The Appreciating Ledger: When AI Capital Outgrows the CFO's Rulebook copertina

The Appreciating Ledger: When AI Capital Outgrows the CFO's Rulebook

The Appreciating Ledger: When AI Capital Outgrows the CFO's Rulebook

Ascolta gratuitamente

Vedi i dettagli del titolo
Only 31% of CFOs are satisfied with their AI outcomes, yet that figure rises to over 60% among CFOs whose organisations sit at the top of the AI adoption curve. Satisfaction tracks scale, and the gap is not about execution. In this episode of The Board in the Machine, Mario Thomas — Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors — explains why AI capital outgrows the CFO's conventional measurement instruments. Listeners will come away understanding why AI capital appreciates rather than depreciates through use, why its returns accumulate across functions that did not fund them, and why project-level ROI cannot see the value the ledger is missing. Drawing on Bain's April 2026 CFO Survey, PwC's 2026 AI Performance Study, BCG's Widening AI Value Gap research, and the Brookings Institution's work on AI in national statistics, the episode sets out a practical scorecard extension the finance function can install now, covering four indicator types, capability as an asset class, portfolio discipline, and the reinvestment default. It also shows why IAS 38 already permits the treatment AI capital requires, and why the audit committee conversation about AI on the balance sheet is about to become routine. This episode is for CFOs, finance directors, audit committee chairs, and board members with financial oversight remits, particularly those whose organisations are scaling AI investment without a matching evolution in how that investment is measured. Read the full article at mariothomas.com.
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c
Ancora nessuna recensione