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Strategic leadership is key to driving innovation in renewable energy. In this episode, we sit down with a powerhouse in the space. Our guest, Ann Anthony, has led financial strategy for some of the most transformative companies in energy, including Oberon Fuels, where she is CFO. She shares her journey from financial management to scaling organizations, from securing billions in capital to navigating complex industry transitions. We also discuss the intersection of finance and strategy, the role of CFOs in mitigating risks, and how to build a high-performance leadership team. To book a demo with Planful, click here. — Listen to…
Strategic leadership is key to driving innovation in renewable energy. In this episode, we sit down with a powerhouse in the space. Our guest, Ann Anthony, has led financial strategy for some of the most transformative companies in energy, including Oberon Fuels, where she is CFO. She shares her journey from financial management to scaling organizations, from securing billions in capital to navigating complex industry transitions. We also discuss the intersection of finance and strategy, the role of CFOs in mitigating risks, and how to build a high-performance leadership team. — Listen to the podcast here Watch the video —…
Almost all sponsors and board members are doing the same duties. CFOs need to prioritize AI:Now. Still, financial functions are slower adoption. In the face of it, it may seem like an inexplicable cutting, but it is not. Deploying AI is especially difficult for CFOs who are not necessarily engineers. And it could be even more difficult for CFOs who know a little more about technology. Rather, for CFOs who understand that effective AI requires a powerful data environment. It's not that you don't know where to start with AI. They don't think their data environment is ready. We are…
A time has passed that was enough for siloed expertise and individual heroics to drive meaningful results. The world is too fast. The challenge is too complicated. And interests for corporate, community and personal growth are too expensive to lead on their own. Leaders who flourished in this new era are not foresighted, but team builders. They know how to unlock human possibilities, nurture a culture of collaboration, and build a system of shared accountability. They guide what I call Teamship: Practices to adjust strengths, perspectives and values to achieve a common vision. Teamship is more than teamwork. It includes…
If a relatively small organization opposes more and more established businesses, it needs to be able to act quickly and quickly, especially when the market situation changes suddenly, especially when the market is related to AI. The publicly available Blaize sells fully programmable AI accelerator chips and other semiconductor products in the $71 billion energy-efficient edge AI market, employing it against fearsome players such as Nvidia, Intel and Grok. It's Blaze though By staying versatile, it allows the El Dorado Hills, California-based company to shift its focus to other industries in a relatively short time, says Blaize CFO Harminder Sehmi.…
This column is written by Stacey Harris, Chief Research Officer and Managing Partner of Sapient Insights Group, an independent research and advisory company focusing on HR technology. One of the most uncertain areas of HR technology is adoption. News of M&A deals and strategic partnerships reach our desk every week. That's not an exaggeration. One driver of activity is the ongoing trend of consolidating across HR Tech. Large companies are gaining smaller companies to gain new customers and market share due to lack of functionality in legacy solutions. The other trading driver is AI. Recruitment is the area of HR…
Generic AI is becoming a catalyst for change in the corporate world, and beyond high-tech circles influence decision-making and governance at the highest levels. The boardroom, often defined by tradition and attention, is currently experimenting with genai to improve surveillance, streamline processes and enhance strategic insights. However, in some cases, organizations may be experimenting with this new technology in ways that open up according to risk.Latest Director Confidence Index (DCI, September 2025) Votes from a hardworking Institute Corporate Board Membersa focus group style study of the choice groups of directors in US public companies, shows that AI is gaining traction…
Want to turn a company that is suffering from poor performance? Try the swan method: position the right people right by focusing on smart, work ethics, ambitious and lovely things. This is what David Barrow did as CEO of GSC Technologies, a manufacturer of plastic products such as storage totes, chairs, tables, shelves and trash cans. The strategy paid off. Since Barrow joined in 2021, GSC's top line has improved in double digits through customer diversification, new product development and expanding its core portfolio. In the interview, Barrow shares how he precisely separated the GSC turnaround and the insights he…
Over the past year, the challenge of aligning executive compensation to long-term strategies has become more complicated and more consequently mistaken. The most popular trend is the many different agreed participants of the recent roundtable on executive pay practices held in a partnership with Semler Brossy.Thanks to high-profile headlines, the possibility of topic-generating issues such as AI-driven pay packages, as well as external factors such as tariffs and geopolitical disruptions frequently rise in the boardroom. However, the press is slower, but steadily restructuring the compensation environment, as if it were a slower and deeper shift.Get the goal set correctly”Some of…
If the SEC's own chair describes the compensation disclosure rules as “Frankenstein patchwork,” it is clear that something is cheating. In recent years, efforts to better understand compensation programs for investors through more robust disclosure requirements have created a slate of rules that expands, from wage log calculations to CEO pay ratios and clawback disclosures.As a result, compliance has moved beyond the burden and completely confused for many companies, especially those without deep internal resources. Moreover, rather than drawing a clear picture of how pay is consistent with investor performance, the resulting disclosures often missed the mark when telling stories…