
Why Culture Beats Capital in Building Independent CPA Firms | Carla McCall
“You're not going to take an old process and fit it into a new tech box.”Carla McCall believes the firms struggling most with AI are often the ones trying hardest to preserve the way they’ve always op...
27 Touko 42min

A Top 20 Accounting Firm's AI Playbook, Without the Hype | Tom DeMayo, PKF
Most accounting firms are jumping into AI headfirst, buying tools, chasing models, and wondering why nothing is sticking.Thomas DeMayo, AI lead at PKF O'Connor Davies, one of the top 20 accounting fir...
6 Touko 35min

Accounting’s Biggest Shift in 100 Years | Allan Koltin
If AI can deliver the outputs, why would clients still pay for the accountant?Allan Koltin, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, joins Kacee Johnson to explore how accounting firms must evolve from service...
20 Huhti 47min

The AI Advantage Accounting Firms Aren't Seeing Yet
We may be overestimating AI adoption today, and underestimating its long-term impact.Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, Founder and CEO of KET Solutions LLC and past Chair of the AICPA, joins Kacee Johnson to e...
25 Maalis 46min

PE, M&A, and AI: What Accounting Firms Need to Know Now for 2026
In accounting, complexity has never been higher, and neither has opportunity.With Top 100 firms growing 8.58% in 2025, Daniel Hood, Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Today, joins Kacee Johnson to unpack w...
4 Maalis 39min

How MCPs Will Change Accounting in 2026
If you only learn one thing about accounting tech in 2026, it's MCPs.EVP of K2 Enterprises and NMGI’s co-founder & CEO Randy Johnston joins Kacee Johnson for a grounded conversation on what's real and...
23 Helmi 43min

Why Younger CPAs Are Essential to AI Readiness | Susan Coffey
What does responsible AI look like inside the world’s most trusted profession?Susan S. Coffey, CEO of Public Accounting at the AICPA, joins Kacee Johnson to explore the non-negotiable guardrails for A...
12 Tammi 42min




















