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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. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017.

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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. Vic Roos, Lead Purchasing Program Manager, explained, “We let a finance guy in the room. At times it drove the materials manager crazy.” Leadership roles and responsibilities.

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How to Innovate with an Executive Sponsor

Harvard Business Review

Without the foresight and intervention of senior leadership, the firm will simply concentrate on the opportunities that it was destined to concentrate on. Middle managers with limited resources and set evaluation metrics will simply operate in a predictable fashion.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

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The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups

Harvard Business Review

” Lean startup, popularized by writers and entrepreneurs like Eric Ries and Steve Blank, can deliver big benefits inside big companies. “It’s like their baby,” says Telefónica innovation manager Susana Jurado Apruzzese. “They want to see their product commercialized.”