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Episode 105: Exploring the Metaverse – Karl Doose Mar 21, 2022

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Guest: Karl Doose – Executive Advisor, Customer Success

Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

Imagine an endless array of three-dimensional experiences, all merged into one shared, persistent and immersive Virtual Universe – the Metaverse. Is it another fad or the next big thing? Well, either way, buckle up, because in this episode of SAP Experts Podcast, we are off to explore the Metaverse!

Which is why, my guest today is Karl Doose, a speaker and thought leader in the Metaverse space: explaining what it is, exploring its impact and supporting people in understanding how they can participate. He is very enthusiastic about the potential of the Metaverse, as it is closely overlapping with his passions for the entertainment industry as well as web3.

Karl has been with SAP for almost 7 years, having joined via the German Vocational Training Program in 2015. Since then, he became one of the key people to grow SAP’s Innovation Services and Solutions capability, applying intelligent technologies such as Distributed Ledgers or Artificial Intelligence to solve our customers business problems. Subsequently, he built a future-focused strategy for SAP Services to better support our customers on their journey to the cloud and was a catalyst for its execution.

Currently as an executive advisor to leaders within the company, Karl is helping COOs to transform their role into a future-focused Chief Anticipation Officer.

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

Show notes:

Learn more about Metaverse:

Karl’s Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-f-metaverse-karl-doose/
Accenture Immersive Collaboration Platform: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/technology/extended-reality

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karldoose/

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Polywork: https://www.polywork.com/akshi

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Episode 104: Does Transformation require Business Involvement? – Johannes Langguth Mar 14, 2022

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Guest: Johannes Langguth – Vice President, Cloud Transformation and Architecture, SAP (MEE region)

Host: Timo Deiner – Director, Cloud Transformation and Architecture

A fresh coffee and a new guest: welcome to the SAP Experts Podcast! Today I am in conversation with my manager, Johannes Langguth. He is Vice President in the Cloud Transformation and Architecture Office in the MEE region at SAP. And we discuss if bringing business onboard is always required for transformation in a company? Should enterprise IT be reactive or is it easier to be proactive?

What if IT becomes an internal platform provider and turns from a cost center to a profit center? What are possible starting points for a transformation? Is an MVP which solves one specific challenge a good start to gain trust? Or is a “top down” approach by modernizing the whole IT landscape a first step to jumpstart transformation more from a strategic perspective?

Lots of questions – and you will find the answers in this episode. My name is Timo Deiner and you are listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

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Follow Johannes:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-langguth-b686ba44/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timo-deiner/

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Episode 103: If your muscles don't ache it wasn't transformation – Bernd Preuschoff Mar 07, 2022

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Guest: Bernd Preuschoff – CEO & Group CDO, protecting people GmbH at uvex group

Host: Timo Deiner – Director, Cloud Transformation and Architecture

Hello and welcome to another episode of the SAP Experts Podcast. Today, we discuss the bold statement “If your muscles don’t ache, it wasn’t transformation”.

The time of buzzwords is over, this episode is all about real challenges. We explore the importance of improving step by step, instead of going for the world championship when you have never even attended a tournament before.

My todays guest is Bernd Preuschoff, the Group CDO at Uvex, CEO at protecting people GmbH. He is a passionate keynote speaker, book author and a very successful professional dancer. We talked on sustainable innovation, analogies of dancing sports and business and about the collaboration with talents and their expectations towards “digital transformation”.

My name is Timo Deiner working in the Cloud Transformation and Architecture Office at SAP, enjoying good coffee and I’m excited to have Bernd as my guest today.

All of that on SAP Experts Podcast.

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Follow Bernd:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernd-preuschoff/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timo-deiner/

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Episode 102: The Great Resignation – is it real and should I be worried? – Michael Esau & Hannah Brier Feb 21, 2022

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Guests: Michael Esau – Global HR Advisor & Hannah Brier – Customer Engagement Executive

Host: Jonathan Fogarty – Industry Business Architect

In this next edition of the SAP EXPERTS Podcast, Jonathan Fogarty asks the question that seems to be on everybody’s mind at the moment:

Is the “Great Resignation” real? Is it just a new name for an old phenomenon? What should organisations do to prepare, or have I already missed the boat? Helping him make sense of it all are his guests and experienced Podcast hosts in their own right:

Michael Esau – A Global HR Advisor who has spent the last 20 years helping individuals and organisations be the best they could be every day, and

Hannah Brier a Customer Engagement Executive helping drive customers success throughout their cloud transformation.

