app02 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 01:44:57 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) FEI Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Cfo Insights” https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/tags/cfo%20insights Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International presents the FEI Podcast: an audio digest focusing on the ideas and strategies in finance and accounting. en-us episodic Discussions and thought-provoking ideas from Financial Executives International Financial Executives International Financial Executives International presents the FEI Podcast: an audio digest focusing on the ideas and strategies in finance and accounting. no business, finance, accounting, strategy Financial Executives International info@financialexecutives.org From Call Center to CFO: How Jill Nelson Uses Art to Build Braver Teams https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/190 92ed9446-e270-4ef5-8161-ee4650bd01cd Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International Texas811 CFO Jill Nelson shares how art, neuroscience, and her Wander Workshop program help her team get comfortable with ambiguity, reduce fear, and prepare for AI. 29:20 no <p>Recorded live at the FEI Financial Leaders Forum in San Antonio, this episode features Jill Nelson, CFO of Texas811, who went from call center representative to the C-suite. Nelson discusses how she blends art and finance through her Wander Workshop program, the neuroscience behind creative practice, and how clear vision and change management help teams move past fear, resistance, and manual work as the profession prepares for AI. Special Guest: Jill Nelson.</p> Jill Nelson, Texas811, Wander Workshop, neuroplasticity, change management, AI in finance, financial leadership, creativity, CFO career path, FEI Financial Leaders Forum Recorded live at the FEI Financial Leaders Forum in San Antonio, this episode features Jill Nelson, CFO of Texas811, who went from call center representative to the C-suite. Nelson discusses how she blends art and finance through her Wander Workshop program, the neuroscience behind creative practice, and how clear vision and change management help teams move past fear, resistance, and manual work as the profession prepares for AI.

Special Guest: Jill Nelson.

]]> Recorded live at the FEI Financial Leaders Forum in San Antonio, this episode features Jill Nelson, CFO of Texas811, who went from call center representative to the C-suite. Nelson discusses how she blends art and finance through her Wander Workshop program, the neuroscience behind creative practice, and how clear vision and change management help teams move past fear, resistance, and manual work as the profession prepares for AI.

Special Guest: Jill Nelson.

]]> The Reaction Tax: Why Finding Out Too Late Is Costing Your Company https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/189 8cf87e8c-fa9f-4792-8052-ef2ea6e07c6a Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International CFO Thomas DeFabrizio of Impellam Group Americas introduces the "reaction tax," the hidden cost of delayed financial visibility, and shares how financial leaders can close decision windows before they close on them. 33:56 no <p>This episode explores the reaction tax, a concept describing the hidden costs businesses pay when decision windows close before leadership sees the warning signs. Thomas DeFabrizio, CFO of Impellam Group Americas, walks through the KPIs, shared definitions, and compensation strategies financial leaders can use to move from reactive firefighting to proactive, future-focused leadership, along with how AI and outcome-based business models are reshaping finance. Special Guest: Thomas DeFabrizio.</p> reaction tax, CFO leadership, KPIs, financial visibility, decision speed, compensation strategy, outcome-based pricing, AI in finance, Impellam Group Americas, FEI Financial Leaders Forum This episode explores the reaction tax, a concept describing the hidden costs businesses pay when decision windows close before leadership sees the warning signs. Thomas DeFabrizio, CFO of Impellam Group Americas, walks through the KPIs, shared definitions, and compensation strategies financial leaders can use to move from reactive firefighting to proactive, future-focused leadership, along with how AI and outcome-based business models are reshaping finance.

Special Guest: Thomas DeFabrizio.

]]> This episode explores the reaction tax, a concept describing the hidden costs businesses pay when decision windows close before leadership sees the warning signs. Thomas DeFabrizio, CFO of Impellam Group Americas, walks through the KPIs, shared definitions, and compensation strategies financial leaders can use to move from reactive firefighting to proactive, future-focused leadership, along with how AI and outcome-based business models are reshaping finance.

Special Guest: Thomas DeFabrizio.

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