Enjoy this series of shorts on Metrics from Jim.
Well-crafted metrics are a powerful driver of performance. Done even pretty well, they can provide a miraculous mix of recognition, motivation, and results. Done wrong, they damage motivation, drown direction in confusion, and dissolve the resolve that produces great organization results.
This edition captures AI’s rapid shift from innovation to large-scale execution. OpenAI is scaling infrastructure with historic funding, Burger King is embedding AI into frontline operations, Nous Research is advancing open-source personal agents, Perplexity is championing multi-model orchestration, and Anthropic is integrating AI directly into enterprise workflows.
The disciplines of Accounting, Finance and Treasury combined with great Leadership skills are fundamental to improving not only our careers and the companies we work at - but are foundational disciplines required to build thriving communities and economies.
In the recent weeks, there has been lot of discussions about AI agents and enterprise productivity. AI agents are a powerful phrase. It signals autonomy, intelligence, scale. It promises faster decisions, lower costs, and smarter operations.
In this episode of CFO Talk, “How CFOs Can Reclaim Pricing Power” strategic pricing guru, Lynn Guinn, describes how CFOs are leaving millions on the table from suboptimal pricing!
