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Preparing Today's Business Students for Tomorrow's Workforce

Business school education is changing to keep up with the rapidly evolving finance profession. Jim Washam, Dean of the Neil Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University, and DJ Masson, Clinical Professor of Finance at Indiana University's Kelly School of Business, discuss the state of business school education and how business schools are evolving to meet the needs of students, as well as those of employers who can't seem to find enough talent. This episode is sponsored by AARP.

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Smarter Data, Smarter Decisions
The Road to Treasury Optimization (Part 3): Optimizing Operational Processes
The Road to Treasury Optimization (Part 2): Digitization of Treasury for Future Proofing
The Road to Treasury Optimization (Part 1): Enhancing Liquidity Management
Working Capital in a Tumultuous Environment
Jugaad Innovation with Dr. Simone Ahuja
Re-evaluating Risk and Resilience with Chloe Demrovsky
Brains at Their Best with Dr. Lisa Bélanger
Numbers and Narratives: Seeking a Story Among the Indicators
Thriving Through Change with Kaihan Krippendorff
Finding Inner Strength with Laila Ali
Larry Maisel: The Human Side of AI Analytics
Changing Your Mind with Adam Grant
Shawn Kanungo on Embracing Innovation
Tips from a Philly Native with Brooke Lazizi
Flint Lane: Turning B2B Buyers into Digital Payers
Steve Ledford: Checking in on RTP
Kevin Belli: Developing the Next Generation Finance Rockstar
Nathaniel Wuerffel: The Libor Deadline is Here. What’s Your Transition Plan?
David Bowman: The LIBOR Transition
Jennifer Moss: Preventing A Burnout Epidemic
DeMaurice Smith: Operational Game Strategy: Managing Plans, Politics and Personalities
Suneel Gupta: Backable: Why Some Ideas Catch Fire While Others Get Ignored
Sheila Heen: Navigating Your Most Complex Conversations with Greater Skill and Better Outcomes
Dennis Carey: Talent Development
Vikram Mansharamani: The Generalist Advantage
What is Finance Leadership?
Intentional Learning and the Career Advantage
Shawn Kanungo: Disruption DNA
Amy Edmonson: Leading Through Crisis
Addressing Implicit Bias in the Workplace
SkyStem: Month-end Close Automation
Dan Seidman: Read (Hidden) Emotions – The Science Behind a New Skill
Scott Frisch: Data Dashboard For Total Impact
Jesper Sorensen: Transforming Global Finance into an Analytics Business Partner
Erica Dhawan: Fostering Human Engagement in a Digital World
Hal Gregersen: Navigating Uncertainty Though the Power of Inquiry
Lessons From History on Navigating Uncertainty
Treasury Management in APAC
Figuring Out Your Personal Brand
Managing Change in a World of Uncertainty
The CFO's Role in Professional Development
How to Interview in a Virtual Environment
Perfect Timing When Working from Home
Reengineering Treasury at Alphabet
Advanced FX Risk Management at Dräger
Building Treasury from the Ground Up at Peloton
The Art of Business Influence
Weaponization of the Financial Markets
Unlocking the Secrets of Peak Performance
AFP MindShift: Think Like a Futurist
Now Is the Time for Safety, Liquidity
AI, Machine Learning and Finance
Smart Treasury: AI-Powered Cash Forecasting
Tony Hawk: Authenticity Above All Else
AFP 2020: Full Conference Preview
Leveraging Technology to Achieve Optimal Results
Reducing Friction in AP/AR Processes
Agility: Facing the Big Challenge
Agility: Dynamically Managing Your Risk Portfolio
Real-Time Payments: The Path Forward
The Politics of Communication
Repurchase Agreements: What Treasurers Need to Know
Why 'A Message to Garcia' Matters in Treasury & Finance
Best Practices in Budgeting and Forecasting
Becoming a Cherished Advisor in a World of Innovation
Managing Current Liquidity Structures
Libor Transition: Key Steps to Prepare
What to Expect at FinNext 2020
Daniel Pink: The Science of Perfect Timing
Making Your Conference Session Proposal Stand Out
The Impact of Real-Time Payments on Treasury Operations
China: Opening Doors for U.S. Corporates
Libor Transition: What Are the Implications for Treasury?
