
Rick Wilson & Annie Karni
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Political Insights: Tariffs and Academic Departures
This chapter delves into the implications of Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign automakers, illustrating his contradictory policies. It also addresses the migration of prominent academics from Yale to Canada, raising concerns about brain drain and the importance of resisting authoritarianism in the U.S.
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And with cloud has come flexibility in the options that we're working with, but also the ability to roll out new features, new functionality, new capabilities a lot faster. So that's changing how we're working. And I don't think this we, I could talk about what, you know, the future of finance without talking about AI. I do want to really stress that AI for me is right now is bleeding edge. So, you know, it's right at the beginning of its journey, but it's quickly developing and new capabilities are coming through. And even at this early stage, you can always already see the impact it's going to have on finance, particularly, right? So we're seeing you're seeing it, you're probably feeling and seeing it in things like sales and marketing. But actually, I think finance is an ideal opportunity to utilize some of its capabilities. But it is in its early stages. And actually, because of what we do in finance, there, you know, some of their confidentiality and the integrity piece and the compliance piece that we need to manage in finance. Actually, I think it's even more important that the AI rollout is managed effectively. I also think that there's there's an increasing awareness, if that's, I would say, there's, there's absolutely been an increasing awareness over the last five years of the need for good data for management teams. I think the expectation has changed. I remember, you know, sitting in meetings five, six years ago, where people are like, I just want to make sure I get my monthly reports on my desk. That is now changed to I want flash reporting. I want instant access to my companies and organizations performance. How can you enable that? So that shift is really changing. And not only the speed, but the accuracy and the context around that data is changing. So all of a sudden, the expectations of businesses have changed on finance and reporting capabilities within an organization. So that's again, driving the shift in terms of technology and how we need to work. I also think that we have a more technically enabled or tech friendly workforce in this instance. You know, people in most instances are leaning into technology and wanting to use it. They have expectations for what systems should do for them, which is great. You know, we were starting to see people making decisions. So finance leaders, finance director that are leaning into technology versus away from it. So that's a really, that's an exciting trend. But it does mean that we have to make sure that we're thinking about implement those technologies well and driving that change in the right way. So what are we going to talk about? So I'm just going to give you some examples of how things have changed in just a few years, right? And how not only are different areas looking now, but how will they look in five years time? And some of this is speculative, of course, as much as I like to keep pace with the developments that are happening. I think technology is development, the pace at which technology is accelerating and developing is accelerating. And so actually, you know, this, this might not be a five year roadmap. This might be a three year roadmap. I genuinely, I'm both really excited and also slightly nervous about the amount of new capabilities that we're going to get in the next couple of years. So for me, this is why I wanted to have this conversation is I do feel like finance needs to get ready to take advantage of that. And to be, and I think those finance leaders that do get their teams in a position to take advantage of it are those that are going to stand out from the rest. So and I like, you know, see if those I'm working with them that listen to podcast to be ahead of the curve. So let's talk about what that could look like. So if we think about, you know, the traditional accounts table, right?
The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson dissects Signalghazi’s continued fallout.The New York Times' Annie Karni details her new book Mad House: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress.
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