AI is redefining operating models. CFOs can lead the transformation

On a recent afternoon in downtown Boston, we sat around a cluster of tables with fellow CFOs and other business leaders. The topic for discussion? How AI is transforming the finance function and enterprises at large.

It’s not a novel topic. Business leaders have (or should be having) these conversations regularly. But after an hour of chatting, two novel themes emerged. Lessons many of us had been mulling, but hadn’t fully articulated.

The first: At organizations where AI adoption succeeds…