To Change The Accounting Profession, First Change The Language with Ed Kless

In this episode of the podcast, Jeremy and Chris welcome knowledge economy extraordinaire Ed Kless (@edkless on Twitter) to the podcast. Ed, along with his co-host Ron Baker, hosts The Soul of Enterprise podcast every Friday. Ed is a staple at accounting conferences as an engaging presenter and has been a pioneer in notable areas such as timesheets and value pricing. The key takeaways from the episode are: The top books for new firm owners and those firm owners that want to throw out their timesheets Why we need to thoroughly explore what matters before we explore the “how” with customers. Welcome to Solutionists Anonymous! Why linguistics matter The key components of the value-based conversation and a framework to get to that value How to measure efficiency in a firm without timesheets (hint: maybe it’s not efficiency we’re after) Follow the show on Twitter @CPAAdvisoryShow Jeremy Wells on Twitter @JWellsCFO Chris Hervochon on Twitter @ChrisHervochon