Sustainability's Quiet Move Into the CFO's Office
Chief sustainability officer headcount fell about 10% in the 2026 Chief Sustainability Officer Report, the first decline in 16 years. At the same time, sustainability headcount inside business units g...
12 Okt 18min
The Real Risk Isn't Falling Behind on AI
There is a version of the "AI in audit" conversations that claims AI is replacing practitioners and the profession is being disrupted overnight. Former AICPA Auditing Standards Board member Jeff Rapag...
28 Sep 21min
Real Leadership Starts When Certainty Ends
Most leaders wait for certainty before they make decisions. Tracy Nolan, SVP at Humana, says that is the biggest mistake a leader can make in a crisis. Tracy has led through some of the highest-stakes...
14 Sep 18min
Sustainability Assurance Has to Be a Precondition, Not a Compliance Checkbox
74% of S&P 500 companies revised their GHG emissions data at least once over a decade of voluntary reporting. That's the assurance gap in practice.Deloitte's Sarah Digirolamo and Kristen Sullivan join...
31 Aug 20min
Who’s Building the Next CFO?
Finance leaders build judgment and gain experience by doing the work throughout their career. But what happens when agents do the work instead?Workiva CFO Barbara Larson joins The Pre-Read to talk abo...
17 Aug 20min
Who Owns What Your AI Does?
AI transformation is a problem of governance, not technology. Anthony Habayeb, CEO of Monitaur, argues that organizations don’t need to spin up a new AI governance framework, but they need better use ...
3 Aug 27min
What Your Climate Risk Assessment Is Missing
Most climate risk assessments are missing hazards, scoping too narrowly, and leaving physical climate risk under-analyzed. Linda Romanovska helped write the rules, and she’s here to explain what bette...
20 Jul 23min
Markets Are Moving: Is Your Finance Team?
The M&A market is heating up, and AI is compressing deal timelines from weeks to days.In this episode of The Pre-Read, guest host Josh Gertsch and Troy Hooper of Mergermarket provide a capital markets...
6 Jul 22min
