Powerful Insights

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Protiviti, a global consulting firm, presents Powerful Insights. This podcast features leaders and subject-matter experts from around the world offering insights on key issues facing organizations in our dynamic, challenging and competitive global business climate.

  1. 1D AGO

    Unlock Resilience and Foresight for Tomorrow’s Finance Leaders

    This episode is a rebroadcast of our webinar where we explore how CFOs and finance leaders are using advanced technologies, modern FP&A strategies, and data-driven decision-making to navigate economic and geopolitical volatility and build more agile, future-ready finance organizations. Chris Wright  Managing Director, Global Business Performance Improvement Leader  www.linkedin.com/in/chris-wright-60398588/  Kerry Buchar  Managing Director, Business Performance Improvement   www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-buchar-cpa-3a36698/  Lucas Manganaro  Managing Director, Supply Chain Innovation  www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-manganaro-2779204/  Neal Eisenberg  Director  www.linkedin.com/in/neal-eisenberg/  Link to webinar: Unlock Resilience and Foresight for Tomorrow’s Finance Leaders (5057521)

    47 min

  2. MAR 30

    Unlocking Opportunity – Discussing the Results of the Latest Top Risks and Opportunities Survey from Protiviti and NC State

    This episode is a rebroadcast of our webinar where we cover key findings from the 2026 Top Risks survey and share actionable insights to help organizations overcome AI deployment barriers, balance near-term risk management with long-term value creation, and drive sustainable growth. Kim Bozzella Managing Director, Global CIO Solutions and Technology Consulting Leader  www.linkedin.com/in/kimbozzella/ Sameer Ansari Managing Director, Global CISO Solutions Leader  www.linkedin.com/in/sameer-ansari-93761a/ Tom Andreesen Managing Director, Global Microsoft Alliance Leader and CIO Solutions  www.linkedin.com/in/tom-andreesen-7a525ba/ Fran Maxwell Global CHRO Team and People & Change Leader  www.linkedin.com/in/fran-maxwell-17aa233/ Joe Kornik Senior Director, Editorial Programs & Editor in Chief, VISION by Protiviti  www.linkedin.com/in/joe-kornik-599231b Link to webinar: 2026 Top Risks and Opportunities (5156622)

    47 min

  3. 05/09/2025

    Trump’s First 100 Days: Navigating an Uncertain Future

    This podcast is the replay of a webinar Protiviti hosted in January. April 30 marked the 100th day of the second Trump administration. Since Inauguration Day, the administration’s actions have reshaped national and international policies, resulting in economic uncertainty, geopolitical risk and global instability. Traditional scenario-planning and risk management strategies are insufficient to address the seismic shifts that have taken place in such a short time.  In this webinar, our panel of experts dissect the immediate and long-term implications for U.S. and global businesses, as well as provide pragmatic advice to help attendees: Unpack the key developments of the first 100 daysIdentify the possible winners and losersManage through this period of uncertaintyConsider what may be just over the horizonSpeakers: Carol Beaumier, Senior Managing Director, Global Leader for Thought Leadership, Protiviti  Michael Brauneis, Executive Vice President, Global Industry & Client Programs, Global Financial Services Industry Leader, Protiviti  Peter Henry, Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)

    59 min

  4. 04/16/2025

    Responding to Tariffs: Achieving Financial and Operational Agility in a Volatile Regulatory Environment – with Kerry Buchar and Lucas Mangan

    Tariffs are the dominant issue of the day and the focus of our latest edition of Powerful Insights as we discuss how companies can assess and respond to them effectively in their organizations. Without question, tariffs are dominating agendas and discussions in boardrooms, C suites and more as organizations try to figure out their impact on their products, services, supply chains, customer relationships and much more. In this episode, Protiviti managing directors Kerry Buchar and Lucas Manganaro discuss these and other effects and how organizations can address them timely and effectively. Kerry is a leader in Protiviti’s Business Performance Improvement solution, with experience in accounting and finance transformation. She advises clients across industries on financial planning and analysis, strategic reporting, target operating model design, process optimization and shared services. Lucas leads the Supply Chain Innovation Practice at Protiviti. Throughout his 20+ year career, Lucas has held multiple supply chain and procurement leadership roles focused on transforming business processes and leveraging technology to improve top- and bottom-line results. Contact Kerry here: www.protiviti.com/us-en/kerry-buchar. Contact Lucas here: www.protiviti.com/us-en/lucas-manganaro. For more information, visit the Finance Transformation home on the Protiviti website: www.protiviti.com/us-en/finance-transformation.

