Our guests this week have a challenge for all accounting and finance professionals: start thinking in terms of moonshots.

 

Now, you might be asking yourself, what in the world is a moonshot? It’s a huge, seemingly insurmountable quest that is ultimately inspirational and game-changing in nature. It’s something that, when achieved, changes the boundary between possible and impossible – just like the USA’s attempt to land Apollo 11 on the moon almost exactly 50 years ago.

 

Sherif Hallaba and Travis Dirks are the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, respectively, for an organization named XLabs. They describe themselves as a company that builds moonshot companies for the future, powered by artificial intelligence, unconventional computing, and neurotechnology.

 

And if that sounds a little “out there” for our little podcast... well, it is, but they make a pretty strong argument that adopting a moonshot mindset will have some very tangible benefits for accounting and finance pros.

 

To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.

 

Resources:

• Check out XLabs.ai
• Sherif on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shallaba
• Sherif on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sthallaba
• Travis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisdirks
• Travis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/travisdirks
• Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning

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