In this episode, Rory speaks with Hitendra Patil, an Accounting Today Top 100 Influential Person and author of Client Accounting Services: The Definitive Success Guide. Hitendra discusses the history of CAS, how it has evolved to CAS 2.0, and how accountants are utilizing data intelligence to assist business owners in making better decisions. Discover why Hitendra believes CAS is a team game, and how firms can hire non accounting graduates and train them on processes and numbers. They discuss the network of network effects and why private equity is increasing it's involvement in the accounting space. Do you want to know why Miriam Webster should change the definition of "Accounting?" Do you want to know how accounting firms can think like the McKinsey's of the world? Find out the answer to these questions and more from the accounting professions leading voice on CAS.