Accounting AI Podcast

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network, this is the "Insights in Accounting" show, going live every Tuesday. This show is about filling in the knowledge gaps in your busy lives as accountants and leaders in practice, plus bookkeepers, finance leaders and the software/fintech industry that serves them. It's what you missed and you didn't know you missed, and why it's important.

Episode 5. In today's episode, "10 Reasons Why Bots Will Never Replace Accountants."

Key takeaways from this episode include:

⫸ shout out to Allan Koltin, CEO at Koltin Consulting Group and author of this piece via LinkedIn

⫸ how many younger accountants can speak the language of technology but struggle with the human side of things

⫸ debating how much of the accounting role bots and machine learning can take over doing

⫸ how creativity and problem solving will always put distance between bots and human accounting professionals

⫸ what counting potatoes in warehouse can teach us about the innovation of accountants and auditors

⫸ the call for accountants to be more entrepreneurial in their thinking, and why this needs to be made more prominent by the profession

⫸ what an accountant's ability to resolve disputes and conflicts does that bots can never do

⫸ the importance of accounting advisors (and not bots) to advance conversations and pick up on nuances in human behavior

⫸ how artificial intelligence, machine learning and bots will have a role in complimenting, not replacing, accountants and advisors

⫸ why there has never been a better time to be an accountant and for them to reach out to their clients proactively

Action: be proactive with your clients to start and advance conversations in a way bots could never do - that's where the opportunities are.

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cpa-practice-advisor-thought-leader-symposium-2019-allan-koltin/

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A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:

❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.

❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.

❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.

❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.

❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.

Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!

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On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network, this is the "Insights in Accounting" show, going live every Tuesday. This show is about filling in the knowledge gaps in your busy lives as accountants and leaders in practice, plus bookkeepers, finance leaders and the software/fintech industry that serves them. It's what you missed and you didn't know you missed, and why it's important.

Episode 4. In today's interview, "Talent & Retention Strategies for Accounting Firms"

Key takeaways from this episode include:

tracing the origins of the great resignation as people change their priorities, especially in accounting

the role of low salaries, limited career opportunities, feeling unvalued , strained relationships with bosses in churn of accounting firm team members

how accounting firms can be more proactive in keeping their people

why many accounting conferences keep putting on the same speakers and topics as the risk of repeating the same messages

some of the flexible working options for accountancy firms to increase the chances of keeping staff

the importance of competitive benefits and why these go beyond a competitive salary

why a healthy culture in accounting firms is no longer optional to retain people

the two investments accounting firm leaders need to prioritise to stay relevant and competitive

the role of financial literacy and prudent practice management to create the means to invest in people

Action: if you haven't already, find out what your people need, what drives them and what they think makes your firm a great place to work

Original source:

https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/time-for-a-great-reassessment-in-accounting

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A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:

❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.

❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.

❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.

❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.

❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.

Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dead Show / Youtube

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network, this is the "Insights in Accounting" show, going live every Tuesday. This show is about filling in the knowledge gaps in your busy lives as accountants and leaders in practice, plus bookkeepers, finance leaders and the software/fintech industry that serves them. It's what you missed and you didn't know you missed, and why it's important.

Episode 3. In today's interview, "Potential Upside to the Accounting Great Resignation."

Key takeaways from this episode include:

☛ why the talent crunch could be a blessing in disguise for the accounting profession

☛ whether the 'great resignation' in accountancy is actually a fact or a myth

☛ the number one thing that stops accountants and practices from being more proactive with their clients

☛ what accounting practices can do to make the work more meaningful for their staff

☛ the need to challenge a SALY mentality in accountancy - same as last year

☛ what holding clients accountable does for accounting professionals and their engagement in the work

☛ what firing the lower end clients does for accounting portfolios and why it's so difficult to do in practice

☛ shout out to Susan Bryant (previous interviews) on clients making their accountants better and accountants doing the same for clients

☛ the need to leverage technology faster and better in accounting firms (using what you've got) for greater efficiencies

Action - holding onto and attracting good staff is 'doable' if accounting firm leaders do the right things, set the right culture and put a positive spin on the great resignation.

Mentioned in the show:

Accountants - Make Good Clients Great: Susan Bryant

https://bit.ly/38F7rdn

https://youtu.be/-OmLCgBnkFc

How Clients Can Educate Accountants: Susan Bryant

https://bit.ly/3to4yF1

https://youtu.be/e6dyUR9WOgc

Original source: https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/is-there-a-silver-lining-to-the-great-resignation-for-auditors

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A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:

❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.

❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.

❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.

❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.

❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.

Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!

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FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

We'd love to get to know you! Follow the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network shows - we'd love to keep you informed on latest interviews, episodes and behind the scenes goodies. Join, follow, subscribe, like, share and engage:

➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast

➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers

➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ

➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers

➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dead Show / Youtube

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network, this is the "Insights in Accounting" show, going live every Tuesday. This show is about filling in the knowledge gaps in your busy lives as accountants and leaders in practice, plus bookkeepers, finance leaders and the software/fintech industry that serves them. It's what you missed and you didn't know you missed, and why it's important.

Episode 2. In today's interview, "How to Deliver First Class Service in Accounting."

