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Featured Futurist: The Exponential Future of Accounting, CPA
Today's increasingly rapid rate of change is affecting every industry and every profession, and accountants now find themselves in a unique position to influence the future.
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Griffin, M. (2020) 'Featured Futurist: The Exponential Future of Accounting, CPA', 311 Institute, 19 October. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/featured-futurist-the-exponential-future-of-accounting-cpa/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, thank you to Roisin and Jenny for asking me to write this months cover story for Accountancy Plus, a CPA publication, which you can read for yourself below, where I discuss and explore the future of “Exponential Accounting” in an age where science fact is increasingly stranger than science fiction, and where accountancy professionals are increasingly likely to find themselves working alongside and competing against AI’s and Digital Humans as well as their more traditional human counterparts.
Often seen as a traditional profession accountants today are having to figure out how they value and depreciate company assets in an age where we can increasingly manufacture and print assets, from buildings to sales inventory, multiples times cheaper than before and on demand, help their companies eliminate and reduce costs, as suddenly companies weigh the options of selling offices and embracing more mobile WFH practises, build sustainable companies, and wrestle the implications of what happens when biased AI’s start to play a central role in critical business decision making. And more …
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Source: Accountancy Plus
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Today's increasingly rapid rate of change is affecting every industry and every profession, and accountants now find themselves in a unique position to influence the future.
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
An award-winning YouTube creator with over a million followers, with an unrivalled global reach and impact, Matthew is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, lecturer, and mentor who collaborates with global leaders through the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to shape pivotal initiatives such as the UN’s AI for Humanity program, the United Nations Conference of the Parties (UN COP), and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.
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Sources and further reading
- Accountancy Plus cpaireland.ie
- The Exponential Future of Accounting by Matthew Griffin.pdf cpaireland.ie
Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 19 October 2020. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2020). Featured Futurist: The Exponential Future of Accounting, CPA. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/featured-futurist-the-exponential-future-of-accounting-cpa/
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