Strap in, listen up and perhaps you might get the answer you are hoping for!

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Follow Michael:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-esau-00a78a1/

Follow Hannah:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahlouisebrier/

Follow Jonathan:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanfogarty/

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Episode 101: Sports Analytics: Driving Innovation and Inspiring Performance Across Industries – Bernhard Escherich Feb 14, 2022

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Guest: Bernhard Escherich – Strategic Business Development Chief Expert, SAP Industries & Customer Advisory

Host: Akshi Mohla – Senior Business Development Specialist, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises – but only performance is reality. This quote by Harold Geneen rings especially true for sports teams as well, wherein the goal is to win.

But what role does a deeper understanding and data around your own team players, as well as the competitors, help in securing the wins? And what can other industries learn from the Sports industry. Since Superbowl was only last night, it is only fair for us to dive into the agile world of Sports Analytics!

My guest today, Bernhard Escherich is an SAP industry expert, with more than 20 years of experience with SAP. He was part of the SAP Sports Industry Business Unit when it began in 2015 until 2020.

He is now the Chief Expert at SAP’s New Business and Industry Strategy team, covering all industries, and helps implement new innovations and business models for SAP’s customers. He is passionate about bringing insights and best practices from elite sports teams and SAP sport solutions to all industries, to enable healthier working environments and lifestyles. He was a water polo player in his youth, and you can still find him at the pool every morning at 6.30am.

Bernhard and I will be discussing topics from a latest SAP whitepaper on Sports Analytics, which I have included in the shownotes, so that you too can keep the Superbowl celebrations going with this deeper dive into everything Sports Analytics!

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

Show notes:

Learn more about SAP Sports Analytics:

Whitepaper: https://dam.sap.com/mac/app/p/pdf/asset/preview/p2Zfwwd?ltr=a&rc=10
More Information: https://www.sap.com/industries/sports-entertainment.html

Follow Bernhard:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernhardescherich/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshimohla/
Polywork: https://www.polywork.com/akshi

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Episode 100: Future of Work: Scaling innovations with SAP.io – Kange Kaneene Feb 07, 2022

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Guest: Kange Kaneene – Vice President, SAP.iO Foundries North America

Host: Akshi Mohla – Senior Business Development Specialist, SAP S/4HANA Solution Management and GTM

An extra special welcome to the 100^th episode of the SAP Experts Podcast! Thank you for being a part of this journey. As we complete our century, we at SAP Experts Podcast are compelled to ponder what the future of work would look like.

The allure of entrepreneurship promises freedom, whereas a more traditional career often means safety, stability, and mentorship. SAP.io not only provides the best of both worlds, but it also bridges the gaps between customers’ niche requirements and start-up innovators.

My guest today, Kange Kaneene, is the Vice President of SAP.iO Foundries North America, which is SAP’s no-equity ask external startup accelerator. SAP.iO Foundries provide technical and go-to-market support to help startups integrate with SAP and accelerate entry into a curated inclusive ecosystem whose offerings can be easily accessed and deployed by SAP customers.

Kange has spent her career in enterprise software focusing on investments in startups, partnerships, acquisitions, and go-to-market strategy.

She has a passion for diversity and creating equally distributed access to opportunity. She is an angel investor with Pipeline Angels group, a group of female and non-binary investors who invest in female and non-binary founders. She is a scout for GoingVC Partners, a Venture Capital syndicate and she is on the selection committee and a mentor for entrepreneurs as a volunteer for Defy Ventures, a non-profit organization that invests in founders who are currently or formerly incarcerated. Finally, Kange is on the board of KIPP NYC.

Kange has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from New York University Stern School of Business. She lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and loves international travel, cooking, Michael Jackson, dance, and theater.

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

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Follow Kange:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kangekaneene/

Follow Akshi:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshimohla/
Polywork: https://www.polywork.com/akshi

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Episode 99: Profit and Planet: Sustainable Finance with SAP – Michel Haesendonckx Jan 31, 2022

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Guest: Michel Haesendonckx – Global Solution Owner, SAP Financial Planning & Analysis

Host: Akshi Mohla – Senior Business Development Specialist, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

“Put your money where your mouth is” may be an old adage. But as we Chase Zero together – a future with zero emissions, zero waste, and zero inequality – the finance industry is increasingly implementing this very adage.