Key takeaways from this episode include:

✦ Shout out to Kyle Walters and accountingToday (link below)

✦ the psychology behind premium pricing when it comes to accounting services

✦ what happens when accountants move from low to premium pricing with their clients

✦ how luxury branding leads to higher buyer expectations on service and attention

✦ the problem with providing great service to accounting clients over time as it becomes 'ordinary'

✦ the impact of anticipating client needs in providing first class service in accountancy

✦ ways to proactively pre-empt the needs of your accounting clients to position premium services

✦ what happens to accountants who continue to be reactive with their clients

✦ what a 'Ritz-Carlton' service mentality might look like for an accounting firm

✦ how doing the basics well and being professionally responsive can separate good accountants from great ones

Action - for accountants who want to provide more premium services to their clients and charge higher fees, anticipate what might be coming up for them before it happens.

Source - https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/pricing-tells-a-story

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A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:

❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.

❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.

❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.

❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.

❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.

Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!

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FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

We'd love to get to know you! Follow the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network shows - we'd love to keep you informed on latest interviews, episodes and behind the scenes goodies. Join, follow, subscribe, like, share and engage:

➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast

➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers

➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ

➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers

➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers

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The Insights in Accounting show is about filling in the knowledge gaps in your busy lives as accountants and leaders in practice. It's what you missed and you didn't know you missed, and why it's important.

You'll get reports, research, whitepapers, surveys, news articles, announcements, blogs, social media posts, opinion pieces, commentaries. These will come from journalists, practitioners, experts, gurus, thought leaders. We'll work on your behalf to check out a range of accounting media sources like accounting today, accountancy daily, accounting web, accountex, cpa.com, the accountant online, international accounting bulletin etc.

You'll get a digest of content mostly for accounting practitioners and bookkeepers but also for the finance providers, tech specialists and software vendors who serve the accountancy profession. We'll not just be reporting on the news, but we'll give you you insights on what it means for you accountants in practice. The takeaways, the implications, the what to dos and what not to dos. The what to knows and what to ignores.

It's all about giving you commercial acumen, business awareness, industry knowledge, professional development, just staying up to date. It's CPE or CPD for you accountants in practice. Keeping you relevant, informed and effective in your role as a professional advisor, leader, practitioner, thought leader, influencer, driver of change in your firm, your role, your community. Stopping you from becoming obsolete. Keeping you in the loop. Helping you raise your game and solve bigger problems. Remember, the bigger the problems that you solve, the more influence you'll have and the more you'll be rewarded.

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network, this is the "Insights in Accounting" show, going live every Tuesday. This show is about filling in the knowledge gaps in your busy lives as accountants and leaders in practice, plus bookkeepers, finance leaders and the software/fintech industry that serves them. It's what you missed and you didn't know you missed, and why it's important.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dead Show / Youtube

In this very first episode of the brand new Insights in Accounting podcast, Rob Brown and Martin Bissett preview what the show is all about and how it fits into the game-changing AIBN - the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network.

Episode 1 - "How Accountants Can Upskill and Stay Relevant."

To give you a flavour of what's coming at you with this show, we dive right into a piece here about bias in accounting via Rebecca Mihalic of Ignition:

https://www.ignitionapp.com/blog/bias-is-bias-unconscious-or-not.

Martin unpacks insights about identifying biases like women in accounting, who we like and don't, who performs and who doesn't and a range of other biases in play.

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The Insights in Accounting show is about filling in the knowledge gaps in your busy lives as accountants and leaders in practice. It's what you missed and you didn't know you missed, and why it's important.

You'll get reports, research, whitepapers, surveys, news articles, announcements, blogs, social media posts, opinion pieces, and commentaries. These will come from journalists, practitioners, experts, gurus, and thought leaders. We'll work on your behalf to check out a range of accounting media sources like accounting today, accountancy daily, accounting web, Accountex, cpa.com, the accountant online, international accounting bulletin etc.

You'll get a digest of content mostly for accounting practitioners and bookkeepers but also for the finance providers, tech specialists and software vendors who serve the accountancy profession. We'll not just be reporting on the news, but we'll give you insights into what it means for you accountants in practice. The takeaways, the implications, the what to dos and what not to dos. The what to know and what to ignore.

It's all about giving you commercial acumen, business awareness, industry knowledge, professional development, and just staying up to date. It's CPE or CPD for you accountants in practice. Keeping you relevant, informed and effective in your role as a professional advisor, leader, practitioner, thought leader, influencer, and driver of change in your firm, your role, and your community. Stopping you from becoming obsolete. Keeping you in the loop. Helping you raise your game and solve bigger problems. Remember, the bigger the problems that you solve, the more influence you'll have and the more you'll be rewarded.

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network, this is the "Insights in Accounting" show, going live every Tuesday. This show is about filling in the knowledge gaps in your busy lives as accountants and leaders in practice, plus bookkeepers, finance leaders and the software/fintech industry that serves them. It's what you missed and you didn't know you missed, and why it's important.

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A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:

❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show features panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best-ofs.

❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under the microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.

❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, and influencers from around the world.

❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.

❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK-focused show featuring UK-related topics, news items, events and interviews.

Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dead Show / Youtube