Ep. 16 | Finance Chief Uncut: The Art of Negotiation

Finance leaders spend their careers managing risk, scrutinising decisions and protecting the financial health of their organisations. But being too risk-averse can come at a cost.From knowing when to hold your position to recognising when it is time to walk away, many of the skills required around the poker table have direct parallels with the decisions finance leaders make every day.In Episode 16 of Finance Chief Uncut, host Ella Wilkinson meets Jo Living, Founder of Aces High, to explore what poker can teach finance professionals about negotiation, risk, assertiveness, emotional control and decision-making under pressure.After a decade in investment banking followed by 10 years across startups, innovation and entrepreneurship, Jo founded Aces High to use poker as an immersive way of helping professionals understand how they behave in high-stakes situations.Rather than focusing on gambling, Aces High strips that element away and uses the strategic principles of poker to explore how people communicate, negotiate, assess risk and respond when the pressure rises.