CFO Bookshelf

Adam Mead's new book, The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway was 5 years in the making and started out as a 5,000-page manuscript that was finally shaved to just under a thousand pages. ...

13 Mar 202142min

One of the best accounting books I've ever read about Lean from a CFO's perspective is Real Numbers by Jean Cunningham, one of the authors of that book. But the audience for that book is CEOs, operat...

6 Mar 202137min

Stacey Barr is the author of Practical Performance Measurement and Prove It! She is also the creator of the best performance measurement framework I've ever reviewed, and it's applicable to businesse...

28 Feb 202125min

Daniele Martins is the Head of Global FP&A at ThoughtWorks in Brazil. In this show, we talked about technology, processes, and people. We drilled into spreadsheets, budgeting, forecasting, and the 65...

20 Feb 202146min

Did you realize the first book written on OKRs was Radical Focus by Christina Wodtke? She's our guest along with Ben Lamorte who joins us for his second appearance on the show. We talk about when and ...

14 Feb 202134min

When you think of iconic and successful CEOs, names like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Howard Schultz, Jack Welch, and Sam Walton probably spring to mind. Can you name a 4-time CEO who orchestrated overwhe...

7 Feb 202133min

I'm a huge fan of the book, The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart. During our conversation, we talk about the business gurus, strategic planning, management consulting, philosophy, and what is a gre...

30 Jan 202136min

Lora Cecere needs no introduction, but she's a global thought leader on supply chain. She is the founder of Supply Chain Thought Leader and also writes for Forbes. She also publishes content on her w...

23 Jan 202127min