Podcast
AI-Native Accounting
are actually adopting AI – what’s working, what’s breaking, and what
responsible transformation really looks like behind the scenes.
Episode 016 - Barry Brown
Barry Brown, founder of EBITDA Advisors, joins Kacee Johnson and Bebe Kim to explain why the future belongs to firms that adopt AI deliberately, not recklessly. Looking at firms of every size, they break down why AI adoption and AI results are turning out to be two very different things.
Episode 015 - Pascal Finette
Pascal Finette, Co-Founder & Chief Heretic of radical, joins Kacee Johnson to explore why AI is impacting cognitive work faster than routine work and what that means for organizations trying to adapt. They also discuss why employees still hesitate to trust AI systems and why the ability to outlearn competitors may become more important than the technology itself.
Episode 014 - Culture Creates Growth
As Managing Partner of AAFCPAs and former Chair of the AICPA, Carla shares why firms need to rethink management habits, communication structures, and even how young professionals are trained in an AI-enabled world.
Episode 013 - Architecture First
Most accounting firms are jumping into AI head first, buying tools, chasing models, and wondering why nothing is sticking. Thomas DeMayo, AI lead at PKF O’Connor Davies, one of the Top 25 accounting firms in the country, has a different approach entirely. How PKF deployed AI to 1,800 people without cutting staff.
Episode 012 - The Value Shift In Accounting
Allan Koltin, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, joins Kacee Johnson to explore how accounting firms must evolve from service providers to value creators in a rapidly changing landscape.
Episode 011 -AI Beyond Cost Cutting
Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, CEO of KET Solutions and past Chair of the AICPA, joins Kacee Johnson for a conversation on why AI’s biggest impact on accounting may be governance, not headcount.
Episode 010 - Playbook For Small Firms
Daniel Hood, Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Today, joins Kacee Johnson to break down the latest Top 100 Firms report and the story behind what the numbers are really telling us about the profession.
Episode 009 - AI First - Small Firms
EVP of K2 Enterprises and NMGI’s co-founder & CEO Randy Johnston joins Kacee Johnson for a grounded conversation on what’s real and what’s noise in AI for accounting right now. How MCPs will change accounting in 2026 with Randy Johnston.
Episode 008 - Why Younger CPAs Are Essential to AI Readiness
Susan S. Coffey, CEO of Public Accounting at the AICPA, joins Kacee Johnson to explore the non-negotiable guardrails for AI in accounting and how the profession can innovate without compromising its standards.
Episode 007 - How Top Firms Reposition CAS for Growth
Kane Polakoff, Partner and CAS Practice Leader at CohnReznick, shares how they are approaching AI adoption with discipline, transparency, and professional responsibility.
Episode 006 - 2030 Playbook for CPAs with the Accounting Software Trifecta
In this episode, Dan Wernikoff (Intuit QuickBooks), Craig Walker (Digits), and Jeff Seibert (Digits) sit down with Kacee Johnson to break down what’s actually coming next.