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AI, Adaptive Leadership, and Innovation: Gartner CFO Conference Highlights

Finance Leadership

AI, Adaptive Leadership, and Innovation: Gartner CFO Conference Highlights

Seven takeaways for finance chiefs from the Gartner CFO 2023 conference.

By Adam Zaki | June 5, 2023

61% of Managers Say Exec Leaders Hold Them Back From Innovation: Weekly Stat

Finance Leadership

61% of Managers Say Exec Leaders Hold Them Back From Innovation: Weekly Stat

Many finance leaders have a hands-on approach to leadership, but most managers believe it impedes their ability to innovate.

By Adam Zaki | May 24, 2023

Is Your Organization Too Risk-Averse?

Risk Management

Is Your Organization Too Risk-Averse?

Always “playing it safe” with investment decisions is a losing strategy.

By Karen Epper Hoffman | February 9, 2022

Reshaping the CFO Role

Reshaping the CFO Role

The pandemic has chief financial officers once again playing an ever-increasing strategic role in forward-thinking organizations.

By Lauren Muskett | September 11, 2020

Tech Industry Blasts Trump Halt on H-1B Visas

Tech Industry Blasts Trump Halt on H-1B Visas

“This will slow innovation and undermine the work the technology industry is doing to help our country recover from unprecedented events."

By Matthew Heller | June 23, 2020

Evolving Finance to Support Innovation

Evolving Finance to Support Innovation

Many finance organizations have made big strides in supporting enterprise innovation, but others are still in the nascent stages of embracing the change.

By Lauren Muskett | October 10, 2019

Siloed Usage of New Technologies Thwarts Innovation

Siloed Usage of New Technologies Thwarts Innovation

"The conventional IT stack wasn’t built for today’s world of analytics, sensors, mobile computing, AI, the internet of things, and billions of devices."

By David McCann | October 7, 2019

How CFOs Can Unlock Innovation

How CFOs Can Unlock Innovation

The most important thing CFOs and other leaders can do is give people the right resources and remove the obstacles that allow them to innovate.

By Ken Gabriel | August 14, 2019

A 10-Step Plan for Digitally Transforming a Company

A 10-Step Plan for Digitally Transforming a Company

In his new book, technology icon Tom Siebel offers a road map for staying relevant during this era of exploding innovation.

By David McCann | June 27, 2019

Finance Chiefs Must Lead Organizational Innovation

Finance Chiefs Must Lead Organizational Innovation

Innovation can feel like a black hole with no guaranteed ROI, but CFOs are equipped to balance creativity with sound financial decision-making.

By The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., Susan Cosgrove, and CFO | November 26, 2018

Insurance’s Innovation Gap

Risk Management

Insurance’s Innovation Gap

Why corporations sometimes can’t get the coverage they really need.

By David Katz | April 3, 2017

Panel Warns of China’s Threat to Chipmakers

Panel Warns of China’s Threat to Chipmakers

The U.S. can mitigate China's semiconductor push by stepping up the pace of innovation, a presidential panel reports.

By Matthew Heller | January 6, 2017

New and Improving

New and Improving

Finance executives rethink their role in cultivating innovation.

By Josh Hyatt | November 15, 2016

Does Overregulation Lead to Underperformance?

Risk & Compliance

Does Overregulation Lead to Underperformance?

Heavy regulations may make the financial world safer, but inevitably the business of banking is adversely affected, and innovations suffers.

By Harold P. Reichwald | October 19, 2016

Flex and Flexibility

Flex and Flexibility

CFOs at large companies around the world agree: Keep your options open.

By David W. Owens | April 4, 2016