padar and tolin team up to empower accountants to think ai-first.
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“radical cpa” jody padar and growth strategist katie tolin are launching xcellabs, a new beta platform for accountants to develop fluency in artificial intelligence, at xcellabsacademy.com.
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“to reinvent the profession, we must start by training the professional who can then transform their firms,” says padar, an accounting influencer and author of three books advocating radical changes in accounting business models. “by equipping people with data and insights that help them see things differently, they can provide better advice to their clients and firm.”
in partnership with the pennsylvania institute of cpas and cpa crossings, xcellabs offers training and technology through:
- xcellabs academy – a series of online courses that will provide hands-on education on topics related to the basics of ai, being a better advisor, leadership and practice management.
- navi – proprietary and patent-pending technology that uses ai to help accountants turn unstructured data from emails, phone calls and meetings into insights, while adjusting to each user’s unique emotions and needs.
- training and consulting – training teams at larger firms to think ai-first and use navi, coupled with ongoing coaching to improve conversations, advice received, and advisory actions to be taken.
“accountants know they need to be more advisory, but not everyone can figure out how to do it. couple that with the fact that ai will be doing a lot of the lower-level work accountants do today, and we need to create that next level advisor now,” says tolin, an award-winning growth professional and a member of the accounting marketing hall of fame. “by showing accountants how to unlock patterns in their actions and turn client conversations into emotionally intelligent advice, we can create the accounting professional of the future.”
xcellabs blends high-impact strategy with tactical ai tools designed to upskill people, not just automate processes. by pushing boundaries, lifting up people and leveraging ai for every business challenge, firms will become “ai-x” firms – firms that use ai to drive excellence.
“ai is transforming how cpas work,” says jennifer cryder, cpa, ceo of picpa, “and xcellabs is focused on helping the profession evolve with it.”