Tech Disruption - Making Your Accounting Firm Future Ready - Accounting Influencers Podcast

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16th Apr 2020

Tech Disruption – Making Your Accounting Firm Future Ready

Ian Khan is the creator of the Future Readiness Score (FRS), a KPI he developed to help organizations counter disruption and become efficient, impactful and relevant in the future. He works with Private and Public sector organizations worldwide and is a leading thinker and industry advocate.

Ian is a CNN featured Technology Futurist, 3 times TEDx Speaker, Director of highly acclaimed documentary “Blockchain City", Bestselling author of “7 Axioms of Value Creation”, and contributor to many publications including McGraw Hill and Forbes. He is also a founding member of the Government Experience (GX) initiative by the Prime Minister’s Office, UAE. Shownotes:

  • Why hype vs reality is the key argument when talking about technology
  • The greatest challenges facing accountancy today
  • Accountancy has stayed much the same for 500 years
  • The big drivers now changing the accountancy profession
  • Why there is confusion over how blockchain and AI is evolving
  • Insights on blockchain and AI from a technology futurist
  • How movies are influenced by future technologies
  • Shout out to Ian's Amazon backed documentary: AI = The Next Frontier
  • Why graduates and millennials are less willing to work for accounting firms
  • The expectations that clients now have from accounting firms
  • Why accounting firms need to think differently for better client engagement
  • The need for accountancy firms to invest in new technologies
  • There's a cultural revolution taking place in accounting firms to attract talent
  • Why accountants are some of the smartest people on the planet but need to change
  • What future readiness looks like for accounting firms
  • How technology is changing exponentially and not linearly for accounting firms
  • Why accountants need to take more risks than they have traditionally done

Ian Khan on the Accounting Influencers podcast with BD Academy founder Rob Brown

In his spare time, Ian enjoys reading, shooting, nature and film-making. Currently his time is taken up by working on two films “AI – The Next Frontier” and “GX Now – Government Experiences Worldwide”. Contact Ian:

Ian's website 

Ian's LinkedIn 

Email him: ian@iankhan.com

Ian on Twitter

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Accounting Influencers Podcast
Host Rob Brown shows accounting professionals and leaders how to be more influential, grow their personal brand and be more authoritative, relevant and high profile in their roles..
The Accounting Influencers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, is a must-listen for accounting professionals looking to strengthen their leadership presence, stay informed on disruptive forces in accounting and build credibility within their firms. Geared toward firm leaders, managers, partners and influencers, the show covers key topics like career development, influence, personal branding and interpreting the evolving trends impacting the accounting world. Rob brings his expertise to each episode, offering insights and guidance on how to grow your personal brand and stay strategically important in a rapidly changing profession. Whether you're aiming to influence within your firm or expand your reputation outside of it, this international podcast offers practical advice and forward-thinking insights that will keep you informed and prepared for the future.
Accounting leadership
Executive presence for accountants
Building influence in accounting
Accounting industry trends
Personal branding for accountants
Accounting firm strategy
Accounting business models
Leadership in accounting firms
Talent management in accounting
Authority in accounting profession
Career development for accountants
Accounting firm growth strategies
Influencers in accounting
Accounting firm management
Disruptive forces in accounting
Accounting leadership strategies
Accounting career success
Accounting firm decision-makers
Accounting business trends
Building credibility in accounting

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Rob Brown

Rob Brown hosts the multiple accounting podcast and chair conferences, panels and events globally for the accounting and fintech profession. He is co-founder of Accounting Influencers Roundtable (AIR) which helps vendors, experts and influencers serve the accounting and finance world. He is a dynamic speaker and accomplished expert on trust, reputation, employer brand, talent, career development, succession, gen z/generations, employee advocacy and executive presence. Rob is author of the bestselling book Build Your Reputation (Wiley) and his TEDx talk ‘The Personal Brand of You’ has been viewed 400,000 times on YouTube. He is a stroke survivor, has epilepsy, is a committed Christian and has a black belt in kickboxing. He is based in Nottingham UK, home of Robin Hood, plays chess and backgammon, loves orange chocolate and is allergic to grapefruit.