Dan French | On the productivity illusion, and the importance of asking why | Episode #89
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Lasse Rindom interviews Dan French about the productivity illusion in technology and the importance of critical thinking in finance.
In this episode of The Only Constant, Lasse Rindom speaks with Dan French, Founder and CEO of Consider Solutions - a specialist consultancy and technology integrator serving some of the world's most recognised brands. With 25 years of experience advising on end-to-end business processes, operating models and finance transformation, Dan brings a sharp, no-nonsense perspective on what technology actually delivers - and what it doesn't. Main topics they discuss include: Why decades of technology investment have yielded surprisingly little improvement in economic productivity - and why silo efficiencies rarely make it onto the P&L The data quality blind spot holding back both classical and AI-driven technologies in finance How LLMs are making knowledge work more intense rather than less - and the real danger of abdicating critical thinking to AI Why asking "why" before reaching for any technology remains the most powerful move a CFO or finance function can make If you work in finance, technology, or anywhere near the intersection of the two, Dan French will challenge some of your assumptions - and sharpen the ones worth keeping. Do you want to know more about Dan French? Dan…
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