The financial industry recognizes the need for sustainable economic activities, and SAP is here to help.

My guest, Michel Haesendonckx brings the best of both worlds, with 20 years of experience in the area of financial processes and analytics, as well as his focus on sustainable finance.

Michel is Global Solution Owner for Financial Planning & Analysis at SAP with a broad expertise in Finance & Performance Management. He is responsible for driving the go-to-market in this area for SAP and is highly involved in key innovation topics and the overall solution strategy.

Michel also co-authored “SAP S/4HANA Finance: The Reference Guide to What’s New” released in April 2019.

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

Show notes:

Learn how SAP’s customers are succeeding with our sustainable solutions:
https://www.sap.com/about/company/purpose-and-sustainability.html

Follow Michel:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelhaesendonckx/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshimohla/
Polywork: https://www.polywork.com/akshi

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Episode 98: Embedding sustainability and visibility into supply chains – James Veale Jan 24, 2022

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Guest: James Veale – Co-Founder of the SAP supported start up: Green Token

Host: Jonathan Fogarty – Industry Business Architect

Hello and welcome to the SAP Experts Podcast, my name is Jonathan Fogarty and it is an absolute privilege to be hosting my first, solo episode of this brilliant show!

My guest today is James Veale, Co-founder of the SAP supported start up: Green Token – who’s mission is to embed sustainability, and equally importantly, traceability, into global supply chains.

James is going to take us through the journey of becoming a start-up through to his mission to provide visibility into where raw materials came from and to help organisations produce products that are ethically sourced and sustainable.

You’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

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Follow James:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-veale-green-token/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanfogarty/

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Episode 97: Dimensions of Digital Transformation – Dr. Anne Gfrerer Jan 18, 2022

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Guest: Dr. Anne Gfrerer – Owner and Managing Director, Anne Gfrerer Consulting

Host: Timo Deiner – Director, Cloud Transformation and Architecture

A new year and a new episode of the SAP Experts Podcast. I hope that you all had a great start in 2022. My name is Timo Deiner and I’m happy to be your host today. Before we start I’d like to give a very warm welcome to our newest team member: welcome on board Jonathan Fogarty! He is joining us from SAP Australia. Be sure that you don’t miss his episodes. Glad to have you on board, Jonathan!

Dr. Anne Gfrerer joined me in this episode and we were talking about different dimensions of a successful digital transformation. You will hear insights on Digital Readiness, Partnership Readiness and the readiness inside an innovation eco system. Anne recently received her PhD, has an excellent practical background and a huge diverse network. That’s why you will also learn at the end of this episode some of her best practices in building good networks and relationships outside (!) of your corporate filter bubble. So enjoy todays episode with Anne and me.

Show notes:

Follow Anne:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annegfrerer/
Youtube Channel (German): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyMFWsLlsiSYlPrUOvACsg

Follow Timo:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timo-deiner/

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Episode 96: Innovation with a conscience: Responsible AI – Navrina Singh Jan 10, 2022

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Guest: Navrina Singh – Founder & CEO, Credo AI

Host: Akshi Mohla – Senior Business Development Specialist, SAP S/4HANA Solution Management and GTM

A very Happy New Year to the listeners of SAP Experts Podcast! What better way to kick off the year by reflecting on the exponential rise of intelligent technologies, and how they can be leveraged with ethics at the epicenter.

As companies across the globe, use Artificial Intelligence and other intelligent technologies to enable scalable solutions – they are also scaling their regulatory, legal, and ethical risks.

My guest today, the dynamic Navrina Singh, saw this very need in the market, and took the entrepreneurial leap. Today we will discuss how 2022 will be the year of responsible AI in action, with new accountability structures!

Navrina is the Founder & CEO of Credo AI and a technology leader with over 18 years of experience in Enterprise SaaS, AI and Mobile. She has held multiple product and business leadership roles at Microsoft and Qualcomm and is an executive board member of Mozilla focused on their trustworthy AI charter.

Navrina is also a young global leader with the World economic forum and was on their future council for AI guiding policies and regulations in responsible AI. Navrina holds a Master’s in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelors in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from India.

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.