Xcelerate Your AI Dexterity

with Jody Padar & Katie Tolin

The AI-Curious Leader: How to Innovate Without Breaking Your Firm leadership tech & ai Feb 26, 2026

Everywhere you turn, someone is saying firms need to be focused on AI. For a lot of us, that doesn’t feel like opportunity. It feels like one more thing on an already full plate.

And let’s be honest. Most firms don’t have the time or appetite to ove...

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AI as Your Advisory Co-Pilot: Turning Data into Client Conversations tech & ai Feb 20, 2026

Most of us went into accounting because we like getting the numbers right. We like making sense of messy information and explaining what actually happened. That part of the job still matters. Maybe more than ever.

What’s changing is what clients exp...

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Why More Accounting Pros Aren't Leveraging AI's Full Power tech & ai Feb 13, 2026

The accounting profession, like so many others, is caught in a frenzied paradox. News and updates on AI are everywhere, yet the profession is not leveraging AI beyond basic automation.

Recent OpenAI reports show that 73% of ChatGPT usage happens for...

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Why Every Business Needs the AIQ Framework tech & ai Feb 06, 2026

Everywhere you look, businesses are using AI. New tools. New pilots. New dashboards. The energy is real, but the breakthroughs everyone hoped for haven’t happened. Productivity gains have leveled out, and the excitement is wearing thin.

That’s not a...

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What Agentic Leaders Do Differently leadership tech & ai Jan 30, 2026

AI is getting smarter every day. It sorts information. It outlines the first draft. It catches patterns that used to take hours of human time. With all of that happening in the background, a new question sits right in front of us.

Where do people ad...

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AI Is a Partnership Worth Investing In tech & ai Jan 23, 2026

AI is not a passing trend or stealer of jobs. Quite the opposite. It’s the not-so-secret sauce to help amplify efficiency. To reduce the stressors that come with time-draining, manual tasks. To elevate a firm and its people.


Even so, accountants con...

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Can You Really Scale Empathy? tech & ai Dec 19, 2025

Accounting Firms Are About To

Can empathy really be your firm’s biggest competitive advantage? Until recently, the idea sounded impossible. After all, deep client relationships take years to build. But AI is changing the rules. It’s turning empathy ...

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From Technician to Talker tech & ai Nov 21, 2025

Mastering client conversations with AI as your co-pilot

While technical expertise is central to serving clients, what truly cements your status as a trusted advisor is the ability to turn numbers into meaningful, clarifying conversations. To take a ...

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Leadership in an AI-First World leadership Oct 30, 2025

The world is changing fast. You can feel it in how decisions get made, how teams work, how businesses compete. AI isn’t on the horizon anymore. It’s already here, showing up in meetings and everyday conversations about the future.

But with change co...

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What Is AIQ and Why It Matters tech & ai Oct 10, 2025

AI is changing accounting. Right now, most people treat it like an intern. It can clean up a report, draft an email or summarize what you don’t have time to read. That is helpful, but it’s also limited.

The bigger opportunity is using AI as a though...

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