The Red Volkswagen and Professional Apprenticeships Yes, Professional Apprenticeships Are on the Rise! Have you ever experienced a colleague mentioning something to you, say all the features of the red Volkswagen they just bought, and suddenly you… Read More
Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, RPA and Cloud top the list of profession’s technology hard trends for 2020 Using futurist Daniel Burrus' predictions as a baseline, MACPA/BLI surveys narrow technology's impact on the Accounting/Finance profession’s trends By Daniel Burrus, CEO of Burrus Research, and Tom… Read More
Everything under the sun is in tune Here’s what I saw in the sky above St. Louis on Aug. 21: A miracle A natural wonder The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen A tribute to the awe-inspiring worlds of science and astronomy A… Read More
How to win the race with the machines "Need an accountant? Try a robot instead" was a recent headline in The Wall Street Journal. Everyday there is another article about robots (A.I. and machines) taking over accounting. That same… Read More
Happy New Year! What I love most about the New Year, in addition to the excuse to have a party, is the time to reflect on the past year and look forward to the next. This year I am reflecting on all of the great… Read More
Quit talking about change. Do something about it instead. You say change and complexity have got you down? You don’t know what change and complexity are — not until you’ve walked a mile in John Hill’s shoes, anyway. At a time when residents were… Read More
‘Anticipatory Organization’ named a top product for 2016 For the past year, we’ve been warning everyone who will listen: The key missing competency in business today is anticipation — it’s the ability to anticipate trends before they happen and… Read More
David Bowie’s lasting legacy: ‘Turn and face the strange’ Here at the MACPA and the BLI, we talk all the time about change and transformation. Compared with David Bowie, we’re amateurs. This guy reinvented himself every time he entered the recording… Read More
Accounting predictions for 2016 … and beyond I don’t know about you, but I’m always a little depressed by the annual flood of year-in-review stories. Each one reminds me I’m another year older. I’m a MUCH bigger fan of the year in… Read More
