Listed as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting” Will Hill joins me to discuss common inefficiencies within firms, how firms can implement organizational change and the risks of relying on tech to improve efficiency.
Will Hill worked at Thomson Reuters for over 20 years and worked his way up to the Senior Product Marketing Manager role. After leaving Thomson Reuters Will started his own business Will Hill Consults where he helps firms work through external and internal change.
Will was listed by Accounting Today in 2021 as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting”. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Accounting Automation:
- The intersection between people and process.
- How to stay focused on improving efficiency.
- How to implement organizational change.
- Common inefficiencies within firms and strategies to improve efficiency.
- The role of the COO in enacting change.
- The risk of relying on tech to improve efficiency.
- How to propose the idea of change to others.
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Connecting with Will Hill:
Connecting with the host:
- Sean Boyce on LinkedIn
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- 2:49 – “When we put change in place nothing goes 100 per cent according to plan, things don’t go smoothly and all too often we quit at the first sign of trouble.”
- 21:45 – “Technology is a magnifier, that’s what it is and if you’ve got process issues it will shine a spotlight and magnify those process issues, if you’ve got a great process it’s going to magnify the efficiency of your already existing process.”