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The era of paying for effort is ending. Ian Thompson — 30-year finance operations leader, former S&P Global business services and risk executive, and founder of Clear Cycle Advisors — joins Krishna Hari to unpack outcome-based contracting: why “did it work, can you prove it” is the new CFO standard, how the best teams build counterfactual baselines before contracts are signed, and where agentic AI is already delivering provable value in order to cash.

Former CIO and author Irene Thong joins Krishna Hari to reframe leadership transitions — the chapter in between roles. She unpacks the shift from role-based to self-based identity, why “one title” means three different jobs across startup, mid-market, and Fortune 500, the prior-equivalency trap in CIO hiring, governing agentic AI before you deploy it, and rising as a woman in technology leadership.

Season 2 of BizTech Pulse opens with SAP veteran Sana Asher — author of The S/4HANA Playbook and CEO of Integrity Resource Management. In 40 minutes she cuts through the noise on RISE, public cloud, AI in SAP, and outcome-based pricing. From Phase 0 to data governance, the 50% retirement cliff, and how consultants survive AI — this is the SAP transformation conversation CIOs, CFOs and SI leaders need. Hosted by Krishna Hari.

Agentic AI is reshaping finance from manual drudgery to 90% autonomy. In this BizTech Pulse episode, HighRadius VP Vikram Gollakota breaks down how LLMs, ML, and agentic systems are redefining the CFO org — from collections to continuous data governance — and why most AI investments still fail. Must-watch if you’re building the next-gen finance stack.

Executive coach & TED speaker Steliana Economu joins Krishna Hari to explore how leaders can turn loneliness into reflection, replace the inner critic with self-empathy, and apply “Parentship” — her shared leadership model for teams and families. From journaling habits to boardroom conflict, TED prep, and immigrant insights, this episode offers a masterclass in human leadership for the AI age.

Finance is past the AI pilot phase. Global finance leader K.M. Suresh breaks down where AI is delivering ROI today—AR collections, FP&A, and close acceleration—plus guardrails, MAPE thresholds, governance, and “hands-off” agentic workflows. Practical wins for mid-market CFOs with lean teams and tight paybacks. Hosted by Krishna Hari.