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Stefan Ries on SAP’s Most Comprehensive Workforce Skills Upgrade

HR Digest

SAP SE Executive Board Member and Chief Human Resources Officer, Stefan Ries explains how he is utilizing AI and Big Data to advance HR analytics as the foundations for a successful global future. Stefan Ries: Many individuals with autism spectrum disorders are well-educated and have valuable skills to contribute in the workplace.

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Women Will Come To The Fore In The Feeling Economy

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, women software engineers significantly differ from men in terms of personality traits, which are related to higher job performance, ethics, and creativity. While research suggests that we tend to think of men as more creative than women, the reality is quite the opposite.

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In Praise of Irrational Innovators

Harvard Business Review

While many innovators hate the term, a devil's advocate plays a very healthy role in a creative process by presenting plausible, alternative (and often less positive) explanations of observed phenomena. As detailed by Steve Blank , Peter Sims , Eric Ries, and others, innovators should follow this mantra as well. Run experiments.

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Considering a Start-Up? Think Again.

Harvard Business Review

In The Lean Start-Up , Eric Ries talked about vanity metrics — numbers that create the illusion of success, rather than validate actual progress. It's learning to balance the freedom creativity required to prosper with the operational discipline to hit the next milestone. Don't force it. We're all susceptible to myths.

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Become a Company That Questions Everything

Harvard Business Review

For companies seeking to innovate, adapt to change, and maintain an edge in fast-moving, competitive markets, a questioning culture can help ensure that creativity and adaptive thinking flows throughout the organization. Ries points out that at most companies, “the resources flow to the person with the most confident, best plan.

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In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. The language has been widely adopted, and that includes some folks who haven''t yet had the chance to read Ries'' work or digest the ideas behind it. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out.

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Start-Ups Need a Minimum Viable Brand

Harvard Business Review

Tech start-ups employ the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concept, made popular by Eric Ries in The Lean Start-Up , to test product hypotheses with minimal resources. Using a Minimum Viable Brand (MVB) concept can ensure those hypotheses are grounded in strategic intent and market insights.

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