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AI & Technology

Leadership & Impact

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The Economics of AI Adoption: AI for CFOs IV

Apr 25, 2026

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11 min read

The Economics of AI Adoption: AI for CFOs IV

Where the hell is the ROI in AI?

AI & Technology

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Buy, Build or Borrow : AI for CFOs III

Apr 18, 2026

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12 min read

Buy, Build or Borrow : AI for CFOs III

Let’s build the playbook for implementing AI at scale

Mailbag

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📬 First steps: Folding-in AI without breaking what works

Apr 14, 2026

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19 min read

📬 First steps: Folding-in AI without breaking what works

And can wartime and peacetime leaders coexist?

AI & Technology

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Inside the Black Box: AI for CFOs II

Apr 11, 2026

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22 min read

Inside the Black Box: AI for CFOs II

Why AI Makes Things Up & How to Stop It

Leadership & Impact

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Going Rogue: AI for CFOs I

Apr 4, 2026

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21 min read

Going Rogue: AI for CFOs I

You think you’re managing AI risk, but you’re probably increasing it.

AI & Technology

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Unbundling the ERP: Tackling CFO Tech Legacy  IV

Mar 28, 2026

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19 min read

Unbundling the ERP: Tackling CFO Tech Legacy IV

The New Finance Tech Stack

AI & Technology

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Bad Data? Where to Start... Tackling CFO Tech Legacy III"

Mar 21, 2026

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21 min read

Bad Data? Where to Start... Tackling CFO Tech Legacy III"

IT isn't going to fix it for you...

AI & Technology

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Superpower flex: Building an AI-native ERP from scratch

Mar 15, 2026

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18 min read

Superpower flex: Building an AI-native ERP from scratch

Campfire founder John Glasgow on confronting the “ERP industrial complex”

AI & Technology

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How you got here: Tackling CFO Tech Debt II

Mar 14, 2026

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21 min read

How you got here: Tackling CFO Tech Debt II

And how you plot your escape...

AI & Technology

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Shelfware Shenanigans: Tackling CFO Tech Debt I

Mar 7, 2026

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20 min read

Shelfware Shenanigans: Tackling CFO Tech Debt I

Your systems debt isn't your fault (well kinda...)

CFO Role

+3

Can We Talk About Relapse? Finance Transformation IV

Dec 27, 2025

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17 min read

Can We Talk About Relapse? Finance Transformation IV

The last mile is the longest...

Leadership & Impact

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System Rollout Scars: Finance Transformation III

Dec 20, 2025

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20 min read

System Rollout Scars: Finance Transformation III

If you don’t carry ERP rollout scars have you even CFO’d?

CFO Role

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Easier Said Than Done: Finance Transformation I

Dec 6, 2025

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15 min read

Easier Said Than Done: Finance Transformation I

It's not them, it's you...

Mailbag

+4

📬 Brand First: D2C survival tactics

Nov 4, 2025

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15 min read

📬 Brand First: D2C survival tactics

And wtf is "lights out accounting"

Treasury

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When Finance Grows Up: Scaling the Finance Function I

Nov 1, 2025

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19 min read

When Finance Grows Up: Scaling the Finance Function I

Introducing The Finance Maturity Framework

Career Management

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📬 The Decade View: Let's get real about AI

Oct 28, 2025

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15 min read

📬 The Decade View: Let's get real about AI

And narrowing your focus on the CFO job search

AI & Technology

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Iron Man Suit or Terminator? Siqi Chen on AI’s Role in Finance (And So Much More)

Oct 2, 2025

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21 min read

Iron Man Suit or Terminator? Siqi Chen on AI’s Role in Finance (And So Much More)

Is AI Helping CFOs Think Faster or Making Them Redundant?

CFO Role

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📬 VC CFO to PE: Can you make the leap?

Sep 30, 2025

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18 min read

📬 VC CFO to PE: Can you make the leap?

And what's with all the PE interest in accounting firms?

M&A

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📬 Old vs. New: When To Change Your ERP...

Sep 2, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Old vs. New: When To Change Your ERP...

And do you decentralize capital or are you an "Outsider"?

M&A

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📬 Synergy Sync-Up: Designing a Strategic Post-Merger Integration

Aug 19, 2025

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18 min read

📬 Synergy Sync-Up: Designing a Strategic Post-Merger Integration

And how do you better negotiate your audit fees?

Leadership & Impact

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☠️ When Data Gets Weaponized

Jul 26, 2025

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18 min read

☠️ When Data Gets Weaponized

The next big corporate political battleground

FP&A

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🤬 Why I hate rolling forecasts (and why I might be wrong)

Jun 7, 2025

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18 min read

🤬 Why I hate rolling forecasts (and why I might be wrong)

No-one ever talks about the cost of forecasting?

CFO Role

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🔧The CFO pipeline has sprung a leak

Feb 22, 2025

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21 min read

🔧The CFO pipeline has sprung a leak

How to beat the bots to the corner office

CFO Role

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🚀 The 2035 CFO

Feb 15, 2025

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19 min read

🚀 The 2035 CFO

What CFOs must do to stay relevant

AI & Technology

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🤖 Run, the bots are coming

Feb 8, 2025

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20 min read

🤖 Run, the bots are coming

Breaking down the future finance function, one department at a time

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