{"podcast":{"title":"Jason On Firms Podcast","slug":"jason-on-firms-podcast-6263492","podcast_index_feed_id":6263492,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/jason-daily","website_url":"https://www.jasononfirms.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7dh8LbMvEikr3QIDCao5mk1Mb0ELj-YzcSWIHH-j8FA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNThj/YTBiMmVkMDA4ZjNm/YWY0MGU5Yjk0MzFh/M2YxNi5wbmc.jpg","author":"Jason Staats","episode_count":628,"summary":"I'm Jason Staats, and on this podcast we talk through practical tips to run more profitable, calm accounting firms","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T16:20:50.244279+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jason-on-firms-podcast-6263492"},"episode":{"title":"613 Stop Writing SOPs for Your Accounting Firm. Do This Instead [The NEW way to build your SOPs]","slug":"613-stop-writing-sops-for-your-accounting-firm-do-this-instead-the-new-way-to-build-your-sops","published_at":"2026-06-02T09:10:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jason-on-firms-podcast-6263492/613-stop-writing-sops-for-your-accounting-firm-do-this-instead-the-new-way-to-build-your-sops","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jason-on-firms-podcast-6263492","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/02f6d7a1","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/02f6d7a1/31858baa.mp3","summary":"🚀 Get smarter faster by learning with other firm owners: https://www.rlz.io/ 📩 Want a simple way to keep up with accounting firm and AI? I break it down every week in my newsletter: https://www.jasononfirms.com/newsletter ☎️ Leave me a voicemail at (1)516-980-4968! 📧 Email me! jason@jasononfirms.com In this episode, I argue that AI has fundamentally changed how accounting firms should think about SOPs, documentation, and standardization. I walk through six common documentation traps and explain why many traditional best practices are already becoming obsolete as AI agents can create, maintain, improve, and even execute processes themselves. Then I answer questions on CRMs vs practice management systems, building a niche advisory service, creating culture in remote teams, QuickBooks Desktop vs modern AI workflows, software being replaced by Claude, AI security for small firms, and whether QuickBooks Desktop might oddly become relevant again in an AI-first world. 📹 Here’s that video to help build your service library https://youtu.be/T8rQzr3ogkM?si=aCzmb_rfp0FmNGvb 🎤 I’m going live! Grab your tickets here: https://www.jasononfirms.com/events 🔥 Here’s that Roast-My-Firm intake form: https://airtable.com/appZ7dtNz3oaTWWZT/shrybn5166E9t12ag📚 A curated list of the apps I actually use and recommend: https://www.jasononfirms.com/apps 💰 Today's Sponsors Cloud Accounting Staffing: https://portal.cloudaccountantstaffing.com/candidates Soraban: https://www.soraban.com/ Verito: https://verito.com/jason?utm_campaign=42071442-Jason&utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=show-notes Canopy: getcanopy.com/jason Schedule a demo to see for yourself, and receive a $75 gift card after your demo // Chapters: 00:00 - AI and the Future of SOPs 05:25 - Six Documentation T…","meta_description":"🚀 Get smarter faster by learning with other firm owners: https://www.rlz.io/ 📩 Want a simple way to keep up with accounting firm and AI? I break it down e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3805,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jason-on-firms-podcast-6263492/episodes/613-stop-writing-sops-for-your-accounting-firm-do-this-instead-the-new-way-to-build-your-sops/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jason-on-firms-podcast-6263492/613-stop-writing-sops-for-your-accounting-firm-do-this-instead-the-new-way-to-build-your-sops.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}