Paul Barnhurst's videos and podcasts

The State of the Finance Stack 2026: Live Findings

A level-five FP&A team isn’t enough.

Trust and Leadership Lessons for FP&A From 100+ Top Leaders with CFO Jon Laudie

Excel Hour - Learn to Excel with The FP&A Guy

AI can build its own rules.

You can’t vibe your way through planning.

Excel has survived every challenger.

Vibe coding needs serious guardrails.

Stop chasing tools. Learn orchestration.

Will AI Replace Enterprise Performance Management? | David den Boer

Stop chasing AI tools. Build workflows.

Don’t outsource your brain to AI.

AI Is Accelerating Faster Than Humans Can Keep Up: What Should Finance Pros Do

Some Excel habits need to die.

AI is coming for modeling skills.

AI, Excel and the Changing Role of Financial Modelers with Danielle Stein Fairhurst

AI forces FP&A leadership to evolve.

AI can scale output. Leadership must scale value.

FP&A value lives beyond technical skills.

When AI Does the Analysis, What Makes an FP&A Professional Valuable with Valerie Martin

The best business decision might be no.

You don’t need every finance tool.

Stop using Excel the slow way.

Poker, Probability, and Financial Modeling with Dan Mayoh

Great leaders learn to navigate egos.

Bad data gets worse with scale.

Your AI agents have too much access.

Excel Hell Created a Company.

The Three Foundations of Strategic FP&A with Chithra Rajagopalan

Stop Blaming Excel for Everything.