48 Experts Share the Biggest Accounting Shifts of 2025

Episode notes

In this powerful episode of Accounting Voices, Rob Brown reveals the findings from an ambitious project: interviewing 48 senior leaders across the accounting profession and asking them the same five questions about the year that changed everything. This episode focuses on Question 1: What defined 2025? And the answer is uncomfortable but critical: 2025 was not a year of progress. It was a year of separation. You’ll hear how: AI stopped being “innovation” and became baseline infrastructure. Private equity permanently changed the profession’s operating model. Legacy processes collided with modern technology. Talent pressure exposed broken cultures and outdated firm models. The profession entered a deep identity crisis. The “velocity gap” between firms is now a serious threat. You can watch this on YouTube here: Come and