Efficiency Is the Wrong Goal for AI | ARC

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The episode discusses how success in AI adoption in accounting should focus on value and quality rather than efficiency and cost savings.

Value, quality, and effectiveness—not cost savings—should define success. Accounting ARC With Liz Mason, Donny Shimamoto, and Byron Patrick Center for Accounting Transformation Does meaningful AI adoption require scale, budget, and the dedicated innovation teams embedded in large accounting groups? In this episode of Accounting ARC, Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA; Byron Patrick, CPA.CITP; and Liz Mason, CPA, take on a familiar—but increasingly flawed—narrative in the accounting profession: that large accounting teams will define AI success The reality, they argue, looks very different on the ground. MORE Accounting ARC: Accounting’s Hidden Talent Risk: The Sandwich Generation | Built Fast. Sold Faster. Broken Later? The Truth About Accounting Tech | Recognize When You Need to Recharge Before You Burn Out | Valuing More Than the Balance Sheet | Accounting’s “Untalked-About” Frontier | Why Happiness is Hard-Fought for High Achievers | The Fastest Way to Lose Talent Is “Dick Leadership” | Post-Holiday Fatigue Isn’t a Failure; It’s a Signal | OCR, Research Bots & Meeting Assistants: What Actually Helps Now | Return Season is the New Stress Test | Small Firms May Have the Biggest…

People in this episode

Guests: Liz Mason, Donny Shimamoto, Byron Patrick

Topics covered

• AI adoption
• accounting profession
• efficiency
• value
• quality
• innovation

Keywords

• AI
• accounting
• efficiency
• value
• quality
• innovation
• success

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Accounting Transformation

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