Accounting Answers Podcast Overcoming Failure to Implement in Accounting Firms
This is the Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown. Formerly known as the Best Practice in Accounting Podcast, this show asks and answers critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals.
In today's episode 19, "Overcoming Failure to Implement in Accounting Firms" with special guest Will Farnell, founder of innovative UK accountancy firm Farnell Clark and author of The Digital Firm.
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Key takeaways from this episode include:
☞ examples of the kind of changes many accounting firms want to implement but don't or can't
☞ how VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) and the pandemic have been catalysts for change in accountancy
☞ the role of appetite for change in accounting firms and what makes some projects successful and others not
☞ what stops accountants from changing and what leads to a failure to implement for accounting firms
☞ how to overcome the 'time' excuse for accountants struggling to implement change
☞ how the fear of change is a big obstacle for many accountants
☞ the one deciding factor that should frame any change project in an accounting firm
☞ how accounting firms make bad decisions about investing in technology
☞ key takeaways and strategies for accountants to be more effective in implementing change
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