#040: Transforming the Future of Finance to Remain Relevant with Chris Argent

There are two futures open to finance professionals and accountants, the first is where we remain functional and slowly but surely have our roles downsized, offshored, or even replaced by robots who can do the work much more cheaply and efficiently. Or the other future where we continue to be seen as relevant, are adding value to our businesses and those around us and in turn making an impact, creating more opportunities and having fun, rewarding and successful careers in accounting & finance. Well our guest mentor on this week's podcast is Chris Argent, a “Future of Finance” Thought Leader and Founder of Generation CFO which is one of the more active, ‘must-go-to’ peer groups for accountants and finance professionals on LinkedIn and has 66,000 members all over the world, which examines new trends in finance transformation, digital transformation, CFO role revolution and the growth of the modern strategic business partner. In this episode we cover: • How and why Generation CFO has grown to 67,000 members • The two baby steps we can take to keep Finance relevant. • Why we need to switch from a core Finance to a more Innovation pioneer one. • Some practical steps Finance can begin to become more tech savvy and start adding more value with digital finance technologies. If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/040.