Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

We’re going to talk about your career path today. If you’re new to the profession, and even if you’re not, we’re not going to lie to you – things are going to get weird. It’s just the nature of work today. Things are changing at an exponential pace these days and that means your career is also going to change exponentially – so you have to be ready with new skills, a flexible career path, and the ability to shift on a dime when the time comes. More than ever, we all have to be more nimble, more flexible, and more willing to learn new skills. Our careers, our futures, and those of our customers and clients depend on it more now than ever. We can’t do anything about the twists and turns coming our way, but we can prepare ourselves to take those twists and turns without spinning out or flipping the car over. Luckily, today’s guest puts an inspiring twist on the twists and turns of career and life. Tony Nitti is a partner in RubinBrown’s Tax Services Group, a well-known contributor of tax content to Forbes, and a frequent speaker and trainer at seminars and webcasts across the country. What’s clear when you hear him talk, though, is that he’s just a guy trying to figure out his way in the world. But his journey has been amazing, and it’s something that all of us can learn from. Rather than expand on that, we’re going to let Tony tell his story. Tony’s journey is OUR journey. Learn from what he’s done and apply it to your own journey – because this is amazing stuff. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Twitter: twitter.com/nittiaj Read Tony’s articles: Forbes.com/sites/AnthonyNitti Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Crate Media

The accounting and finance profession as we know it seems to be under assault. New technologies, staggering legislation and regulations, demographic shifts that are reshaping the face of workforces — we’re experiencing change and complexity on a level we’ve never seen before. Or is that really true? In a way, when you think about it, none of what we’re experiencing right now is new. All of the thought leaders out there are calling this “the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” Know what that means? There have been three other industrial revolutions before it. We’ve gone through massive change before. The only difference today is that these changes are happening faster than ever before, which means we have to be more agile than ever, ready to shift with the next big transformation. And that, in part, is Bill Reeb’s message to the accounting and finance world. Bill Reeb is chief executive of the management consulting firm Succession Institute, LLC. But more importantly, he is the incoming chair of the American Institute of CPAs, and he has a message for members of our rarified profession: Forget what you know. The world’s a different place. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Learn more at AICPA.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-reeb-3547ab14 Start mastering your Future-Ready skills now by visiting MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

Our guests this week have a challenge for all accounting and finance professionals: start thinking in terms of moonshots. Now, you might be asking yourself, what in the world is a moonshot? It’s a huge, seemingly insurmountable quest that is ultimately inspirational and game-changing in nature. It’s something that, when achieved, changes the boundary between possible and impossible – just like the USA’s attempt to land Apollo 11 on the moon almost exactly 50 years ago. Sherif Hallaba and Travis Dirks are the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, respectively, for an organization named XLabs. They describe themselves as a company that builds moonshot companies for the future, powered by artificial intelligence, unconventional computing, and neurotechnology. And if that sounds a little “out there” for our little podcast... well, it is, but they make a pretty strong argument that adopting a moonshot mindset will have some very tangible benefits for accounting and finance pros. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Check out XLabs.ai Sherif on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shallaba Sherif on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sthallaba Travis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisdirks Travis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/travisdirks Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

Our guest this week is Brian Solis, who you’re probably already familiar with if you’re conference nerds like us. He describes himself as a digital analyst, an anthropologist, and a futurist; he has studied the effects of emerging technology on business, marketing, and culture; and he’s written best-selling books like Engage, The End of Business as Usual, and What’s the Future of Business? His latest book is called LifeScale – and it could really be a gamechanger for the accounting and finance industry, and really any industry that takes it to heart. We discuss how time seems increasingly important these days – and why, if you’re looking to take your business to the next level, if you’re looking for your next competitive advantage, if you’re trying to figure out where your business is going and how it’s going to get there, then the first question you should be asking yourself is, “How am I spending my time?” We’re not trying to shame anybody or make anyone feel guilty. This is all about becoming more aware of what’s sucking the time out of our lives so that we can better choose and prioritize what we actually want to and should be doing. Because, right now, a lot of our time isn’t spent working – it’s spent being distracted. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Check out https://www.briansolis.com/ Read: LifeScale Twitter: https://twitter.com/briansolis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briansolis/detail/recent-activity/posts/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebriansolis Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

