"The past 100 days haven't been a blip. They've been an ACCELLERATOR" To understand adaptive leadership, it's best to hear from the leaders themselves and the people that know them best. Our guests are C-Suite coach Gretchen Pisano, CEO of pLink Leadership, and Clar Rosso, EVP for Learning and Development (AICPA & CIMA). This podcast is a special audio version of this June's ENGAGE 2020 kick-off video webinar. OUR GUESTS Clar Rosso (MA) is based in North Carolina and is the Executive Vice-Pr...
Jul 08, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 117
"Ultimately, we ALL have a role in making people grow and be successful." Barry Payne is Director of External Relations for Management Accounting at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA). In this audio version of his recent pre-ENGAGE 2020 conference webinar, he explores how to develop the finance talent in an organisation by putting people first. OUR GUEST Barry Payne is Director - External Relations, Management Accounting at the Association of I...
Jul 01, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 116
"You can't rely on the changes that kept you operational to keep you secure AND compliant." This week is the inaugural episode of our monthly Cybersecurity Advisory series. We explore key technology challenges as businesses consider how to implement a seamless environment that supports work from home or in the office. Hosted by Steve Ursillo of Cherry Bekaert, the panel includes Les Nettleton of Bourgeois Bennett, and Daimon Geopfert of RSM. RESOURCES. Find technology and cybersecurity resources...
Jun 24, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 115
"Define your professional success through self-reflection and remembering back to your old jobs. But it's about what you FELT in it, and what you ENJOYED about it." How has the current situation changed the way we look at our current jobs, and how does it impact the plans we’re making for the next ones? London-based Arun Coumar is a career coach, strategic planning consultant and author who works with high-performing career-starters. He shares his perspectives on how it's important to take a ste...
Jun 18, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 114
"Now more than ever, it's important that we ENGAGE and we talk to each other." What innovations and new approaches are finance professionals deploying to weather the pandemic? Hear three more ' Here Together' lockdown experiences, drawn from a large collection of video messages shared by CIMA members and students across the UK and around the world. Introduced by Megan Beamish from AICPA & CIMA's UK office. RESOURCES. Watch our new "Here Together" video and all member and student stories . La...
Jun 10, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 113
"Resilient companies actually SUBSTANTIALLY out-performed competitors...in coming out stronger." The first of our Oracle "Agile Finance" series, this is an edited audio version of a recent video webcast. It explores how CFOs and finance organisations can build financial resiliency and return their business to scale. Hosted by Ashok Noah of AICPA & CIMA, the panel includes Kyle Hawke of McKinsey, and Matt Bradley of Oracle. OUR GUESTS Ashok Noah is Managing Director of CGMA Learning, Educatio...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 112
"Actionable insights on a topic impacting firms and, really, ANY growing organisation". A bumper episode for any certified professional accountant who wants to innovate and grow their practice. Steven A. Menges (AICPA & CIMA, CPA.com California) presents this special compilation of interviews from CPA.com's "Modernising Your Practice" audio and content series. There's plenty of global relevance in this in-depth, new collection of best practices from the US accounting profession. Hear and sha...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 111
"We're all HUMAN... doing our best to ensure there's continuity in our various businesses and in our lives." When we first posted our ' Here Together' video, it was shared online alongside dozens of personal video messages from CIMA members and students across the UK and around the world. And as the pandemic continues to impact us all, more of them are being added. This week, Megan Beamish (AICPA & CIMA, UK) introduces three of them: from Manchester, Edinburgh, and Greater London. ====== ENG...
May 21, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 110
"For those waiting to get recognised or be promoted, now is NOT the time to be humble or shy." Covid-19 has changed almost everything. Global unemployment rates are at record highs and professionals need to remain relevant whether seeking progression internally, or looking for a new opportunity outside their current organisation. Beth Berk is a Washington-based recruiter in the finance and accounting sectors. Clar Rosso is EVP of Engagement and Learning Innovation at AICPA & CIMA. Together, ...
May 13, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 109
"Covid-19 has really highlighted the need to ensure that supply chains are lean, agile and built around COLLABORATIVE relationships." Like almost all businesses, the retail sector has been hard hit by the pandemic lockdown. While the coronavirus disruption isn’t permanent, it’s nevertheless a critical test of an organisation’s resilience which could help make it stronger in the long term. Resilience and flexibility are now more important than ever, so how do business leaders improve this? Our gu...
