Tom Hood

CPA & CGMA trying to make sense of a changing & complex world, technology, learning, leadership. EVP Business Growth & Engagement, @blionline @aicpa @CIMA_NEWS

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

@McKinsey 💯pct! Love the framing of ‘superpowers’ as AI augments and amplified humans - we see the future as Finance Superworkers #futureoffinance #CPA #CGMA

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

#FinanceandAccounting optimistic about future despite being in the 'trough of disillusionment' from conversation with @Courtney_Vien of @CFOBrew at @Gartner_inc Finance conference and our #Rise2040 report. #FutureCPACGMA
https://t.co/c14BnCE43L via @MorningBrew

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

Great perspective on America at 250: The Enduring Strength of US Capital Markets - @SIFMA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸https://t.co/0pgx3Ln2dD

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

#FutureReadyLive – Rise204 with Ebonie Jackson and Kal Ali where we’re discussing the development of Rise2040, why "Human in the Lead?" matters and why the biggest barrier to transformation may be ourselves. #Rise2040 #FutureOfFinance #AICPA #CIMA https://t.co/tgObklrxhP

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

Messy data and rising costs keep AI projects stuck in the pilot phase, attendees at the @Gartner Finance conference revealed.

Yet @AICPA @CIMA Global Research in #Ris2040 which surveyed around 6,000 accountants worldwide, revealed widespread optimism 80% of #FinanceandAccounting toward AI and its potential for eliminating what Hood calls “soul-crushing” routine from @CFODive
work.https://t.co/4pVsIQAvJU via @MorningBrew

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

How will #AI impact #FinanceandAccounting ?The @AICPA_JofA Editor Jeff Drew covers the release of our global visioning report #Rise2040 Rise2040: A human-led profession built on trust at #ENGAGE26 #FutureCPACGMA #CFO #CAO
https://t.co/eSyssG7XVa

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

Are you ready for #FinanceandAccounting in 2040? @AccountingToday Editor @AccountingEdit covers #Rise2040 release at #ENGAGE26 #FutureCPACGMA #AI
https://t.co/u3YrAypDpt

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

As one of the O.G.s of the Thought Leaaders Symposium - this is how I started ouout #ENGAGE26 (and missed the pic) These are some of the 'Giants whose shoulders I stand on' Thanks @gperrycpa Isaac and team @cpapracadvisor for convening this annual exercise #CPATLS26 https://t.co/9rWH9CyC2t

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

What does the #future of #FinanceandAccounting look like? @cpapracadvisor talks about @AICPA & @CIMA_News #Rise2040 release at #ENGAGE26 with @markkoziel #FutureCPACGMA https://t.co/kcgWwzFOgo

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

What is #Rise2040 #FutureCPACGMA about? Inside Public Accounting explains https://t.co/6MEtOhiSEs

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

Great advice from @PeterDiamandis and consider the timescales of headlines usually daily and without CONTEXT

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

People ask me how I stay so optimistic. The honest answer: I read the data, not the headlines.

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

Tech debt vs. talent wealth: How finance leaders can rebalance the AI equation from Steve Saah @roberthalf who covered this at last year's @AICPA #FutureOfFinance Summit #CFO #CAO #CPA #CGMA https://t.co/j1ClrNsKv1

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

Great stuff! Here @TRTaxAccounting in #Surfcity to keynote the 2026 Advisory Symposium about #Rise2040 #TRAS26

[Thomson Reuters Tax, Audit & Accounting Pros @TRTaxAccounting]

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[Tom Hood @tomhood]

#FutureReadyLive - LIVE from the Gartner CFO Symposium: Mallory Barg Bulman of @Gartner_inc, Barry Payne of @AICPA & @CIMA_News and I unpack the biggest themes shaping finance right now. #AI #CFO #FutureOfFinance #AICPA #CIMA https://t.co/k9cleph8w4

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

The future of finance and accounting is ours to shape together — join Tom Hood and global leaders for the launch of Rise2040 and be part of the conversation driving the profession forward. https://t.co/DXqQg7ZbsE https://t.co/1risHcKiGW

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

“ "The most important thing you can do is to keep learning and be open to change” @melindagates

💯pct @john_siracusa

[John Siracusa @john_siracusa]

https://t.co/iGABjQ7COS

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

💯pct agree! @FastCompany We crowd-sourced the future of #FinanceandAccounting and concluded the same thing #Rise2040 #HumanintheLead certified by #CPA #CGMA Companies & Auditors #Judgement & #Trust

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

'The extra 20%, it turns out, is all the value creation of that profession. All the expertise and domain knowledge is in that last 20%, not the text that got generated.' https://t.co/dOP2tIMMPw

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

💯pct @PeterDiamandis and all of the AI apocalypse headlines. We crowd-sourced the future of #FinanceandAccounting and concluded #HumanintheLead for #CPA & #CGMA for trust in the data and analysis… #Rise2040

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

A room full of graduates booed AI-centered commencement speeches, including Eric Schmidt's. I don't blame them. I blame us for not showing them what AI makes possible for THEM. Not for corporations. For them.

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

💯 pct and aligns with our #Rise2040 research on skills neede by #FinanceandAccounting plus Human skills for #HumanintheLead

[McKinsey Global Institute @McKinsey_MGI]

Demand for AI fluency – the ability to use and manage AI tools – has risen 5x in two years, faster than for any other skill.

The shift has begun. How will human skills evolve?

Explore MGI's Skill Change Index: https://t.co/BIUzxV3CtQ

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

Join me @Gartner_inc #CFO Symposium May 27-19th where I will be sharing the results of our #Rise2040 Projevt looking at the future ofr #FinanceandAccounting in the future! #FutureofFinance #CPA #CGMA #GartnerFinance

[Tom Hood @tomhood]

How CFOs Can Turn Early AI Adoption Into A Future-Ready Advantage in my latest artcicle for @ForbesFinanceCl #FutureofFinance #CPA #CGMA https://t.co/AgiRKptX84