What’s Your Game Plan for Cybersecurity?
Payments and Technology Trends in Asia
Dr. Rana el Kaliouby: Building AI We Can Trust
U.S.-China Trade Dispute Continues to Create Uncertainty
AFP 2019: What's New in Boston?
The Threat of Disinformation Campaigns
How Markets, Policy & Strategy Impact Your Organization
Fostering Collaboration to Drive Team Performance
Casey Gerald: There Will Be No Miracles Here
Anne-Marie Slaughter: The Future of Work
Fareed Zakaria: Views From the Post-American World
Navigating the CyberThreatscape
The Science of a Positive Growth Mindset
Finance Professionals, Make the Most of Your Data
Libor Fallback Language: Key Insights for Treasurers
How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
Building a Prediction Machine with Avi Goldfarb
The State of FP&A
As the Clock Ticks on Libor, the Market Looks to SOFR
How to Turn Bad News into Good News
Payments Fraud Continues to Surge. Why?
Has Blockchain Lost Its Mojo? These Corporate Finance Experts Disagree
Why U.S. Firms Amassed Cash at a Slower Pace Last Quarter
What Makes a Great Leader With Chip Colbert, Part 2
What Makes a Great Leader With Chip Colbert, Part 1
Real Time Payments: Game Changer Or Missed Opportunity?
Why Introversion Is, In Fact, A Workplace Superpower
What's In a Name? Bill and Dan Carmody Talk Fintech
How Treasury and Finance Can Fight Low-Tech Payments Fraud
How to Get More People to Agree with You
ABM Industries CEO Scott Salmirs On Leadership and Digital Transformation
Robotic Process Automation for Finance: Bigger Than Blockchain?
What Does Digital Disruption Mean for Finance and FP&A?
How Deutsche Post DHL Conducts Treasury in Singapore
How Metrics Can Make or Break Your Organization
Coming to Terms with Digital Disruption
How Finance and FP&A Can Support E-Commerce
Companies Resolve to Deploy Cash, But Will They?
FP&A and Treasury: Storied Romance or Shotgun Wedding?
The Paradox of Today's Connected Workforce
Navigating Your Career Journey
Winning the War on Payments Fraud
Interest Rates Are Rising. What Should Finance Executives Do?
Why This FX Expert is Still Bullish on Bitcoin
How to Handle Stress in the Workplace
The Challenges of Running a Blockchain Startup for Finance
Finance Business Partnering? These Guys Wrote the Book
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Treasurers Invest Corporate Cash But Are They Investing In Their Careers?
Live from AFP 2018 in Chicago: Fearless Girl Turns One
Can Blockchain Fight Payments Fraud? Alex Tapscott Thinks So.
The B2B Payments Directory Comes to Market Via Blockchain
How Robotic Process Automation Will Transform the Financial Close
Libor and Brexit: Two Looming Challenges for Treasury and Finance
Machine Learning for Finance: How Alvarez & Marsal Made It Work
David Sanger: Why Cyberwar Could Be More Dangerous Than Nuclear War
Dan Shapiro: Negotiating the Nonnegotiable
How Technology, Demographics and Values Are Disrupting the Future of Work
This Blockchain VC Partner is Skeptical of Blockchain but Bullish on Bitcoin
How to Deliver Bad News to Management the Red Team Way
Alexis Glick: Why Washington is the Financial Capital of the World
Negotiation, Irrationality and Tales of Conspiracy on the High Seas
How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing Accounts Receivable
Why Digitization Creates New Opportunities for Finance -- and New Risks
Retail Payments: Resolving Reconciliations, Shrinking Shrinkage, and More
The State of FP&A, Forecasting and Excel with Bryan Lapidus
How Blockchain Can Ease Regulatory Burden for Treasury and Finance
Why is the Most Important Number in the World Going Away?