May 07, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 108
"The playing field has changed for EVER" Our guests this week are Jim Gilbert, Les Nettleton and Amy Vetter, a trio of US-based accounting professionals whose expertise blends finance, technology and people. We explore how companies can work remotely more effectively, collaborate better, and develop new ways of working together, apart, that will stand them in good stead long after the current pandemic crisis is behind them. We also hear about the work of the AICPA & CIMA Technology Task Forc...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 107
"Unprecedented times REQUIRE unprecedented activity." As the coronavirus continues to spread, scenario-planning and strategic modelling can help you marshal your organisation’s resources around an action plan so you can react with speed and agility. Introduced by Colette Sharbaugh from the AICPA & CIMA office in Washington, Ash Noah (AICPA) and Marc Seewald (Oracle) share best practices in scenario-planning. They outline how companies can move from emergency and crisis management today, to p...
Apr 22, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 106
"Information technology is one thing but TEAMWORK is also very important." The final recording from our recent trio of live webcast Q&As about managing the impact of the coronavirus, each featuring a panel of accounting and finance experts from a different part of the world. Originally live-streamed on March 30th, this is a regional perspective from East Asia, with panellists Dr. William Chen (Hong Kong) and John Zheng (Shanghai). TALKING POINTS. What are some of the things that HAVEN’T need...
Apr 15, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 105
"Be open, be agile but also be very FLEXIBLE in terms of how quickly you can react to fast-changing circumstances." The second of three audio recordings from our recent series of live webcast Q&As about the coronavirus, each featuring a panel of accounting and finance experts from a different part of the world. In this recording from March 23rd, you'll hear a UK and EU regional perspective from three panellists: Simon McAllister from the Republic of Ireland, Sarah Ghosh from the UK, and Wojt...
Apr 08, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 104
"Choose things you've never done before and hopefully, WHEN we come out at the other end, we'll be better off for it." This is the first of three special episodes discussing the impact on businesses of coronavirus. It's the audio recording from one of our recent series of live webcast Q&As, each one with a panel of accounting and finance experts from a different part of the world. In this recording from March 27th, you'll hear a US regional perspective from four panellists: Jim Bourke (New Y...
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 103
"This is a known risk. What has been UNKNOWN...is the quantification!". Ashok Noah, CPA, CGMA, FCMA is Managing Director of CGMA Learning, Education and Development at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Christina Kite is Vice President, Global Business Strategy & Analytics at Oracle. This is a recording of a recent AICPA webcast interview in which Ash and Chris discussed the critical issues that business leaders face during the coronavirus crisis. They took ...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 102
"Who knew that this is where we'd be? But this IS where we are". We've put our pre-recorded interviews on hold for a while to concentrate on what's happening around us right now. W e're talking about the coronavirus, sharing the AICPA & CIMA's official guidance, and introducing our new online resource centres offering support to our professional community across the world. We also look at our calendar of coronavirus-related webcasts coming up between now and the end of March 2020. TALKING PO...
Mar 19, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 101
I thought, "Right! THERE'S something for me to sign up to!". (#100). For this milestone episode, we do something we've never done before: we interview one of our listeners. There's nothing more important than our audience so we thought it's time to highlight YOU! After we contacted many of those from around the world who'd emailed us since our show launched at AICPA ENGAGE 2018 conference in Las Vegas, we were delighted to arrange this fun and illuminating conversation with a listener all the wa...
Mar 11, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 100
"Clearly, the companies that respond the quickest are the ones that are going to be most TRUSTED, most liked by their customer base". (#99). Accounting and finance professionals work with numbers as well as people, and sometimes the situation with the numbers can cause difficult, stressful conversations. We hear from Allister Manson of Opus Restructuring LLP about tech, trust and transparency. He discusses how business and accounting professionals are integral to building trust – not just trust ...
Mar 04, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 99
"It'll feed into other functions that the accounting practitioner NEEDS in what we're calling the 'blockchain world' . It's moving pretty fast." (#98) How will blockchain introduce and impact firms of all sizes? Introduced by Kristen Hughes, an Associate Director of Technology at AICPA & CIMA, this recording features a conversation between Amy Vetter and Ron Quaranta of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. They discuss the adoption and impact of blockchain and cryptoassets. OUR GUESTS. Techn...