This week we’re talking about the role of the CFO – a role that is changing, and pretty radically. Thanks to advances in technology and other disruptions, organizations are expecting their CFOs to play an increasingly strategic role; to actually help drive strategy in the organization, rather than just leading their department and crunching numbers. It’s a fairly recent phenomenon, but it’s happening quite quickly, and getting up to speed on that is just the latest challenge that finance chiefs are facing. Joining the show to offer some insight on the fluctuating world of corporate finance is Ash Noah, managing director of CGMA Learning, Education and Development, which is the global association that the American Institute of CPAs formed in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: CGMA Competency Framework: https://www.cgma.org/resources/tools/cgma-competency-framework.html LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-noah-6b11895/ Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

Today’s topic is A.I. Artificial intelligence. You might have heard about it? It’s that thing everyone’s been talking about for the last five years or so. Yeah, the hype is out of this world. But here’s the thing, and there’s really no getting around it: this isn’t something entirely new or groundbreaking. The technology itself is new, but we’ve been through this before. Excel was supposed to kill our profession, remember? Then came the Internet, and Turbotax, and the cloud. And you know what? We’re still here, adding greater value for our clients than ever. But technology today is also evolving faster than ever, meaning it’s harder to keep up than ever. Automated solutions are eating away at more of our foundational tasks than ever. However, for the time being anyway, they’re still just tools — tools that augment what we do and allow us to do it with greater efficiency, speed, effectiveness, all while adding more value for our clients than ever. It’s in that light that CPA.com, the technology arm of the American Institute of CPAs, released a new whitepaper titled “The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: A Critical Inflection Point for the Accounting Profession.” And it’s in that light that we sit down with our guest, Kacee Johnson, a strategic advisor with CPA.com. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Read: “The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: A Critical Inflection Point for the Accounting Profession” Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kacee-johnson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaceebop Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

A lot of folks talk about this notion of becoming future-ready as if it’s some sort of magic trick. They paint a picture of a future where we need to learn all kinds of new stuff — new skills, new technologies, new strategies, and new business models — in order to out-maneuver the machines and remain relevant. And to some extent, that’s true. We’ve got some serious work to do from here on in. But on the other hand, there is a school of thought — a pretty well-supported and powerful school of thought — that says in order to become future-ready, we really need to be doing nothing more than what we all should have been doing right from the start: providing excellence. Excellence, certainly to our clients and customers, but just as importantly, to our employees. But that raises a couple questions, like where does excellence come from? And how does it start? To help us answer these questions, we sit down with Tom Peters, who is as deep a thinker in this space as exists in the world today. He co-wrote In Search of Excellence and The Little Big Things, which Warren Bennis called the single-best management book he’s ever read, and his latest book is called The Excellence Dividend. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Check out TomPeters.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/tom_peters Read Tom’s Essay: “The Speed Trap: When Taking Your Time (Really) Matters” Book: The Excellence Dividend Book: The Professional Service Firm50 (Reinventing Work) Book: In Search of Excellence Book: The Little Big Things Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

Over the past year, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about how the accounting and finance profession is changing – but we haven’t spent nearly as much time talking about how those who regulate our profession are changing. So, on today’s episode, we sit down with Terri Polley, (outgoing) president and CEO of the Financial Accounting Foundation. The FAF is an independent, not-for-profit, private-sector organization that is responsible for the oversight of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, or GASB. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terripolley/ Read: “Teresa S. Polley to Step Down as President and CEO of Financial Accounting Foundation” Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

We’re headed back to Annapolis for this week’s episode, where Maryland’s General Assembly recently put a bow on its 2019 legislative session. It was another busy one, including some CPA-related legislation that will impact accounting and finance professionals, not just here in Maryland but throughout the country. Legislative advocacy, according to our members, is the most important thing that the MACPA does for them, and our president and CEO Tom Hood takes that role very seriously. So, today, we talk to Tom about what went down in Annapolis and how it is likely to impact our profession. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Read: “Legislative Report from the Maryland General Assembly, Sine Die” Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

Where are we going to find tomorrow’s leaders? We’ve been doing these podcasts for almost a year now, and as much talking as we’ve done about the future, the missing ingredient in all of those conversations has been leadership. We just haven’t spent much time talking about future leadership, and with 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day, that’s a critical part of becoming future-ready. So this week, we are talking to Emmanuel Gobillot and Katherine Harris, co-authors of Unleash Your Leader: How to Win in Business. It's a blueprint of sorts for how you can turn yourself into a great leader, teaching us what we should be doing today to improve our odds of becoming the leaders of tomorrow. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Unleash Your Leader: How to Win in Business by Emmanuel Gobillot and Katherine Thomas CollaborationPartners.co.uk EmmanuelGobillot.com Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning The Connected Leader by Emmanuel Gobillot Leadershift by Emmanuel Gobillot Follow the Leader by Emmanuel Gobillot Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

