Karl Ahlrichs, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CSP, is a national speaker, author, and consultant, presenting on the people issues in all industries, and is often quoted in the local and national media. Ahlrichs’ experience is perfectly suited to times of great organizational change. He has decades of strategic consulting to all industries, using risk management and good organizational development theories to bypass “best practices” and move directly to “next practices.” Ahlrichs is a CPE presenter for the AICPA, and for more than a decade he was the Program Chair for the Indiana SHRM annual conference. He has been a regular contributor to The Journal of Accountancy, and for more than 20 years he has facilitated an invitation-only CFO Roundtable for Central Indiana.