THE FUTURE OF PROFESSIONAL VALUE

The future of accounting isn’t AI. It’s human.

Artificial intelligence is changing what professionals do. The firms, founders and technology companies that thrive will invest in better professionals—not just better automation.

Cloud. Value pricing. Embedded tax. AI.

Jody has spent her career helping the profession see what comes next.

Professional portrait of Jody Padar

Technology creates efficiency.

Technology creates efficiency.

Humans create value.

Humans create value.

Technology creates efficiency.

Humans create value.

Accounting has never had a technology problem.

It has a value problem.

AI is making technical expertise more accessible. That raises the value of judgment, trust, communication and leadership.

Jody Padar in conversation

WHY JODY

She’s sat on every side of innovation.

Built and sold an accounting firm · Worked inside high-growth fintech · Helped build embedded tax at April · Advises founders and product teams · Builds AI products through XcelLabs

Read Jody’s story

MEDIA + PARTNERSHIPS

Ideas don't move industries unless people hear them.

600K+ LinkedIn followers. Decades of credibility inside the accounting profession. A highly concentrated audience of accountants, firm leaders and technology companies.

600K+ LinkedIn followers. Decades of credibility inside the accounting profession. A highly concentrated audience of accountants, firm leaders and technology companies.

Jody works with select brands to turn products, ideas and emerging technology into conversations the profession actually wants to have.

Jody Padar speaking on stage

SPEAKING

Your audience doesn’t need another AI presentation.

They need a new way to think.

Jody’s keynotes combine practical strategy, industry experience and memorable frameworks that turn fear into forward motion.

She doesn't just predict where the profession is going. She helps move it there.

BUILDING THE FUTURE

Ideas matter. Products create scale.

XcelLabs

AI-first education and innovation for accounting professionals.

Navi

AI-powered coaching that helps professionals become better advisors through real conversations.

Radical.cpa

The editorial home for ideas about technology, leadership and professional value.

LET’S BUILD WHAT’S NEXT

Leading a firm, building a product or scaling a venture-backed company?

Bring Jody into the room where the future is being decided.