IMB Innovation Team · April 23, 2026
AI for the Modern CFO
From Microsoft Copilot to the AI Dividend — practical intelligence for the financial leaders building tomorrow's organizations.
View Today's Agenda ↓IMB Innovation Team · April 23, 2026
From Microsoft Copilot to the AI Dividend — practical intelligence for the financial leaders building tomorrow's organizations.
View Today's Agenda ↓Today's Session
An honest introduction — who Don is, how IMB is approaching AI, and why this moment matters for every financial leader in the room.
Open conversation. How are you and your teams actually using AI today? What's working, what's frustrating, and where are the open questions?
Most of you are already in the Microsoft ecosystem. Here's what Copilot actually does — and where the ROI shows up for finance teams.
The single biggest concept for CFOs to internalize. The AI Dividend is the compounding return — in time, cost, and capacity — that organizations capture when AI is embedded into core workflows.
See what's actually running in production at IMB. These aren't prototypes — these are real tools we built and deployed to support our global workforce and mission work.
You don't have to figure this out alone. IMB has built frameworks, training, and tools that translate directly to nonprofit and ministry finance contexts.
No clock. Ask anything — about AI strategy, specific tools, org dynamics, making the case to your board, or what Don would do in your situation.
Take-Home Resources
IMB's AI-powered biblical guidance and engagement platform — a working example of AI at scale in a mission organization.
IMB's rapid AI prototyping platform — explore and experiment with AI tools built for organizational work.
The full portfolio of AI tools and projects from the IMB Innovation Team — updated regularly.
Official adoption hub, training resources, and ROI calculators for Microsoft Copilot and Copilot 365.
Don's full article on the AI Dividend framework — the compounding ROI model for leaders making the case for AI investment.
Questions after today? Don is available for follow-up conversations, consulting, and speaking engagements.
Your Next Move
Pick one process in your finance department that takes 2+ hours per week. Ask: could AI handle the first or last 20% of that task? Start there — not with a grand strategy, with one workflow.
This WeekActivate Microsoft 365 Copilot for 2–3 people on your team for 30 days. Ask them to log time saved each week. You need real data from your org — not someone else's case study.
30-Day ExperimentUse the framework from today: Time Saved × People × Frequency. Run conservative numbers. Then build that one slide for your board — the one that reframes AI from a cost to a compounding return.
Board ReadyDirector of Innovation & AI Strategy · IMB
Don leads AI strategy and digital innovation at the International Mission Board, one of the world's largest missions organizations. He builds AI tools that equip thousands of global workers, speaks on the intersection of technology and organizational transformation, and advises leaders navigating the shift to AI-native operations.