The CFO House Was Built for a Different Era
Why another finance tool will not fix an operating model designed before AI.
A publication by Paul Peterson
The Intelligent Ledger
A clear-eyed perspective on leadership, technology, and the reinvention of accounting—written for people ready to shape what comes next.
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Ideas for rebuilding the way accounting works.
Explore Paul’s writing on AI, culture, operating models, and the human decisions that turn ambition into progress.
1873: Panic as a Catalyst for Change
The Ledger and the Machine | How panic becomes a catalyst for change, and what a failed banker in 1873 can tell us about accounting today.
The Friar Who Built the Machine
The Prologue to The Ledger and the Machine. Why you can't see where accounting is going without seeing how little it has changed.
Harvey is Talking to Lawyers, but the Accountants Are Listening.
What accountants can take away from the lessons AI unicorn, Harvey, is learning.
The Fork in the Road
Good News: The Golden Age of Accounting is Here | Part Four of a Four-Part Summer Series
The Machine That Could Finally Do the Work
Accounting & The Intelligence Layer | Part Three of a Four-Part Summer Series
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Paul Peterson
CEO of Wiss and co-founder of Wiss Labs, writing from the front line of accounting transformation.
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