app03 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:56:17 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) FEI Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Governance And Risk” https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/tags/governance%20and%20risk Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -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 Why CFOs Can't Just Layer AI on Broken Processes – with CohnReznick https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/184 d48e9e94-cf66-48ba-864c-2b5c66840abe Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International Jennifer Witts and Kyle Vroegh of CohnReznick join host Heather Cole to explore why AI adoption requires more than technology – it requires process readiness, cultural safety, and responsible governance. 39:06 no <p>What if the biggest AI challenge for CFOs is not the technology itself, but the culture and processes required to use it well? In this episode, host Heather Cole sits down with Jennifer Witts (Partner) and Kyle Vroegh (Director) of CohnReznick's Client Advisory Services Practice to unpack what separates financial leaders seeing real AI results from those spinning their wheels. They cover where CFOs should start with AI adoption, why layering automation on broken processes backfires, how to build a psychologically safe culture around experimentation, what governance and security questions to ask when evaluating outside firms, and how the role of the financial executive is shifting toward advisory and strategic work. Whether you are excited, overwhelmed, or somewhere in between, this episode offers a practical, no-hype path forward – one bite-sized use case at a time. Special Guests: Jennifer Witts and Kyle Vroegh.</p> CFO AI adoption, AI in finance, AI strategy, financial leadership, process automation, AI governance, finance transformation, outsourced accounting, organizational culture, AI implementation, CohnReznick, FEI Podcast What if the biggest AI challenge for CFOs is not the technology itself, but the culture and processes required to use it well? In this episode, host Heather Cole sits down with Jennifer Witts (Partner) and Kyle Vroegh (Director) of CohnReznick's Client Advisory Services Practice to unpack what separates financial leaders seeing real AI results from those spinning their wheels. They cover where CFOs should start with AI adoption, why layering automation on broken processes backfires, how to build a psychologically safe culture around experimentation, what governance and security questions to ask when evaluating outside firms, and how the role of the financial executive is shifting toward advisory and strategic work. Whether you are excited, overwhelmed, or somewhere in between, this episode offers a practical, no-hype path forward – one bite-sized use case at a time.

Special Guests: Jennifer Witts and Kyle Vroegh.

]]> What if the biggest AI challenge for CFOs is not the technology itself, but the culture and processes required to use it well? In this episode, host Heather Cole sits down with Jennifer Witts (Partner) and Kyle Vroegh (Director) of CohnReznick's Client Advisory Services Practice to unpack what separates financial leaders seeing real AI results from those spinning their wheels. They cover where CFOs should start with AI adoption, why layering automation on broken processes backfires, how to build a psychologically safe culture around experimentation, what governance and security questions to ask when evaluating outside firms, and how the role of the financial executive is shifting toward advisory and strategic work. Whether you are excited, overwhelmed, or somewhere in between, this episode offers a practical, no-hype path forward – one bite-sized use case at a time.

Special Guests: Jennifer Witts and Kyle Vroegh.

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