Episodes

  • Driving Innovation in Finance: Agile Business Solutions

    Driving Innovation in Finance: Agile Business Solutions
    Oct 22 2019
    The buzz: “Agility has become arguably the most critical attribute a company needs to remain competitive and relevant” (Tony Klimas, EY). It’s almost 2020 and your same-old business structures, models and processes will not sustain you anymore. Are you dreaming of an efficient, agile Finance organization that delivers sustainable business value through real-time data insights, reduced operations cost and innovation? Wake up! You can build it with functionality-rich next-gen technologies like Machine Learning, RPA, Data Intelligence and Blockchain. The experts speak. Samir Jaipati, EY: “Change is inevitable, but transformation is by conscious choice” (HeatherAsh Amara). Thorsten Leiduck, SAP: “If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong” (Charles Kettering). Martin Naraschewski, SAP: “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future” (J.F. Kennedy). Join us for Driving Innovation in Finance: Agile Business Solutions.
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    54 mins
  • Data: Fueling The Digital Economy

    Data: Fueling The Digital Economy
    Jul 23 2019
    The buzz: “In God we trust, all others bring data.” (W. Edwards Deming). It’s mid-2019 and your same-old business structures, models and processes will not sustain you anymore. Big news! Data is your most valuable asset, next to your employees. The largest businesses by market capitalization are platform-based models that leverage data in the right context to turn it into a sustainable competitive advantage. What to do? Change the ways you collect, manage, and monetize data. The experts speak. Mike Price, Capgemini: “Don't do what you can do – try what you can't do” (W. Faulkner). Fiona Critchley, Capgemini: “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard (J.F. Kennedy). Marc Geall, SAP: “I like to listen. I learn a great deal from listening. Most people never listen.” (E.Hemingway). “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” (G.B. Shaw). Join us for Data: Fueling The Digital Economy.
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    56 mins
  • for Innovation Matters: Enterprise Mobility and Strategic Partnerships

    for Innovation Matters: Enterprise Mobility and Strategic Partnerships
    May 28 2019
    The buzz: “The mobile revolution is changing the way organizations work, manage their operations as well as engage with their employees” (J.Panchal). We’re accustomed to leveraging mobile apps in our private lives, but many of us have access to few – often un-friendly – mobile apps for work. In 2016, Apple and SAP formed a partnership to jointly drive adoption of Enterprise Mobility for companies of all sizes, industries and countries. What’s next? Democratizing innovation via Machine Learning and Augmented Reality, processes, and best practices. The experts speak. Stuart Clenments, Keytree: “Carpe diem.” (Dead Poets Society). Morten Gram, Trifork Smart Enterprise:“If you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design” (Ralf Speth). Holger Fritzinger, SAP: “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen” (John Steinbeck). Join us: Innovation Matters: Enterprise Mobility and Strategic Partnerships.
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    56 mins
  • Business Model Checkup: How Dynamic Is Your Ecosystem?

    Business Model Checkup: How Dynamic Is Your Ecosystem?
    Apr 23 2019
    The buzz: “Ecosystems are dynamic and co-evolving communities of diverse actors who create and capture new value through both collaboration and competition (Deloitte: Business ecosystems come of age). It’s time to boldly disrupt your status-quo and find new ways to drive business agility, optimize business processes and accelerate your digital transformation journey. The writing is on the wall: If your business model is not enabling you to fully participate in today’s experience- and ecosystem-based economy, you could be left behind. The experts speak. Mike Dobby, Deloitte and Deloitte McClaren Partnership: “I do a lot of work with the team back at the factory, in the simulator and with our engineers. There’s a massive amount of effort that goes on behind the scenes” (Lando Norris, McLaren F1 driver). Marc Geall, SAP: “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much” (Helen Keller). Join us for Business Model Checkup: How Dynamic Is Your Ecosystem?
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    56 mins
  • Future of the Digital World: Hybrid!

    Future of the Digital World: Hybrid!
    Mar 5 2019
    The buzz: “Psychiatrist to patient, “You’re suffering from a split personality. You’d make a great hybrid cloud (comics.cloudtweaks.com). It’s 2019 and you’re facing exciting but daunting business challenges: enabling an exceptional customer experience, uncovering new revenue opportunities, leveraging next-gen technologies like Machine Learning, IoT, and Blockchain to reinvent your business processes. You still need to optimize your IT investments and migrate to the cloud. How to proceed? Start your cloud journey and digital transformation journey with a hybrid approach. The experts speak. Bradley Knapp, IBM: “What a long strange trip it’s been” (Jerry Garcia). Klaus Ottradovetz, Atos: “To infinity and beyond” (Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story). Thorsten Leiduck, SAP: “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” (Lao Tzu). Join us for Future of the Digital World: ‘Hybrid’!
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    54 mins
  • Vertical Business Transformation and The Experience Economy.

    Vertical Business Transformation and The Experience Economy.
    Jan 24 2019
    The buzz: “Welcome to the experience economy, where a company intentionally uses services as the stage, and goods as props, to engage individual customers in a way that creates a memorable event (Harvard Business Review quoted on forbes.com). The term experience economy was first used in 1998 by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore, who argued that businesses must orchestrate memorable events for their customers, and that memory itself becomes the product: the experience. Its arrival has wide-ranging implications for many industries and for how ecosystems need to come together to deliver better experiences to consumers. Bottom line: The same old products and services will no longer cut it. The experts speak. Marc Geall: “The only source of knowledge is experience” (Einstein). Peter Maier: “Experience is the teacher of all things” (Julius Caesar). Svend Wittern: “Change is the only constant in life” (Heraclitus). Join us for Business Transformation and The Experience Economy.
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    54 mins
  • Agile Innovation: Clean ERP and Platform-First Approach

    Agile Innovation: Clean ERP and Platform-First Approach
    Dec 13 2018
    The buzz: “Before you leave, take a minute to clean” (Kitchen sign). As you near 2019, are you dreaming of an optimized real-time business application environment that supports agile innovation, simplifies business processes and gains competitive advantages? is it possible? Yes. How? Keep your digital core business system ‘clean’ by building an intelligence enterprise with functionally-rich next-gen technologies like Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain and Big Data. And there’s more. The experts speak. Darwin Deano, Deloitte: “Our presence automatically liberates others” (Marianne Williamson). Thorsten Leiduck, SAP: “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence” (Vince Lombardi). Alok Kapur, SAP: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” (George Bernard Shaw). Join us for Agile Innovation: Clean ERP and Platform-First Approach.
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    56 mins
  • The Secret to Platform-Based Innovation: A Vibrant Ecosystem

    The Secret to Platform-Based Innovation: A Vibrant Ecosystem
    Nov 8 2018
    The buzz: “Products have features. Platforms have communities” (Marshall Van Alstyne, MIT Initiative of the Digital Economy). It’s almost the end of 2018 and your same-old business structures, models and processes will not sustain you, whatever your industry, business type or global footprint. What to do? The largest businesses by market capitalization are platform-based models that have disrupted legacy business models, established industries, and grown at phenomenal rates. And they did not do it alone. The experts speak. Thorsten Leiduck: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” (African proverb). Marc Geall: “I prefer to remember the future” (Salvador Dali). Dr. Bernd-Uwe Pagel: “It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed” (Napoleon Hill). Join us for The Secret to Platform-Based Innovation: A Vibrant Ecosystem.
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    54 mins