Go Beyond Disruption

GBD49 is all about changing mindsets, building trust and choosing opportunity. Lindsay Stevenson was recognised as one of 2018's "Most Powerful Women in Accounting" by AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor and one of CPA Advisors’ 2017 "40 Under 40". She talks to AICPA & CIMA's Jennifer Gardner about naming fear, finding purpose and leveraging it to positively impact the innovation and success of individuals, their organisations and the wider profession as a whole.

GBD48. CPA and former senior manager at Ernest & Young (New York), Lauren Baptiste is now CEO of Acheloa Wellness. Her Manhattan-based boutique wellness consulting firm specialises in preventing and transforming stressful corporate cultures that lead to burnout, high turnover and huge staff-attrition costs. She tells AICPA & CIMA's Jennifer Gardner about the crucial importance of prioritising not just our roles but ourselves too.

GBD47. AICPA & CIMA's Jennifer Gardner talks to author, accounting powerhouse and CPA Amy Vetter about ethical implementation, the power of mentoring, tech-transformation...and yoga. Amy is CEO of the B3 Method Institute, was recognised as a "Top 100 Most Influential Person" by Accounting Today, and included in CPA Practice Advisor's list of "Most Powerful Women in Accounting".

GBD46. How Disruption Impacts Workplace Culture and Talent. This Women's History Month, we feature conversations with women driving the future of the accounting and finance professions. Jennifer Gardner (AICPA & CIMA) talks to Carolyn Swora, a Canada-based author, speaker and workplace culture architect. They discuss drivers for change in workplace culture, VUCA and the value of disconnection. Carolyn is author of "Rules of Engagement: Building a Workplace Culture to thrive in an uncertain world".

GBD45. On International Women's Day, four experts share their thoughts on tech and the future of the accounting and finance professions. Kim Drumgo (Diversity and Inclusion Manager for AICPA & CIMA) talks to Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, a global strategy leader at Oracle, USA. Kim then speaks to C-Suite Advisor, AICPA Board Member and "Change Maker's Playbook" author Amy Radin. We also feature a conversation between AICPA & CIMA Communications Manager Jennifer Gardner and Executive Vice-President Clar Rosso.

GBD44. March's special Women's History Month content series continues. Mballa Mendouga (AICPA & CIMA, Durham, USA) talks to a Hong Kong-born tech disruptor who dropped out of University to launch a multi-million dollar startup called BitSpark. Based in Hong Kong, Bitspark is a remittance platform which uses blockchain for users to send cash overseas faster at lower exchange rates. It's expanding in traditionally unbanked markets and also operates a virtual platform for crypto-currency and Bitcoin trading.

GBD43. Practical and honest strategies for personal, professional and organisational reinvention. We begin our month-long special content series for Women's History Month by talking to author, academic and marketing and strategy consultant Dorie Clark. In this conversation with Heather O'Connor, Senior Communications Manager for AICPA & CIMA in Durham, USA, Dorie illuminates the topics of personal, professional and organisational reinvention that lie at the core of her best-selling business books. 

GBD42. An experienced business leader and former CPA, Areiel Wolanow currently serves as insurance industry advisor for the UK Parliament’s working group on blockchain. He was one of IBM’s key thought leaders in blockchain, machine learning, and financial inclusion, a topic particularly close to his heart. Speaking from Hong Kong, Areiel shakes up perceptions and offers disruptive insights - as we'll hear in his conversation with AICPA & CIMA's Zinaida Mahmutefendic.

GBD41. Plotting A Company Roadmap to Systems-Sanity. Andy Carfax became a qualified CMA over two decades ago and previously headed up KPMG's technical EPM delivery team. Now he specialises in Enterprise Performance Management as MD of LucaNet UK which provides software that enables Group Consolidated Reporting. He talks to Kyle Hannan (AICPA & CIMA, UK) about how mid-tier companies can rise above the 'spreadsheet trap' to make the business case before making the business decisions:

GBD40. Our guest is President & CEO of L.A-based Plus Delta Consulting as well as Practice Lead for SingerLewak’s People & Change Management Advisory Services. A speaker at AICPA & CIMA's forthcoming "CFO 2019" Conference in Chicago, Dr. Jeremy Lurey is an internationally-respected organisational consultant who has worked at both PricewaterhouseCoopers and Andersen Consulting. He tells Kyle Hannan (AICPA & CIMA, London) how he partners with his clients to improve performance and drive adoption of change.

GBD39. A special weekend episode featuring a presentation from the recent AICPA & CIMA "Future of Finance" Festival in London. The 31 January event launched the 2019 CIMA Professional Qualification and the updated CGMA Competency Framework. This is a forward-looking and revealing presentation by Dr. Noel Tagoe, AICPA & CIMA's Executive Vice-President of Management Accounting, Research and Curricula. Hear "How Digital Disruption is Driving Radical Transformation of the Finance Function".

GBD38. New ways that organisations can build employee resilience and create environments which strike a better balance between the 9-to-5 and what makes them thrive. UK-based Lauren Gasser shares her deeply honest and personal journey as she changed tack from working inside the AICPA & CIMA to becoming a yoga teacher, mindfulness coach and podcaster. Hear how she helps corporates bring headspace into the workplace with yoga and mindfulness.

GBD37 This week's guest shares many superb examples of how to move beyond data-analytics to support a growing business in real time. Cape Town-based Pieter de Wit is CFO of Afrimat South Africa, a leading black-empowered open pit mining company providing industrial minerals and construction materials. He spoke to AICPA & CIMA's Kyle Hannan shortly before presenting at the late 2018 AICPA 'Finance Transformation' conference in Johannesburg.

GBD36 The Psychotherapist's message of hope for the 21st-century global executive team. Author, journalist and researcher Sarah Niblock is Chief Executive of the UKCP, the country's leading body for research, innovation, education, and regulation working to advance psychotherapies for the benefit of all. She tells AICPA & CIMA's Kymberley McAdam about the psychotherapist's message of hope and its relevance as a powerful path to organisational transformation for 21st Century business-leaders.

GBD35 Over 150 different types of biases influence the way we make decisions and keep us from being as rational as we'd like to be. Khalil Smith is Head of Diversity and Inclusion Practice at NeuroLeadership Institute (North Carolina, USA). He talks to Kim Drumgo, Director of Diversity and Inclusion (AICPA & CIMA, USA) about the unconscious brain dynamics that feed into biases and assumptions. He reveals how it impacts our work relationships and explains what we can do about it.