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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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How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices

Harvard Business Review

It’s a framework for entrepreneurs, building on “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries. There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. To make FastWorks work, changes have been made in several areas, including supplier relations, finance, and roles and responsibilities: Supplier relations. and compete successfully.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. General Electric Operations' GE is an icon of management best practices. They have branded it “FastWorks.”

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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.