“How HR and Finance Build the Business Together” Christian Wattig, Director of the Wharton FP&A Program and Founder of Inside FP&A

How can HR and Finance build the business together?

Why can't finance achieve true value creation without HR's knowledge and expertise?

My guest on this episode is Christian Wattig, Director of the Wharton FP&A Program and Founder of Inside FP&A

During our conversation Christian and I discuss:

• Why the scorekeeper mindset keeps finance and HR stuck in the back office
• How challenging assumptions helps leaders think rather than just slowing them down
• The four stages of finance maturity, from data to proactive value creation, and how the same model maps onto HR
• How to forecast humans, agents, and gig workers together, and why tokens are only about a third of AI's true cost
• Why ROI is the wrong tool for many HR programs and what to do instead

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Learn more about Christian’s programs at Inside FP&A

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