Matthew Kulasa on failure
From Matt Kulasa Discusses: Is Your Organization Ready for the Next Business Disruption? · · The Conference Board
“There’s going to be failure and I think that’s part of the hesitancy: will we fail? I look at it, you’re going to fail in certain aspects but you need to fail fast, move forward with that and be able to learn from it to get to a better decision moving forward.”
On , Matthew Kulasa, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer at WESCO INTL INC, spoke about failure during Matt Kulasa Discusses: Is Your Organization Ready for the Next Business Disruption? on The Conference Board.
About Matthew Kulasa
In a September 2022 discussion on organizational readiness for business disruption, Matthew Kulasa, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer at Wesco Intl, spoke about navigating change and fostering agility within a controllership team. He described change as "difficult" and "a leap into the unknown," but emphasized the importance of "being comfortable with being uncomfortable" to lay groundwork for team development. Kulasa stated that support from the team is essential, adding that he views himself as "in it with the team" rather than an outside sponsor. Kulasa also discussed the value of proactive planning, recalling a former CFO who advocated "peeking around the corner" to anticipate future steps and maintain agility in response to market shifts. He acknowledged that failure is part of the process, advising that teams should "fail fast, move forward with that and be able to learn from it to get to a better decision moving forward."