Leaders from Wolters Kluwer, Microsoft, Salesforce, and McKinsey challenge accounting firms to make one AI move in the next 90 days

CCH Connections 2026 main-stage panel explored agentic AI, talent development, trust, and the priorities firm leaders should set for the next year ORLANDO, Fla., October 30, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting brought together leaders from Microsoft, Salesforce, McKinsey, and Sandra Wiley Strategies at CCH Connections 2026 with a clear message for accounting firms: as AI agents move from recommending actions to taking them, the time to decide how work gets done, how trust is earned, and how people build expertise is now. The main-stage panel, The New Blueprint: Building the Future-Ready Firm, moderated by Matt Linderman, Partner at McKinsey, drew on what each leader has learned from adopting and scaling AI.