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CFO Bookshelf
The CFO Bookshelf weekly podcast is geared toward global financial leaders who are serious about lifelong learning and reading widely.
The show's 200-plus podcast catalog features well-known authors who are experts in finance, pricing, marketing, sales, operations, organizational health, and leadership.
Episodes are released weekly, and the host responds to every message he gets about the shows on LinkedIn.
Episodes
255 episodes
A Case Study in Corporate Fear with Taras Wayner
When I began studying the root causes of business failure early in my career, I believed that faulty cognitive limitations and weaknesses were the primary drivers of poor decisions, ultimately leading to business failure. Taras Wayn...
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Season 1
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Episode 255
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47:59
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Does Nucor's Ken Iverson Belong on the Mount Rushmore of CEOs?
I'm calling Ken Iverson the Alan Mulally of CEOs in the 1980s and 1990s. "Plain Talk" by Ken Iverson is one of my favorite business books, despite its lack of self-congratulation and the absence of so-called transformational management...
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Season 1
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Episode 254
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54:05
Let's Add Some Financial Fiction With That Frappuccino
Can you name a work of fiction that centered around a stock picker? Alternatively, can you provide three fictional titles related to personal finance?If both answers are no, this episode provides a brief synopsis of four works of fiction...
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Season 1
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Episode 253
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31:56
Meet a Writer From One of Those Old Glossy Annual Reports
Many in the magazine industry will tell you on the mountaintops that print is not dead. Try telling that to the writers who used to produce those beautiful glossy annual reports that are now published in the form of PDF documents.Robert ...
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Season 1
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Episode 252
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45:59
Valuation 8.0
Every financial executive should either have the book Valuation or have it on their physical or digital bookshelf in their antilibrary.CFO Bookshelf is thrilled and honored to have the lead author of all eight editions of...
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Season 1
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Episode 251
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57:08
Lead by Greatness
In CFO Bookshelf's 250th episode, we feature a book that embodies the heart and soul of what this show stands for. The book is Lead by Greatness by our guest, David Lapin.During this conversation, David addresses eight vital lea...
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Season 1
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Episode 250
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54:28
You Are an IP Company
Why has Taylor Swift trademarked her and her cats' names? And how does she protect the approximately three hundred trademarks she owns?As Kary Oberbrunner tells us, we're just like Taylor in that we're all IP companies. In this engaging ...
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Season 1
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Episode 249
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1:00:27
It's Not About the Coffee
We have read many stories about the magical growth of Starbucks. However, did you know that one of its first presidents had a background in furniture sales and did not hold a college degree?Our guest is the author of It's Not Abou...
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Season 1
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Episode 248
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53:56
What Are Visual Thinking Tools?
As my consulting practice started taking off about twenty years ago, I started reading everything I could by Fred Nickols, who blogged regularly for the software vendor, SmartDraw.Fred's articles were short, to the point, and always incl...
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Season 1
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Episode 247
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46:41
Beyond the Boxes and Lines with a Chief People Officer
We live in a small business world where the Chief Fractional Officer is becoming indispensable.Before even considering hiring the Fractional Sales Manager, the Fractional Marketing Officer, or even the Fractional CFO, I'd start one hundr...
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Season 1
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Episode 246
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41:41
My Favorite John Wooden Coaching Basketball Story
I'm betting that over half the CFO Bookshelf listenership participate in an NCAA tournament basketball pool at the office. Accordingly, I thought I'd share a story from a basketball legend I don't think I've ever heard retold from a leadership ...
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Season 1
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Episode 245
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9:08
Warren Buffett's Early Investments
Before I start reading a book on Warren Buffett, and there are many, I want to know if this book has been written before—the ones where the narratives essentially state the same thing about Buffett's investing style.In the case of Brett ...
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Season 1
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Episode 244
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40:33
A Pragmatic Approach to Sensemaking
When I first experienced the Cynefin Framework in an HBR article many years ago, I never tried to adapt it to my work until I interviewed Bryce Hoffman, author of American Icon and Red Teaming, a few years ago. While Bryce made the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 243
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46:50
The Rise and Fall of the Match King
CFO Bookshelf had never heard of Ivar Kreuger until the former Managing Director of CFO.com suggested we discuss the book, The Match King.Andy Burt joins Mark Gandy to explain why Ivar Kreuger is a financial mastermind worthy of...
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Season 1
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Episode 242
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56:38
The World's First Stock Exchange
I recently came across a book that's been out for over 10 years by an exceptional and tenacious researcher and an engaging writer, Lodewijk Petram. His book, The World's First Stock Exchange, might be the first to explore how early inv...
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Season 1
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Episode 241
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47:17
The Making of Modern Corporate Finance
When I think of the CFO's role, a few questions emerge: What will we invest in and reinvest in? How will we finance those investments? What about risk management? And what is the role of corporate governance in these activities?Not only ...
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Season 1
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Episode 240
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51:41
It's Time to Start Loving Mondays Again
A financial executive no longer loved Mondays until a health scare changed his mindset a few years ago.Ron Monteiro is a financial expert who coaches other leaders. His book is Love Mondays: A Proven Process to Bring Joy Back into Yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 239
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39:51
The Pig, The Lipstick & the Playbook of Champions
When John Rossman is not busy delivering keynote addresses to large audiences or consulting with brands we recognize, he still finds time to write.John is making his third appearance on the show after our conversations about two of his o...
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Season 1
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Episode 238
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50:44
More Than a SoftBank Money Trap
One book critic has asked readers of The Money Trap to imagine Michael Lewis as the President of a multinational investment holding company. Instead, Alok Sama is that person after working for Morgan Stanley for sixteen years.
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Season 1
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Episode 237
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1:04:44
Practice Makes Profit
David is a dermatologist whose practice can't seemingly make the money it should be.David meets a great accountant named Graham. Graham is a TOC bottleneck specialist for all types of businesses, not just manufacturing. He speaks and te...
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Season 1
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Episode 236
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48:28
Mythbusting Dave Ramsey, Suze Orman and Other Financial Gurus with David McKnight
When I think of Dave Ramsey, the elimination of debt and whole life insurance policies quickly spring to mind. In addition to his demonization of universal policies, were you aware of his 8-12 rule for retirement?David McKnight joins th...
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Season 1
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Episode 235
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43:24
The Bottleneck Detective
What would happen if a business-minded Encylopedia Brown entered the busy line of movie patrons waiting impatiently for soda and popcorn?This perspective guided Clarke Ching in writing his latest book, The Bottleneck Detective. It offer...
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Season 1
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Episode 234
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57:50
Pause to Think
Are you fan of Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, or Richard Thaler? Have you enjoyed books like Fooled by Randomness, Factfulness, or Thinking in Bets? If so, you may want to read Jaime Lester's new book, Pause to Think, about cognitive bia...
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Season 1
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Episode 233
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58:06
AI Mastery Simplified for Finance Professionals
Glenn Hopper's newest book is AI Mastery for Finance Professionals, but the content is also for CEOs, board members, and all other organizational leaders. We keep the topics pragmatic, applicable, and example-centric in this conversation. We'll...
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Season 1
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Episode 232
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48:52
The Three Domains of Leadership with Willie Pietersen
One of the best books I've read on leadership in several years is by a former big-company CEO who is now a professor. Willie Pietersen's third book is Leadership - The Inside Story.In this fast-moving conversation, we hear abou...
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Season 1
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Episode 231
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58:58