innovation & change management

how accountants are profiting in disruption

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post with two signs, "same" and "change"seek input on your road map.

by gary bolinger

we live and work in a world that is in perpetual motion. customer and client needs will be different tomorrow than they are today. market expectations will evolve.

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all of the change we experience results in transformation. transformation creates disruption. cpas are not immune from any of this.
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blockchain implications for cpas

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futurist jack shaw explains how blockchain is changing the way cpas practice.

with steven sacks
solutions to results llc

the economist magazine describes blockchain as the most important advance in business record keeping since the innovation of double-entry bookkeeping, in florence, italy in over 500 years. but now, blockchain may eventually even replace double-entry bookkeeping.

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six key takeaways

1 –  we will see more business being reflected in blockchain-based transactions.

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non-cpa “cpa” firms? really?

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what the aicpa and nasba could learn from other professions.

by donny c. shimamoto, cpa.citp, cgma

i’ve been watching nasba and the aicpa communicate the need for a change to the requirements to be cpa. while their rationale may seem to make sense, i’m not sure i agree with their direction  – enabling more non-accountants to be cpas.

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when i think further about the bigger picture of the accounting profession, i believe the accounting profession needs to be more cohesive and inclusive – and perhaps that is the better course to pursue.

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the covid outlook: a long, slow climb back to recovery

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why right networks’ acquisition of rootworks may be just what the doctor ordered

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with rick telberg
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the accounting world shifted a little with the acquisition by right networks, a cloud-hosting vendor, of rootworks, a technology platform provider to cpa firms.

though conceived before the pandemic, the deal was closed as the first wave of coronavirus was crashing against the shores of the u.s. and it may be a sign of the times under pandemic conditions, as accountants — and, indeed, business in general — race for new technology solutions and business models.

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in this exclusive interview with 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间, right networks ceo joel hughes and rootworks founder darren root, explain the reasons for the deal, and their forecast for the future under covid. warning: their forecast for the future under covid is not pretty.

but the combination of the two companies may augur hold clues to the future of the profession.

transcript

here’s the full transcript, only lightly edited:

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prepping for post-crisis opportunities

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covid tests accountants’ entrepreneurial talents

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young black woman sitting in front of laptop looking thoughtfulthree questions to re-set your mindset.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

accountants and tax practitioners are entrepreneurs. maybe now, more than ever.

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this means their practice needs to be run as a business with sound business decisions being made.

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in these turbulent times, leaders must lead!

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m.g005e.comsix things you needed to start doing yesterday.

by allan koltin

in the face of this unprecedented global pandemic, leaders must lead! we need to fill our days with talking to our people, clients, and our families and engaging them in the reality of the situation while at the same time stressing the positive things going on.

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i was on a call this morning with a client and i was sharing how wonderful it was to have all three kids back home (they would have been studying abroad, at college, or going to high school) and how nice it was to have family dinners together again. i was also sharing the positives with the kids that their grandparents were healthy, safe, and getting calls from so many family members and how important this was to them. as i was walking the dogs this morning it occurred to me that i heard birds chirping and that i had been “so busy being busy” for the past four decades that beautiful sounds like this or the smell of the morning air were never on my mind. at a deeper level, and to equate it to a sporting event, i feel like the proverbial “scoreboard” has malfunctioned and there is now a new way to keep score, and it is becoming the new normal.

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