Bruno J. Navarro
Bruno J. Navarro is a Workday staff writer, covering finance and tech trends.
Workday Rising was a 72-hour whirlwind that showcased exciting new AI technologies, customer innovations, partner collaborations, and more. Check out five key takeaways from the event that will drive positive change for organizations well into the future.
Workday Rising is about celebrating customers—learn who won the North America Customer Awards and the Workday Customer Lifetime Achievement Award. News announcements included AI-powered Workday Wellness, an expansion of the Industry Accelerators partner program, and Workday Ventures’ AI investments.
Joseph Fuller, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, says business leaders have to embrace decision intelligence—and rethink company processes in the age of AI—if they want to effectively manage risk and outperform peers.
Evan Cabat, chief accounting officer at SiriusPoint, led a finance digital transformation that used technology to drive greater insights, increase organizational efficiency, and fuel future growth for the insurance company.
Building trust around AI for a finance team requires “transparency, auditability, and openness as it relates to data,” Workday CFO Zane Rowe said in a recent podcast.
As AI’s capabilities grow, finance leaders are best positioned to take charge of the technology to create value in new ways.
Making the most of generative AI will require finance leaders to understand the potential benefits and pitfalls—and taking a hands-on approach can help. Riyaz Kasmani, senior director of data science at Workday, discusses how his team evaluates use cases, as well as other considerations for CFOs.
Our “Global CIO AI Indicator Report” sheds light on IT leaders’ thoughts about AI’s potential—and its potential pitfalls. A platform that integrates AI while keeping people in the driver’s seat can utilize the technology responsibly and help drive a financially healthy future.
Michael Schrage, a research fellow with the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Center for Digital Business, and Stacy Hilgendorf, chief accounting officer and corporate controller at Sprouts Farmers Market, talk about their approaches to artificial intelligence and generative AI, as well as the technologies’ potential benefits for the future of the finance function.
Organizations using true cloud platforms are best able to manage their finance, people, and data in a way that provides unprecedented transparency and agility that best prepares them for a future of growth.
Finance leaders who devote resources to a few key elements will be well positioned to elevate their roles to that of a futurist, according to a new eBook from Workday.
Finance leaders should work to improve trust around AI to help improve adoption of the technology and enable digital transformation to achieve greater productivity, Workday CFO Zane Rowe said at the most recent World Economic Forum in Davos.
With the vast economic potential of generative AI becoming increasingly apparent, finance leaders are taking note. Deloitte’s recent CFO Signals quarterly survey shows what’s on their minds around benefits, risks, and barriers to adoption of the transformative technology.
Here’s a guide to what you need to know about financial management systems, the new demands of the finance function, and how the right technologies can help companies adapt to a changing world.
Finance leaders can lead their organizations to tap big value from forward-looking metrics and customized predictive models—if they’re ready with the right data streams.
As finance leaders increasingly see the benefits of AI, partnerships and skills become critical components of their future success. CFOs at Kickstarter, McKinsey & Company, and Workday share their approaches to people and technology.
Value creation increasingly has become a key part of the CFO role. In a recent webinar, finance leaders from AICPA-CIMA, Aon, McKinsey & Company, and Workday shared their insights on what it takes to shape the future.
A McKinsey & Company senior partner lays out five elements that help drive performance, and finance leaders from Adobe, e.l.f. Beauty, and TD Bank share their individual approaches to growth, in a Fortune virtual event.
Craig Barattin, vice president of finance and controller at Healthfirst, shares what first drew him to Workday Rising, why he and his team keep returning, and what first-timers should know to make the most of their experience.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) could prompt finance leaders to adopt automation more widely and rethink ways to provide value to the enterprise. A recent Fortune webcast highlighted what opportunities the new technologies might offer.