Writing by Darren Goonawardana
Perspectives on AI leadership, data strategy, systems thinking, and what it takes to build companies that scale.
- July 20, 2026 What Is a Cyborg CEO? Why I Lead with AI, and You Should Too Darren Goonawardana explains the Cyborg CEO operating model: using AI and automation to amplify executive judgment, not replace it, so leaders can run companies that scale without consuming them.
- August 25, 2021 Is Tableau Dead? Darren Goonawardana weighs Tableau against the rise of Microsoft Power BI in the enterprise business-intelligence market.
- August 11, 2021 The Important Intersections of FP&A Darren Goonawardana argues that financial planning and analysis fails in isolation, and makes the case for connected, cross-functional FP&A (XP&A).
- July 28, 2021 Post-Pandemic FP&A: Preparing Your Finances for Tomorrow's World Darren Goonawardana on why finance teams must move from rigid annual models to adaptive, data-driven planning for the post-pandemic economy.
- April 14, 2021 The Biggest ERP Trends of 2021 Darren Goonawardana breaks down the enterprise resource planning shifts of 2021, from cloud migration and low-code app stores to embedded AI.