The opportunities for organisations to drive advantage from the digital world have never been stronger. Clive Webb, Senior Insights Manager at ACCA Professional Insights leads the conversation with, Jens Madrian, CFO & CCO Reactive Technologies, Bryan Furness, Global Consulting Lead, PwC London and Jamie Lyon, Portfolio Lead, ACCA Professional Insights.Their discussion focuses on:How CFOs and their team can ensure their goals including technology implications are fully aligned with those of the organisation overall Four steps a CFO can take towards digitalisationSkills implications for finance organisations/teamsThe culture change required

What’s all the hype about initial coin offerings? Narayanan Vaidyanathan, Head of Business Insights in our Professional Insights team, briefly explains the background, process and risks of ICOs - and how it links to professional accountants.

In this podcast @jimmygreer talks to entrepreneurs, policy makers and academics about what has become known as the future of work. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of online platform working; why it is so important and to make this new way of working fair; how some freelancers are making the most of digital; the impact of automation (or should that be ‘automatability’?) on emerging and developing country jobs; and what to do about the so-called ‘rise of the robots’. This podcast is the first in a series exploring the themes from our research into business models of the future. [Click here to read a short summary of our latest report on Business Models of the Future] https://tinyurl.com/y3an5trg Thanks to our guests: Willem Pieter de Groen (Centre for European Policy Studies), Romain Trébuil (Yoss), Ellen Thijs (B-Hive), Natalya Sverensky (NOBL), Brando Benifei (MEP), Luke Schlögl (University of Vienna). Music and production by @snowlionmedia.

This episode is part of our Race for Relevance campaign on technology and the finance function. Harry Small, a partner in the IT/Commercial department of Baker McKenzie's London office, shares the legal risks involved in procuring technology that finance teams should be aware of.