Feb 26, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 98
"It's really important to not just develop a strategy and let it be. Make sure that you ACTIVATE that strategy." (#97) Strategy. One word, many definitions, almost infinite possibilities. What is it? What makes it work? Where do you start? During her time here at the Association, Jennifer Gardner recorded this conversation with Sil Garaventa, Director of Sales Support for US Foods in North Carolina. This is a high-level exploration of strategy: when a company has resource limitations, the team h...
Feb 18, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 97
In mid March 2020 - just over a month's time - we will be recording our 100th episode. And we'd like YOU to be part of it, from wherever you are in the world. LET'S TALK Happy to take a few minutes for an online voice call? Email us here with the word "Podcast" in the Subject line. The email address is beyond.disruption@aicpa-cima.com . We'll get in touch to arrange a quick online voice call at a time that suits you. It'd help to know things like Which part of the world are you in? What do you d...
Feb 12, 2020•3 min
"Everybody can work together to collaborate, innovate and move the organisation more and more towards AI with this new business model." (#96) Talking AI with returning guest Kelly Mattarocci, a Texas-based Certified Public Accountant and a CGMA with expertise as a business strategist, innovator, and thought leader with over 20 year'C-Suite executive experience. She looks at new business visions for the new year and outlines some innovative but practical ways to incorporate AI. She helps answer t...
Feb 05, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 96
"What I don't think we've realised ...is "How do you RE-IMAGINE accounting?" (#95) Hear this boundary-nudging lecture delivered at AICPA & CIMA's London office, arranged and introduced by Ian Selby, our Vice President of Global Research and Development (Management Accounting). His guest speaker was Professor Nicholas McGuigan, visiting the UK just as the 2020 World Economic Forum Summit was beginning in Davos, Switzerland. Professor McGuigan’s message is a powerful one. It touches on the rei...
Jan 29, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 95
"That mindset that says 'One right answer'? You have to pull back and re-examine your assumptions: there is MORE than one right answer." (#94). Think your problems are too big to solve? Think again! Recalibrate CEO Cheryl Mobley impressed us so much with her presentation at a past ENGAGE conference that we had to sit down with her one-to-one to talk Human Intelligence, career future-proofing and about how the phone in your pocket could help unleash your creative problem-solving skills. TALKING P...
Jan 22, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 94
"The strategies that we employ in daily fantasy sports...are especially useful OUTSIDE of sports analytics". (#93) This week's conversation is all about data analytics from an unusual perspective: our guests reveal what the sports betting industry can tell us about getting data, using data, and asking it the right questions. How it can help predict what'll happen next, and why it means a rethink of the conventional risk/reward balance. University Business and Economics Professors Dr. David Bergm...
Jan 15, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Overconfidence...is a real risk and it's important to consider up front if we have the skill set to be able to audit in this space. (#92) Di Krupica, Lead Manager in the Emerging Assurance Technology area (AICPA & CIMA, North Carolina) talks to Matt Schell (Crowe) and Amy Steele (Deloitte) about recommended guidance for accounting for and auditing Digital Assets. A little over a year ago, the Digital Assets Working Group was created by the American Institute of CPAs to develop accounting and...
Jan 08, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Thank you for doing one of the most important jobs in the world. (#91) A special, short festive episode of the Go Beyond Disruption podcast, the final show for this year. To mark the end of 2019, AICPA & CIMA's video team made a short "Thank You" video for members worldwide. We've now used the audio for this end-of-year episode, which ends with a message from AICPA & CIMA President and CEO Barry Melancon. You'll also hear the voices of our colleagues from around the world, along with a f...
Dec 25, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 91
There's a lot of...how we manage people that needs to change, as well as what our workforce expects . (#90). Robin Thieme is CEO and Founder of KBS CFO and known by her online handle as the "futurereadycpa". An AICPA speaker and CPE author focusing on the workplace of tomorrow, she talks about how to deliver effective leadership of remote teams - and how to understand this new reality if your own practice is dealing with client questions about the future of work. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you disco...
Dec 18, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 90
"I define creativity as the ability to toggle between wonder and rigour - and ultimately to create novel value." (#89) In this Human Intelligence-focused episode, Natalie Nixon, Creativity Strategist & President of Figure 8 Thinking, LLC, talks about Design-Thinking, Strategy and Change-Management. Using her "3i Creativity Framework" she outlines competing narratives for the new world ahead, and explains why creativity should be a core competency for the future of work. GIVE FEEDBACK. How di...
Dec 11, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 89
