AFP Conversations

Nov 08 2024 268 ep. 27 mins 43

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Corporate treasury and finance executives discuss their biggest challenges and insights: blockchain, fintech, cybersecurity, payments, risk, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, leadership, career development, and more.

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Rewire Your Brain to Reset Burnout and Stress

Nov 08 2024 29 mins

In this podcast, Pat Culkin talks with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar about her upcoming closing keynote at the AFP FP&A Forum, "Rewire Your Brain to Reset Burnout and Stress." Dr. Nerurkar shares practical, science-backed strategies to combat stress and burnout, such as using a healthy media diet, prioritizing sleep as a tool, monotasking for focus and cognitive reframing to enhance resilienc

Make Better, Faster Decisions

Nov 08 2024 26 mins

During this podcast, Bryan Lapidus talks with Paul Epstein about his opening keynote session at the AFP FP&A Forum. Paul shares his three-step "Head-Heart-Hands" process, a practical framework designed to help leaders make better, faster decisions on key issues like strategy, hiring and prioritization. Attendees will gain confidence and clarity to drive action and results for their

Rise Up: Finding Strength & Conquering Challenges in Tough Times with Alison Levine

Sep 30 2024 28 mins

Alison Levine, the Tuesday Keynote at AFP 2024, knows what it’s like to survive (and thrive) in the world’s toughest environments. She served as team captain of the first American Women's Everest Expedition, scaled the "Seven Summits," and skied to the North and South Poles. In her New York Times bestseller, On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Everest and Other Extreme Environ

Revenge of the Tipping Point with Malcom Gladwell

Sep 20 2024 30 mins

Malcolm Gladwell, the Sunday Keynote at AFP 2024, is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, has been named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine and one of the Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers. Gladwell has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996 and has won a national magazine award and been honored by the American Psychological Society a

All About Nashville with Local Expert Heather Middleton

Apr 11 2024 24 mins

AFP 2024 is headed to Nashville this October 20-23. To give us a preview of the city, we invited Heather Middleton, Chief Marketing Officer for the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp., onto the AFP Conversations podcast. During the podcast, Heather shared what makes Nashville such a popular destination, her must-visit spots within the city, and where to get the best Nashville

The Impact of Instant Payments and Real-Time Processing on Business Processes

Oct 16 2023 29 mins

Adam Kruis, Senior Vice President, Manager, Working Capital Consulting, at U.S. Bank, and Anu Somani, Head of Global Payables and Embedded Payments, at U.S. Bank, discuss why real-time payments are becoming important, common use cases for real-time payments, and how to stay current on developments in the real-time payments space. This episode is sponsored by U.S. Bank.

Reimagination in a Time of Change with Erica Orange

Sep 11 2023 16 mins

Erica Orange, speaker for the AFP 2023 MindShift Keynote, sponsored by Capital One, is the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of The Future Hunters, one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms. She analyzes emerging sociocultural, technological, economic, geopolitical and environmental trends and identifies the strategic implications (the “So what?”)

Negotiation Techniques with Fotini Iconomopoulos

Sep 06 2023 29 mins

Fotini Iconomopoulos, the speaker for the AFP 2023 Monday Executive Institute Keynote, sponsored by PNC, is an expert communicator with a passion for helping organizations and individuals get what they want. For over a decade, she has been helping Fortune 500 clients and their teams achieve their business goals, increase profitability, and create a competitive advantage. She is als

The Science of Charisma with Olivia Fox Cabane

Aug 21 2023 22 mins

Olivia Fox Cabane, the speaker for the AFP 2023 Tuesday Executive Institute Keynote, sponsored by PNC, is an expert in charisma and leadership. In addition to co-founding KindEarth.Tech, Olivia Fox Cabane has taught at Harvard, Yale, MIT and the United Nations and has spoken to countless leaders in Fortune 500 companies. Her best-selling books, The Charisma Myth and The Net and the

Understanding the Geopolitical Risks We Face with Ian Bremmer

Aug 03 2023 25 mins

AFP 2023 Tuesday Keynote speaker Ian Bremmer is a political scientist who helps business leaders, policymakers and the general public make sense of the world around them. He is president and founder of Eurasia Group, the world’s leading political risk research and consulting firm, and GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international