Collaborative Business Planning: CFO Utopia?
August 7, 2018
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham
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The buzz: “The planning process – planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis – presents a formidable challenge to many companies, regardless of size or industry” (CFO.com). Modern business technology is enabling a holistic approach to planning for an entire organization: Collaborative Business Planning), considered a “Utopian dream”. Why? CBP enables Finance departments and Financial Planning and Analysis professionals to lead the planning process, but collaborate closely with all line of business planners. Is it really Utopia? The experts speak. Nilly Essaides, The Hackett Group: “In today’s economy, the most important resource is no longer labor, capital or land; it is knowledge” (Peter Drucker). Yuval Atsmon, Globality: “Comparison is the thief of joy” (Theodore Roosevelt). Pras Chatterjee, SAP: “The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fail” (Vince Lombardi). Join us for Collaborative Business Planning: CFO Utopia?
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Bonnie D. Graham
Bonnie D. Graham has been producing and hosting live talk radio since 1998. In 2011, working at the enterprise software leader SAP, she successfully created, produced and hosted the weekly “Coffee Break with Game-Changers” business thought leadership roundtable radio series. Over the next eight years, she developed 45 additional series that attracted millions of listeners around the world. Since becoming an independent broadcaster in 2019, she has also been engaged by other global enterprises to develop and host their radio and podcast series. What powers Bonnie’s passion for radio? She “loves speaking with smart people!”
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