    28 min

  5. 03/13/2025

    Trump 2.0: Possible Winners and Losers

    This podcast is the replay of a webinar Protiviti hosted in January 2025.  President Donald Trump took office in January with Republican control of both the Senate and the House and with a conservative-leaning Supreme Court. He has moved quickly to appoint cabinet members, agency heads and others who share his vision for the United States. He has also appointed individuals to advise him and his administration on a range of issues (e.g., energy, border, crypto and AI czars) and created a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to make recommendations to the White House on ways to make government more efficient. Given these developments and what the president has said about his plans, which are the potential industry winners and losers and how might CEOs prepare for the administration based on this evolving information?  Discussion topics include: Industries likely to be most impacted favorably and unfavorablyThe potential for increased mergers and acquisition activityThe impact of U.S. policy on non-US domiciled companiesThe outlook for AISpeakers: Carol Beaumier, Senior Managing Director, Global Leader for Thought Leadership, ProtivitiMichael Brauneis, Executive Vice President, Global Industry & Client Programs, Global Financial Services Industry Leader, ProtivitiJonathan Wyatt, Managing Director, Protiviti Europe Regional Market LeaderRob Gould, Managing Director and Global Private Equity and Transaction Services Practice Lead, ProtivitiChristine Livingston, Managing Director – Global AI Leader, Protiviti

    1 hr

  6. 09/18/2024

    Transform: Assessing CFO perspectives and priorities for the coming year – with Chris Wright and Nick Puetz

    A look at the top priorities for CFOs and finance leaders in the coming year — among them, security and privacy of data, financial and strategic planning and analysis, leadership, and enhanced data analytics — reveals a tale of transformation for CFOs whose responsibilities continue to widen. Protiviti recently conducted its latest Global Finance Trends Survey and has detailed the results in our report, TRANSFORM: Assessing CFO and finance leader perspectives and priorities for the coming year. In this podcast, we talk with Protiviti managing directors Chris Wright and Nick Puetz about some of the key findings and trends revealed in the results. Chris is the global leader of Protiviti’s Business Performance Improvement solution. Nick leads Protiviti's Cyber Strategy and transformation practice. For more information on Protiviti's latest global finance survey, visit www.protiviti.com/us-en/survey/global-finance-trends-survey.

    26 min

  7. 06/25/2024

    Get Ready for Your IPO: Financial Reporting, Cybersecurity, Sustainability and More

    In this episode of Powerful Insights, we talk about all things around readiness for an initial public offering, or IPO. And spoiler alert, there is a lot to address: accounting, financial reporting, cybersecurity, and even ESG and climate reporting. Our guests are Stephen Alicanti and Kristy Balsanek from DLA Piper, and Charlie Soranno and Andrea Vardaro Thomas from Protiviti. Stephen and Kristy both are partners with DLA Piper, a global law firm with more than 90 offices in more than 40 countries that provides legal solutions to businesses worldwide. Andrea and Charlie are managing directors and leaders in Protiviti's Business Performance Improvement solution. Find more information about Stephen, including his contact information, here: www.dlapiper.com/en-us/people/a/alicanti-stephen-p. Find more information about Kristy, including her contact information, here: www.dlapiper.com/en-us/people/b/balsanek-kristy. Find more information about Charlie, including his contact information, here: www.protiviti.com/us-en/charles-g-soranno. Find more information about Andrea, including her contact information, here: https://www.protiviti.com/us-en/andrea-vardaro-thomas. Read Protiviti’s paper, Guide to Public Company Transformation, Frequently Asked Questions (Fourth Edition), here: www.protiviti.com/us-en/whitepaper/guide-public-company-transformation-frequently-asked-questions-fourth-edition. For more information from Protiviti on IPO readiness, visit www.protiviti.com/us-en/ipo-readiness.

    31 min

  8. 06/10/2024

    Strategic Sourcing: Gaining Advantage, Mitigating Risk – with Lucas Manganaro

    Supply chain management continues to be a hot topic in countless organizations in light of ongoing geopolitical challenges, evolving impacts of climate change, new tariffs, changing labor markets, and much more. How can supply chain and procurement leaders attack these and other challenges? It starts with building and implementing a strategic sourcing strategy. Protiviti recently published a whitepaper, Strategic Sourcing: Gaining Advantage, Mitigating Risk, which dives into this topic and provides practical guidance on anticipating and mitigating supply chain risk while improving resilience and responsiveness. In this episode of Powerful Insights, we talk with Lucas Manganaro, one of the authors of this paper. Lucas is a managing director with Protiviti and leads the supply chain innovation practice. Throughout his 20-plus year career, Lucas has held multiple supply chain and procurement leadership roles focused on transforming business processes and leveraging technology to improve top and bottom line results. Find more information about Lucas, including his contact information, here: www.protiviti.com/us-en/lucas-manganaro. Read our white paper, Strategic Sourcing: Gaining Advantage, Mitigating Risk, here: www.protiviti.com/us-en/insights-paper/strategic-sourcing-gaining-advantage-mitigating-risk.

    27 min
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Protiviti, a global consulting firm, presents Powerful Insights. This podcast features leaders and subject-matter experts from around the world offering insights on key issues facing organizations in our dynamic, challenging and competitive global business climate.

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  • Creator
    Protiviti
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2026
  • Episodes
    111
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