Surviving a TMS Upgrade with Jon Burkhead of OpenText
Why Ron Insana is Skeptical of Bitcoin
The Art of the Story With Master Storyteller Doug Stevenson
Mike Walsh: Reinventing Leadership for the Age of Machine Intelligence
Talking International Payments With Ryan Stewart of Bambora
Where Are All the Quick Wins for Blockchain?
The Secretary Turned Finance Executive: Stephanie Uhl's Improbable Career
How World Vision International Leverages Treasury to Fulfill its Mission
Geetanjali Tandon: From Hotel School to Monsanto Finance Exec
How Allianz Life Utilizes Robotic Process Automation in Treasury and Finance
Payments Fraud is at Record Levels Despite Awareness and Training. Why?
How Ripple Plans to Dominate Payments Via Blockchain Technology
The State of Global Risk in 2018: What's Changed and Why?
Marking a Milestone With CFO Anthony Scaglione of ABM Industries
What Are the Three Roadblocks to Mass Adoption of Fintech?
Why FP&A Professionals Need a Finance Transformation Roadmap
Why Can't Our Government Keep Pace With Technological Disruption?
AI and FP&A: Perfect Together? Maybe, Says Finance Executive Chris Ortega
What Can a 91-Year-Old Widow Teach Finance Executives? Plenty, Says Sarah Levitt.
A Distributed Ledger Startup Tries to Disrupt FX and Capital Markets Clearing
Advising Finance Professionals From a Global Perspective
How Phillips 66 Adopted Mobile Payments - With Corporate Treasury's Help
Fintech May Be Coming, But the Treasury Management System Never Left
Corporate Tax Reform Is Here. How Should Treasurers and CFOs React?
Why the Humble Corporate Purchasing Card Deserves Renewed Attention
What Every Treasurer Should Know About Managing the Company 401(k)
Kendall Frederick of Hanesbrands: The Surprising Link Between FP&A and Enterprise Risk Management
Phil Fernbach on FP&A and The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone
SWIFT Confronts a Rapidly Changing Payments Landscape, Including Blockchain and Fintech
How Can FP&A and Finance Forecast Accurately in Uncertain Times?
Tony Capozzoli of Deutsche Bank Talks FX: Uncertainty, Accounting Standards and Bitcoin
Why China Opening a RMB Clearing Hub in America Is a Big Deal for Finance Executives
How Oracle Designs KPIs and Other Predictive Metrics for FP&A
Bob Stark Offers Career Advice On Surviving in a Mature, Rapidly Consolidating Industry
Nicole Meyer Explains the Value of Networking for Treasury and Finance Professionals
Rana Foroohar: Why Facebook, Google and Silicon Valley Need More Regulations
Mohan Murali on the Future of Corporate Treasury: Cybersecurity, Cloud Services and More
Can Business Serve a Higher Purpose Than Profits?
Anand Goel Explains How Businesses Can Leverage Credit Card Payments Data
Michael Beschloss Discusses Leadership from the Boardroom to the Oval Office
Brian Behlendorf on Hyperledger, Blockchain and Open-Source Communities
Live from AFP 2017: The Story Behind the 'Fearless Girl' of Wall Street
Live from AFP 2017: Blockchain, AI and Fintech Discussion with Ori Brafman, Leslie Chacko and Jeff Glenzer
Helen Kane: How Should Treasury and Finance Hedge in a Rising Rate Environment?
