By: Andrew Harbison

Andrew Harbison is a Content and Communications specialist at ICAS covering topics ranging from ED&I to technology in accounting. Andrew also produces the ICAS podcast – CA Agenda.

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Big data: what is it and who is using it?

City Talk

As the capabilities of analytics technology become ever more sophisticated, how are organisations mining and using this information and what are they doing with it? The value of information has been described as on par with and, depending on the information and how it is used, exceeding that of precious metals and fossil fuels. Although [...]
A focus on mental fitness

City Talk

During his session at the CA Summit, Mental fitness coach Alex Strang provided practical tips on how to take a moment to focus on your mental fitness. Mental fitness coach Alex Strang began his session by sharing his own experiences with mental wellbeing. While working in advertising and having founded a successful tech start-up, Alex [...]
Alastair Campbell on seeing a person’s value, not just their mental illness

City Talk

During his London Episode session, mental health campaigner Alastair Campbell called on CAs to use their influence to put mental wellbeing at the heart of business. One of the main divers for Alastair Campbell’s focus on mental health campaigning was his late brother Donald, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. “Donald held down the same job [...]

Mauricio Preciado-Awad CA: Making a big impact with small change

November 22, 2021

This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. UK social investment has grown sixfold in a decade, thanks in part to Big Society Capital using money from dormant bank accounts. Investment Director Mauricio Preciado-Awad CA tells Kitty Finstad about the big impact of small change If you were living in the UK around the time of [...]
The power of inspirational leadership

October 26, 2021

The CA Summit sponsored by Markel Tax returned for an event split across three days starting on 5 October, which brought together the brightest minds from the worlds of finance, academia, and the technology industry to deliver a series of challenging, thought-provoking and truly motivational seminars to inspire ICAS Members around the globe. Power to the people [...]
How to deal with impostor syndrome

October 21, 2021

The effects of impostor syndrome can stop people from owning their achievements, but what is the phenomenon and how can it be overcome? For many, creeping thoughts of being a fraud, that they have only progressed as far as they have in their career by luck or circumstance, and that one day someone will find [...]
The CA Summit 2021: Grow chapter recap

October 19, 2021

The CA Summit sponsored by Markel Tax returned for an event split across three days starting on 5 October, which brought together the brightest minds from the worlds of finance, academia, and the technology industry to deliver a series of challenging, thought-provoking and truly motivational seminars to inspire ICAS Members around the globe. Redefining data Vivienne Artz [...]
Kenneth Murray CA: ‘Awareness, acceptance and accommodation of ADHD on the part of employers would be a powerful statement on inclusivity’

October 13, 2021

Kenneth Murray CA, Head of Forensic Accounting at Police Scotland discusses being diagnosed with ADHD at 59 and what employers should be doing to destigmatise the neurodiversity. What is ADHD? ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a complex brain disorder that is a development impairment of the brain’s executive functions. People with ADHD often [...]
Thought leaders come together to discuss mental wellbeing, the future of work and the power of ‘good’

October 13, 2021

The CA Summit sponsored by Markel Tax returned for an event split across three days starting on 5 October, which brought together the brightest minds from the worlds of finance, academia, and the technology industry to deliver a series of challenging, thought-provoking and truly motivational seminars to inspire ICAS Members around the globe. The transformational power of [...]
Baroness Helena Morrissey on the skills professionals need to thrive in a post-pandemic world

October 8, 2021

Something which you can always rely on in the City is constant change. However, the changes born out of necessity over the last year or so have left many of us feeling disconcerted, admits Baroness Helena Morrissey. “In some ways [change] is a good thing,” said Helena. “It allows us to get used to adapting, [...]

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