Ep. 370: Carla Aranda - New Thinking on Simplicity for Finance Teams

Carla Aranda is a global finance executive with more than 25 years of experience building a finance career across continents, industries, and company sizes, from a small shop in Argentina to global fashion and beauty brands like L’Oreal and Revlon. In this episode, she joins host Adam Larson to talk about simplicity, not as a mindset, but as a discipline you practice again and again.

You will hear how Carla built her "subtraction mentality," why she believes complexity piles up through habit rather than necessity, and why she tells teams to simplify a process before they automate it. She shares how finance leaders can move past being known as the department of no and instead offer no with context, and how small, consistent wins build the momentum needed to shift a stubborn culture.

If you want practical steps for questioning your own recurring tasks and meetings, and finding the courage to challenge "the way we have always done it," this conversation gives you a place to start.

Carla's LinkedIn articles that were mentioned during the conversation:

• Simplicity at work: The discipline of subtraction
• The Complexity Paradox