Oliver Lewis Describes a Virtual Reality So Vast That Everyone Could Live In It
The State of the Economy and Wall Street: What It Means for Treasury and Finance
Mark O'Toole on the 3 Cs of Hedging: Currency, Cash and Commodities
Julia Kirby: AI, Robotics and Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines
Miko Matsumura: Why He's Bullish on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Rana Foroohar: Makers, Takers and the Rise of Financialization in America
Lisa Jaster on Being a Female U.S. Army Ranger: "Don't Let the Quit In"
Keynotes and Cash: How to Find 150 Speakers and Session Leaders for AFP 2017
Salim Ismail: How Exponential Finance Will Transform the Way We Work
Shell Oil's Michael High on the Challenge of Bringing FP&A to Deepwater Drilling
John Drzik of Marsh & McLennan Describes a World of Risk, Threats and Opportunities
Jer Thorp on Data Visualization and the Challenge of Making Data More Human
Blockchain for Boats: Why the Shipping Industry is Embracing Distributed Ledger Technology
Dan Gardner Explains How You Can Be a Superforecaster and Beat the Pundits
Elizabeth Rossiello on the Promise of Blockchain and Bitcoin Payments
Shankar Vedantam: How the Hidden Brain Impacts Treasury and Finance
Wolfgang Koester on FX Risk Management - Are Treasurers Doing a Better Job?
Anders Liu-Lindberg of Maersk Explains Why Finance Pros Should Start Blogging
Beyond Blockchain: Oracle’s Vikram Gupta Explains How AI Will Change Finance
Blockchain and Fintech Promise Huge Change. How Can Finance Execs Keep Up?
Robert Tercek: How Treasury and Finance Can Invent Their Future
With Rising Interest Rates, A New Era for Treasury and Finance
Mike Rowe Reveals the Dirty Truth to Treasury and Finance
Payments Fraud is Occurring in Record Numbers. Why?
What Are the Secrets to Staging the Biggest Event in Treasury and Finance?
Don Tapscott on Blockchain's Promise, Future, and Threats
Is FP&A Really Just Internal Business Consulting? And Is That A Good Or Bad Thing?
Phishing and Taxes: How Treasury and Finance Professionals Can Fight the Latest Cybersecurity Threats
Wall Street Journal's Vipal Monga Gives His Opinion on Trump, Taxes and Blockchain
Want to Ditch Spreadsheets? Gauthier Vasseur Explains How, Using Data Science
Putting Blockchain to Work: Allianz Finance Exec Talks Fintech, Leadership and Career Development
Treasurers and CFOs Loathed Proposed Reg 385 Changes. So Is the Final Version Better?
Same Day ACH Makes Payments Faster. But Is That Fast Enough for Finance Execs?
What's On the Minds of Corporate Treasurers? Plenty, Including Blockchain and Fintech.
FP&A in the EMEA: Finance and Business Forecasting Challenges Across the Globe
Chris Voss, Ex-FBI Hostage Negotiator, Explains Why You Should Never Split the Difference
Talking FP&A, Finance, Blogging and Hockey Analytics with CFO Daniel Tolensky
From Treasury to FP&A: Finance, 401Ks and Forecasting with Kendall Frederick
Blockchain, Faster Payments and More: How One Bank Navigates Fintech Innovation
So You've Publicly Disgraced Yourself. Here's How You Can Bounce Back
Using Data Visualization to Tell a Treasury and Finance Story
Want to be a Thought Leader? Become a Conference Speaker
Nader Mousavizadeh on Navigating Today's Global Market and Mastering Uncertainty
John Fruin: From Finance to Treasury to FP&A
The Treasurer-Turned-Politician: Utah's David Damschen
China and India Are Huge Emerging Markets. So Why Must America Focus On Both?
What You Don’t Say Says A Lot: The Art of Nonverbal Communication
Blockchain Technology Is Here. But Is It a Reality For Treasury and Finance?
How Can FP&A Drive Enterprise Value? Peter Geiler Explains.
Managing a Multicultural Workforce with Erin Meyer
LIVE From AFP Annual Conference: Jim Kaitz Wraps Up Day 1
LIVE From AFP Annual Conference: Jeff Johnson Wraps Up Day 2
Corrie Shanahan on Executive Leadership
What Should Treasurers & CFOs Expect From the Global Economy?
A Look At the Human Side of Cybersecurity with Dr. Jennifer Golbeck, PhD
TRADE FINANCE GUIDE

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