If you ask most people — not all, but MOST people — outside of the profession what an accountant does, they’ll probably say “taxes,” or “auditing,” or some variation on the tasks of people who work in public accounting. But they’re missing about half of the profession, of course. You’ve got educators, you’ve got accountants who work for nonprofits and governments, and you have those who work in business and industry, which is arguably the largest segment of the profession – and that’s why, today, we’re diving deep into the world of management accounting. Joining us this week is Jeff Thomson, president and CEO of the Institute of Management Accountants, and they’re doing gangbusters over there at IMA. At a time when many associations are struggling to attract new members, the IMA has become one of the fastest-growing accounting associations in the world. Last year, it crossed the 100,000-member mark for the first time in its history. The issues that impact management accountants and others on the business and industry side are different, in many ways, from those that impact public accounting, but there are many similarities as well. We discuss the similarities and differences, and more importantly, the challenges that management accountants are facing these days – as well as the pretty significant opportunities that those challenges provide at the same time. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: imanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/ima_jeffthomson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffthomsonima/ Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

We’ve talked quite a bit in past shows about this notion of “anticipation,” and we’ve talked about this concept as if it’s a skill or competency that you can learn – and it is, but we haven’t spent a lot of time talking about how how you do that. So, how can you become more anticipatory? How can you train yourself to look for future trends and spot the opportunities those trends provide, and then take advantage of those opportunities before your competition does? Joining the show again to help us do all of that is Tom Hood, president and CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs. Tom has mastered the art of anticipation by working side-by-side with the person who wrote the book on the subject, quite literally: Daniel Burrus, a world renowned futurist, author of The Anticipatory Organization and Flash Foresight, and creator of a learning system called The Anticipatory Organization that teaches people how to master this crucial skill. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: The Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition BLIonline.org/AO MACPA.org/future-learning Read: The Algorithmic Leader: How to Be Smart When Machines Are Smarter Than You by Mike Walsh Read: The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change into Opportunity and Advantage by Daniel Burrus Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

Today we’re discussing why accounting and finance professionals have a lot to gain from adopting an entrepreneurial mindset. Entrepreneurship isn’t something that many accounting and finance pros have a lot of experience with, but we’re in an era when at least thinking like an entrepreneur can go a long way toward becoming more future-ready. Entrepreneurs just look at the world differently, and adapting an entrepreneur’s mindset might help us evolve a little faster and become just a little more future-ready. Our guest David Mammano is the founder of the Avanti Entrepreneur Group, headquartered just outside of Rochester, NY, but open to entrepreneurs everywhere. He’s basically trying to build a huge community of entrepreneurs who can learn from one another, share resources and best practices and war stories, and support each other on their entrepreneurial journeys. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Learn more at AvantiEntrepreneurGroup.com Avanti Entrepreneur Podcast: http://avantientrepreneurgroup.com/podcasts-home Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidMammanoFan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidMammano Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidcmammano/ Entrepreneurial Operating System: StrategyX.BLIonline.org Start mastering future-ready skills now at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

We hope you have your thinking caps on, because today we’re going to be talking about education in this episode – and this is probably the right thing to be talking about for the accounting and finance profession! We talk about skills quite frequently on this show – the skills we’re going to need to remain relevant in a changing and complex world – so it seems appropriate that we spend some time talking about where we’re going to be getting these skills, and who’s gonna be teaching them to us. So... should accounting education change to reflect our changing reality? And if so, how should it change? And how quickly should it change? These are the questions that we explore with Kelly Richmond Pope, a Ph.D., a CPA, and an associate professor at the School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems at DePaul University, where her research focuses on organizational misconduct, ethics, fraud, and how organizations can design cultures and compliance systems to confront these challenges. She has some really interesting ideas about how accounting education needs evolve to better prepare students for the evolving profession they’re about to enter. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: Learn more at https://www.kellyrichmondpope.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-richmond-pope-cpa-83689a5/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyrpope Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyrpope/ Start mastering Future-Ready skills now at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters