BUILDING A LEARNING NETWORK Session 6 December 5, 2016 3:55 pm – 4:45pm Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA @tomhood CEO MACPA Business Learning Institute

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“They missed out on learning, they missed out on changing, and thus they lost the opportunity at hand to make it big. Not only did they miss the opportunity to earn big money, they lost their chance of survival.” - Ziyad Jawabra

“we didn’t do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost” - Rajiv Suri – CEO Nokia

#FutureReady!Is the capacity to be anticipatory (aware, predictive and adaptive) of emerging technology and trends in business, demographics, and the social environment impacting your organization and industry.! Source: CPA.COM Insight into the

CPA of the Future Study 2014

92% of CPAs !Not #futureready!

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The  #1  Challenge?  

Top Skills Needed for Accounting and Finance Professionals !

BLI Research in 2015 with over 1,000 responses from all segments of the CPA Profession identified these top skill needed to be successful in these rapidly changing times. This confirms and reinforces the research from the Conference Board, AICPA CPA Horizons 2025 report, Bersin, and Burrus Research..

75% covered by these Top 5

Skills

“Thinking  about  informa7on  overload  isn’t  accurately  describing  the  problem.  Thinking  about  filter  failure  is.”    

Clay  Shirky  New  York  University  

new  media  professor,  writer,  and  consultant    

The age of adaptation “The need to constantly adapt is the new reality for many workers.”

Serial mastery These workers “are often left to figure out for themselves what new skills will make them more valuable, or just keep them from obsolescence.”

“...where the most important skill is the ability to acquire new skills.”

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Tom’  Principles  

•  The  learning  curve  is  the  earning  curve    •  Leaders  are  readers  •  Your  network  is  your  net  worth  •  The  collabora7on  curve  >  experience  curve  

Tom’s  Favorite  Tools  

“Use  the  tools,  don’t  let  the  tools  use  you.”  –  Francine  McKenna  @retheauditors    

•  TwiOer  •  Linked-­‐In  •  Blog  •  Slideshare.net  •  Evernote  •  Tweetdeck.com  •  Hootsuite.com  •  Storify.com    •  Kindle  

Personal knowledge networks: 3 keys

1. Read & write 2. Connect &

network 3. Curate & use the

right tools.

“Leaders are readers.” -- Tom Peters

Tom’s Latest Reading List

Snacking  &  Scanning  

So  what?  What’s  your  point    of  view?  

1. Connect & Network

ü  Follow smart people.

ü Ask yourself:

Who are they following?

ü Connect    

“You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things – the books you read and the people you meet.”

- Charlie “Tremendous” Jones

Conferences

3. Curate & Use the right tools ü To organize. ü To filter.

ü To curate.    

My  PLN  –  Learning  Ecosystem  

Outread the other guy!

Tom’s  Favorite  Tools  

“Use  the  tools,  don’t  let  the  tools  use  you.”  –  Francine  McKenna  @retheauditors    

•  TwiOer  •  Linked-­‐In  •  Blog  •  Slideshare.net  •  Evernote  •  Tweetdeck.com  •  Hootsuite.com  •  Zite.com    •  Kindle  

RPD #RPD Radical Personal Development. Start Date: TODAY. Tomorrow: TOO LATE. Do Something Now! @tom_peters

Look, Lead, Love & Learn Bill  Sheridan  has  interviewed  some  of  the  top  thought  leaders  in  business  today  and  this  quick  read  is  like  having  the  cliff  notes  plus  the  added  perspec7ve  of  Bill  Sheridan.  I  think  of  it  as  dispatches  from  the  future  of  business.    

Bill  Sheridan,  CAE  The  Business  Learning  Ins6tute  

The  Look,  Lead,  Love,  Learn  Book  Club    "Resilience:  Why  Things  Bounce  Back,"  by  Andrew  Zolli  and  Ann  Marie  Healy    "Flip!  How  to  Turn  Everything  You  Know  On  Its  Head  and  Succeed  Beyond  Your  Wildest  Dreams,"  by  Peter  Sheahan    "LeadershiL:  Reinven6ng  Leadership  for  the  Age  of  Mass  Collabora6on,"  by  Emmanuel  Gobillot    "Follow  the  Leader:  The  One  Thing  Great  Leaders  Have  that  Great  Followers  Want,"  by  Emmanuel  Gobillot    "Linchpin,"  by  Seth  Godin  

Bill  Sheridan,  CAE  The  Business  Learning  Ins6tute  

The  Look,  Lead,  Love,  Learn  Book  Club    "The  Likeability  Factor,"  by  Tim  Sanders    "Today  We  Are  Rich,"  by  Tim  Sanders    "Love  is  the  Killer  App,"  by  Tim  Sanders    "Escape  Velocity:  Free  Your  Company's  Future  from  the  Pull  of  the  Past,"  by  Geoffrey  Moore    "I  Love  You  More  Than  My  Dog,"  by  Jeanne  Bliss    "Give  and  Take,"  by  Adam  Grant  

Bill  Sheridan,  CAE  The  Business  Learning  Ins6tute  

The  Look,  Lead,  Love,  Learn  Book  Club    "Quiet:  The  Power  of  Introverts  in  a  World  that  Won't  Stop  Talking,"  by  Susan  Cain    "Flash  Foresight:  How  to  See  the  Invisible  and  Do  the  Impossible,"  by  Daniel  Burrus    "The  Silent  Language  of  Leaders,"  by  Carol  Kinsey  Goman    "The  Power  of  Habit:  Why  We  Do  What  We  Do  in  Life  and  in  Business,"  by  Charles  Duhigg    "Posi6vity:  Groundbreaking  Research,"  by  Barbara  Fredrickson  

Bill  Sheridan,  CAE  The  Business  Learning  Ins6tute  

The  Look,  Lead,  Love,  Learn  Book  Club          

"The  Pla6num  Rule:  Discover  the  Four  Basic  Business  Personali6es  and  How  They  Can  Lead  You  to  Success,"  Tony  Alessandra  and  Michael  J.  O'Connor    “Drive,”  by  Daniel  Pink    “Start  With  Why,”  by  Simon  Sinek    “Innova6ve  Intelligence,”  by  David  Weiss  and  Claude  Legrand    “Regenera6on:  A  Manifesto  for  America’s  Next  Leaders,”  by  Rebecca  Ryan  

Bill  Sheridan,  CAE  The  Business  Learning  Ins6tute  

The  Look,  Lead,  Love,  Learn  Book  Club          

“Trust  Your  Vibes:  Secret  Tools  for  Six-­‐Sensory  Living,”  by  Sonia  ChoqueOe    “Trust  Your  Vibes  at  Work  and  Let  Them  Work  For  You,”  by  Sonia  ChoqueOe    “The  Seven  Habits  of  Highly  Effec6ve  People,”  by  Stephen  Covey    “Life’s  Golden  Ticket:  An  Inspira6onal  Novel,”  by  Brendon  Burchard    “Lean  In,”  by  Sheryl  Sandberg