Cpa Ontario Future Forward

Each of us must be able to both lead and follow. In great collaborations, we take turns both leading and following. The relationship between leadership and followership is dynamic, context-specific, and ever-evolving. Join host Liz West and authors Marc and Samantha as they discuss how developing this skill can result in stronger interpersonal agility and lead to stronger teams.

Are you feeling stretched? Are there simply too few hours in the day to get everything done? Join Liz West and Steve Prentice as they discuss practical ways to gain back four hours of your valuable time each day.

As the pace of business swiftens, and with mobile technology keeping us “on” 24/7, managing time effectively has become increasingly more important. By adding a simple action to your routine, you can heighten your productivity and offer your clients quicker, better service. Join Liz West and Steve Prentice as they discuss the “Cool-Time” approach to time management.

Have you ever put aside important work to answer an email or text or deal with something because someone is waiting? Have you ever started a meeting late because someone hadn’t arrived on time? Have you ever held back from delegating a task? Join Liz West and Steve Prentice as they discuss how to mitigate the effects of fear on your decisions and time management practices.

Are you a slave to your cell phone? Do you say yes to every deadline you're handed, are you running out of the time to get it all done? Time Management is really all about people management. By learning how to manage peoples’ expectations, you will be able to focus and prioritize better, and ultimately, keep people content with your work.

It usually comes as a surprise to people to learn just how much influence food and sleep have on productivity. Join Liz West and Steve Prentice as they discuss how to maintain the mental state required to deliver optimal results, manage expectations and give your body and mind a chance to “breathe” between tasks.

With mobile technology keeping us “on” 24/7 and with constant increase in the pace of business, effective time management has become more important than ever. Time management skills and techniques are not just important on a personal level, but also for addressing professional demands. Clients and customers for example, expect quicker service and better experiences. Join Liz West and Steve Prentice as they discuss how to hone this skill and address competing priorities.

The Economist has boldly claimed that data has replaced oil as the world’s most valuable resource. What implications does this have for antitrust regulators and businesses? Join Ron Schwartz and Liz West as they discuss how businesses are competing in this arena, impact on company valuations and logical next steps many businesses are taking to formulate data-driven business strategy.

Building an accurate predictive model is a multifaceted process that may require input from business stakeholders and data science teams. Join Ron Schwartz and Liz West as they discuss the ins and out of deploying robust predictive models.

Join Ron Schwartz and Liz West as they discuss how varied professionals can get involved in data science initiatives without taking a new advanced degree. Finance professionals are well-suited for the “Storyteller” (or “Translator”) role – a role that is critical for the success of data science initiatives.

With the growing richness of data, organizations have more insight into user behaviour patterns and transactions than ever before. While privacy is a big issue, there are also new exposures that many people and organizations have not foreseen.

Join Ron Schwartz and Liz West as they discuss key strategies and techniques for crafting compelling business cases for data science projects with fixed purposes and planned outcomes.

Data has become a new competitive battleground for many companies. Today, we see data being gathered and mined all around us. Examples include affinity programs that request our information, websites that track our online activity and advertise products of interest specifically for us, phones that know where we are and offer location-based services, navigational systems that re-route around traffic. Join Ron Schwartz and Liz West as they discuss how companies are gaining competitive advantages with data. 

When we think of the cannabis industry, many of us tend to focus overwhelmingly on growing and branded consumer packaged goods. During this episode of Future Forward, Michael Miller of White Sheep Corp. and Liz West discuss the future of the industry and new technologies. Tune in and find out how you can get involved.

Running a cannabis business has many benefits like helping patients in need and participating in a critical turning point in Canadian history. The retail sale of recreational marijuana, however, poses a number of challenges for financial professionals. On this episode of Future Forward, Michael Miller of White Sheep Corp. and Liz West discuss the unique challenges facing accountants and financial professionals in the cannabis industry.

If you are a financial professional in the cannabis industry or advise investors who are thinking about putting money in cannabis stocks, you should understand the biological asset rules from IFRS. Join Michael Miller of White Sheep Corp. and Liz West as they delve into reporting requirements and challenges.

How is Cannabis being consumed? Will the establishment of legal retail outlets crush the black market? What are the next steps on the road to legalization? Join Michael Miller of White Sheep Corp. and Liz West as they delve into the details of the cannabis industry in Canada.

While the consumption of cannabis remains illegal for a majority of the world’s population, countries that have elected to legalize its use have created an unprecedented opportunity for investors, technologists, accountants, bankers, and other professionals. Join Michael Miller of White Sheep Corp. and Liz West as they break down widespread misconceptions about cannabis industry and explore how cannabis is grown and how it interacts with the body.

The cannabis plant, an annual that produces flowers rich in organic compounds called cannabinoids such as THC and CBD, has long been sought after by both medical and recreational users around the globe for its effects. Whether you would like to work in the industry, invest on your own, or just go along for the ride, you won’t want to miss this podcast featuring Michael Miller of White Sheep Corp.

In almost every industry, tools are enabling more work to be performed electronically and remotely. This allows for unprecedented flexibility for businesses and their employees. Employees can work from virtually anywhere, allowing companies to tap into a global talent pool, and save on infrastructure and office space. The financial audit is a notoriously time-consuming, manual process for small- and medium-sized auditing firms and their clients. Various tools have been introduced to automate and digitize parts of the audit, but to date, we believe there is no one solution that will also help organize and manage all aspects of the audit engagement. The current manual processes, and the fact that information and documents are often scattered, presents challenges for firms who strive to execute a full digital audit remotely. This is the next big opportunity in the audit and assurance space – creating a tool that will streamline and centralize the audit process.