Podcast: Capital Under Pressure
Capital planning is getting harder, messier and more important. Let’s talk about it!
About Our Podcast
Capital Under Pressure is where capital decisions get real. Hosted by a straight-talking duo, this podcast dives into the conversations finance teams are already having, but rarely say out loud. The trade-offs. The uncertainty. The pressure to invest when the numbers don’t quite stack up. From AI-driven projects to shifting priorities and stretched budgets, each episode unpacks what it actually takes to evaluate, prioritize, and govern capital in today’s environment. It’s in-depth. It’s bold. And it doesn’t pretend capital planning is clean or predictable.
Capital Under Pressure is developed from the perspectives, experience, and subject-matter expertise of Stratex Online’s global team, with AI-supported tools used to help shape and produce the audio experience.
Managing AI Projects as Strategic Expenditure
Episode 3
AI projects do not sit neatly in the CapEx or OpEx box, and that is where the pressure starts. Treat them like routine spend and the strategic risk can disappear; force them through the wrong model and momentum can stall. This episode looks at why AI investment needs a Strategic Expenditure lens, and how finance teams can decide which initiatives deserve stronger evaluation, prioritization and ongoing review.
The Real Role of Excel in Capital Forecasting
Episode 2
Excel is not the problem in CapEx forecasting. It survives because it helps teams work through the part systems rarely capture cleanly: future spend, timing shifts and project assumptions. This episode looks at the real role Excel plays, and why the answer is better control around it, not pretending it can simply disappear.
Unified Capital Planning Isn’t Just a System Upgrade. It’s a Shift.
Episode 1
A unified capital planning system is not just a cleaner way to manage the plan. It changes the conversation. When projects, trade-offs and priorities are brought into one view, the gaps are harder to ignore and the decisions become more exposed. This episode looks at why capital planning breaks down in fragments, and why fixing it means changing how the business chooses, challenges and commits to investment.
