{"product_id":"beyond-business-intelligence-peter-wise-9798183874143","title":"Beyond Business Intelligence: How AI Can Diagnose, Forecast and Drive Finance in the Mid-Market","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eManagement control is closer to clinical medicine than to bookkeeping.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Controller takes the anamnesis of the business, makes a diagnosis, projects a prognosis, and prescribes a therapy. Artificial intelligence is the new diagnostic instrument - not the physician, but what sharpens the physician's judgment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond Business Intelligence\u003c\/b\u003e is a practical, no-hype field guide for the U.S. mid-market Controller, CFO, and FP\u0026amp;A leader. Two years after generative AI entered the mainstream, the finance function has been rewritten - by agentic systems, predictive forecasting, and a new layer of AI governance. This book turns that shift into an actionable playbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, across eleven chapters, you will learn how to: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTell apart Business Intelligence, AI, generative AI, and agents - and know when each one actually helps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild trustworthy data foundations: quality, governance, and lineage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply AI to intelligent costing and AI-enhanced Activity-Based Costing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMove from the annual budget to a true rolling forecast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign adaptive dashboards and use generative AI in reporting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasure intangibles and integrate ESG into management control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlign AI adoption with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and emerging U.S. state law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow a concrete 24-month adoption roadmap and build the competencies the future Controller will need\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt includes an \u003cb\u003eextended technical glossary\u003c\/b\u003e, an \u003cb\u003eannotated bibliography\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003cb\u003eU.S. regulatory profile\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003etwenty ready-to-use prompts\u003c\/b\u003e you can apply to your own controlling work tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho it's for: \u003c\/b\u003e management controllers, CFOs, financial controllers, FP\u0026amp;A and finance managers in mid-market companies - and anyone modernizing the finance function with AI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by two practitioners, for practitioners. Concrete examples, no buzzwords.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Wise,Giulio Bassi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183874143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Peter Wise","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173890138367,"sku":"9798183874143","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-business-intelligence-peter-wise-9798183874143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}