Join Tanya Kohen, a finance leader, corporate inventor, and advocate for digital transformation, as she explores how everyday corporate pros across various disciplines are embracing the invention mindset to rethink how things are done in their companies and discover unique ways to solve business problems. Her perspective focuses on building a culture where invention thrives, and how this is essential to making businesses competitive, and future-ready. This podcast is for curious leaders who believe invention is about practical, original solutions driven by necessity and bold thinking.
Invention Mode
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Join Tanya Kohen, a finance leader, corporate inventor, and advocate for digital transformation, as she explores how everyday corporate pros across various disciplines are embracing the invention mindset to rethink how things are done in their companies and discover unique ways to solve business problems. Her perspective focuses on building a culture where invention thrives, and how this is essential to making businesses competitive, and future-ready. This podcast is for curious leaders who believe invention is about practical, original solutions driven by necessity and bold thinking.
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May 12, 2026
The new role of treasury: From cash management to value architect
<p>Treasury's job description has changed. The function that used to manage cash and banking relationships now owns risk, technology decisions, and working capital strategy — often without the structure, staffing, or clarity of ownership to match.</p><p>In this episode of Invention Mode, Tanya Kohen speaks with Justin Guerra, Senior Vice President at Kaufman Hall's Treasury and Capital Markets Practice, about what it actually takes to redesign treasury for the role it's expected to play. </p><p>They discuss how to evaluate treasury workloads against the value they generate, why working capital optimization belongs in treasury even when multiple teams claim it, and why data — however clean — stays inert without analytics on top.</p><p>A practical conversation for treasury and finance leaders who want to build the function intentionally, not inherit it by accident.</p><p>* * *</p><p>✦ Share your own story of invention with Tanya Kohen on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyakohen/ </p><p>✦ Justin Guerra on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-guerra-pokorney-a73a0498/</p><p><br></p><p>* * *</p><p>Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the guest speakers on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their current or previous employers or affiliated organizations.</p>
April 16, 2026
From business insight to real product: A founder’s first build
<p>Most founders enter their first product build expecting a journey from point A to point B. What they discover is something closer to a continuous loop — where the original idea accounts for barely a fifth of what eventually ships, and the real design work starts only after launch.</p><p>In this episode of Invention Mode, Tanya Kohen speaks with Samuel Ary and Dilyara Daminova, founders of Local Pros — a mobile-first platform connecting people with trusted local professionals. They bring something rare to the conversation: the perspective of non-technical founders who spent years refining a business idea, navigated a two-year search for the right development partner, and watched their product transform substantially at every stage — from early development through live market testing.</p><p>They cover why finding the right team is harder than having the right idea, how feedback from people who don't know you reshapes what you thought you built, and why the cleanest-looking products are often the most technically demanding to deliver. They also address the financial reality most first-time builders underestimate: a launch is not an endpoint, and budgeting for continuous iteration is not optional.</p><p><br></p><p>* * *</p><p><br></p><p>✦ Share your own story of invention with Tanya Kohen on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyakohen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">LinkedIn</a></p><p>✦ Dilyara Daminova on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dilyara-daminova-67214730/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">LinkedIn</a></p><p>✦ Samuel Ary on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-ary-339597117/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">LinkedIn</a></p><p>✦ <a href="https://www.wave-access.com/public_en/blog/local-pros-mobile-first-platform-for-finding-local-professionals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">More about the Local Pros development</a></p><p>✦ <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.localpros.app&pli=1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Local Pros app for Android</a> | <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/local-pros/id6749898950" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Local Pros app for iOS</a> </p><p>* * *</p><p>Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the guest speakers on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their current or previous employers or affiliated organizations.</p>
December 16, 2025
Your first AI Agent: Lessons from real implementations
<p>Many companies rush to build their first AI agent. Few stop to think what happens after it works. </p><p>In this episode of Invention Mode, host Tanya Kohen talks with Integration & AI Solution expert Paul Chayka about how to implement your first AI agent in a way that delivers real business value and doesn’t break when it’s time to scale. Based on real implementations in finance, treasury, and operations, they discuss how to choose the right initial use case, decide between low-code and custom development, and define metrics that prove ROI to leadership. </p><p>The conversation focuses on fundamentals that determine long-term success: clean data, stable processes, integration-ready architecture, and governance that prevents a growing patchwork of disconnected agents. Featuring practical cases — from reporting automation to conversational BI and multi-agent support systems — this episode offers a grounded guide for leaders moving from AI experimentation to sustainable impact.</p><p><br></p><p>* * *</p><p><br></p><p>✦ Share your own story of invention with Tanya Kohen on LinkedIn — <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyakohen/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyakohen/</a></p><p>✦ Paul Chayka on LinkedIn — <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-chayka-5a0511250/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-chayka-5a0511250/</a></p><p>✦ Watch the webinar where Tanya Kohen and Paul Chayka break down how AI is adopted in treasury operations — <a href="https://youtu.be/UUr3Vjd1Adg?si=JsKkFQxCxjzoamjo" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/UUr3Vjd1Adg?si=JsKkFQxCxjzoamjo</a></p><p>* * *</p><p>Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the guest speakers on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their current or previous employers or affiliated organizations.</p>
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