The session provides a concise overview of how practitioners can future-proof their accounting careers and prosper in this current VUCA business environment.
The session provides a concise overview of how practitioners can future-proof their accounting careers and prosper in this current VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) business environment. Discover how to quickly master key evolving technologies including artificial intelligence, business process automation, recognition (face, voice, gesture) analysis, autonomous things, mixed reality, augmented analytics, and more. Understand how these new advances are transforming the accounting profession and how practitioners can take advantage.
In this seminar, you will learn about: VUCA Business Environment COVID and the New Norm Evolving Accounting Roles Changing Demographics and Industry Expectations Key Accounting Challenges Accounting Services Aren’t What You Think They Are “Doomed” vs. “Totally Safe” Professions What’s Ahead for the Accounting Profession How to Prepare for the New Automation Age
Who Will Benefit/Target Audience:
Practitioners who want to embrace the new normal of economic volatility and business uncertainty and thrive in the face of accelerating technological change.
Field of Study: Information Technology
MA, CMC, CITP/FITP
GARRETT WASNY, MA, CMC, CITP/FITP, is an artificial intelligence (AI) skills advisor to accountants, tax attorneys, enrolled agents, and tax preparers worldwide. His courses focus on the new intersection of accounting and technology, and provide guidance to practitioners on how to prosper in this dynamic age. His sessions demystify emerging cloud, mobile, and social applications, and explain in plain language how financial professionals can use these online tools to build trust, solve problems, and create new value. He’s also an award-winning Internet speaker, author, app developer, professional development specialist, and former management consultant for Price Waterhouse. He's published 50+ ebooks on computing and ethical issues related to accounting, written hundreds of articles and columns on Internet strategy, and delivered thousands of seminars and webinars to CPAs and accounting organizations around the globe.
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