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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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Celebrating 10 Powerful HR Leaders

HR Digest

The modern economy demands transforming companies endlessly, necessitating profound changes in the workforce and talent strategy. These forces are reshaping the role of HR and putting pressure on the HR Executive to become much more than a game changer and the leader who enables business strategy. Peter Fasolo, Ph.D.,

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Lean startup, lean company

Lead on Purpose

This definition comes from Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. The Lean Startup delivers a lot of great insight for leadership and product management. Ries gives a detailed personal example of this concept from his work at IMVU.

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White Gold: A Story of Persistence

RapidStart Leadership

Sometimes the strategy needs to change to allow us to continue the march in the direction of our vision. A pivot is a change in strategy, not vision. Eric Ries Click To Tweet. And be sure to sign up now for twice-monthly Leadership Updates with more tips and exclusive content not available elsewhere on the site!

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The Rise of UX Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Most of the executives I meet with, regardless of their industry, now promote UX as key to their product strategy. Fortunately, there is a great training ground for new UX leadership: the startup market. Many organizations are developing strategies to increase their UX capacity and promote product-centric entrepreneurship.

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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. Leadership roles and responsibilities. According to their 2013 Year-in-Review, in the first year, Ries trained 80 coaches exclusively dedicated to FastWorks. and compete successfully.

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The Tragic Fall from Specialist to Generalist: Starbucks, the Latest.

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • June 6, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 2 Comments. Last week, legendary brand positioning expert Al Ries weighed in on Starbucks reported desire to move away from its powerful ‘specialist’ strategy. Leadership. Main menu Home. Did you like this? About John.

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