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Transformation Every DayEpisode 7: Rethinking Work, Talent, and the Future of Enterprise - Rishad TobaccowalaIn this powerful episode of Transformation Every Day, Alexander Greb sits down with renowned author, futurist, and business thinker Rishad Tobaccowala at SAP’s Newtown Square Experience Center. The conversation moves far beyond buzzwords—straight into the core questions shaping the future of work, leadership, and transformation.Rishad shares provocative insights from his latest book, Rethinking Work, and draws from decades of experience helping organizations adapt to massive change. From the train ride in from Manhattan to his next event in Panama, this dialogue spans everything from organizational design to AI, hybrid work, talent strategy, and...2025-05-121h 06

JRPG-PoddenAvsnitt 66: Alex gästarMåndag igen!Ni vet vad det betyder, ett nytt avsnitt av Sveriges största JRPG-Podd! Den här veckan har vi det stora nöjet att välkomna gästen Alexander aka Fiereze! Känd från youtubekanalen Nörderiet! Alex är en samlare av rang och speciellt då inriktade på JRPGs!Det blir snack om hans kärlek till Falcom och Atlus! Men också om förkärleken till turordningsbaserade strider samt massa annat gött!Självklart blir det också lite nyheter samt spelat! Där Jesper lirat claymation äve...2025-05-122h 34

Transformation Every DayEpisode 6: SAP Cloud ERP reimagined - Bert SchulzeGuest: Bert Oliver Schulze - Head of Cloud ERP Product Success, Co-Innovation, and Engineering Adoption Programs - SAP SEHosts: Alexander Greb - Consulting Director - cbs corporate business solutionsJohannes Langguth - Head of Business Transformation and Architecture - SAP SEEpisode 6: From Product Success to Clean Core – Rethinking ERP with Bert SchulzeIn this episode of Transformation Every Day, we welcome one of the most experienced and insightful voices in the SAP cloud universe: Bert Schul...2025-05-0557 min

Transformation Every DayEpisode 5: Executive AI Briefing - Andreas WelschGuests: Andreas Welsch - SAP Alumni, Top 10 AI Advisor, Author of the bestselling "AI Leadership Handbook"Host: Alexander Greb - Consulting Director - cbs corporate business solutionsIn this episode, join Alexander Greb in an exceptional conversation with Andreas Welsch. They talk about: - Why real AI leadership is about 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 - How 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈 is reshaping the business landscape - Why it's not about "adding AI" — it's about 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 -The biggest mistakes companies make when adopting AI and The future skills everyone should start building today Whether you're in tech, consulting, or leadership — this 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 will change how you think about innovation, strategy, and what’s next. On this episode of T...2025-04-2258 min

Transformation Every DayEpisode 4: From the invention of SAP HANA to Clean Core in 42 minutes - Emma Qian and Prof. Alexander ZeierGuests: Prof. Alexander Zeier - "The inventor of SAP HANA" formerly reporting to Hasso Plattner, CTO Accenture and Professor at MIT, now Chief Scientist and co-founder Novasoftware.AIEmma Qian - Formerly Google DeepMind and Meta AI, now CEO Novasoftware.AIHost: Alexander Greb - Consulting Director - cbs corporate business solutionsIn this episode, join Alexander Greb in an exceptional conversation with two outstanding tech visionaries: Professor Alexander Zeier, inventor of SAP HANA, and Emma Qian, co-founder of Nova AI and alumna of Google DeepMind and Meta AI....2025-04-071h 32

Transformation Every DayEpisode 1: Your New Podcast Journey Through the SAP Universe with Alexander Greb & Johannes LangguthWelcome to the inaugural episode of the Transformation Every Day podcast! We are Alexander Greb (Consulting Director @ cbs – Corporate Business Solutions) and Johannes Langguth (Head of Business Transformation & Architecture @ SAP). In this first episode, we share our personal journeys and outline the vision for our podcast. We emphasize the importance of authentic, insightful conversations around digital transformation, reflecting on our own extensive experiences in the industry. Together, we explore the rapidly evolving technology landscape, the strategic value of enterprise architecture, and the essential roles that SAP and ecosystem collaboration play in successful transformations. Throughout the dis...2025-03-3145 min

Transformation Every DayEpisode 2: From Lenny Kravitz To Transforming Business with SAP Technology - Paul SaundersGuest: Paul Saunders - Global Vice President and Advisor to Muhammad Alam, SAP Product & Engineering - SAPHosts: Alexander Greb - Consulting Director - cbs corporate business solutionsJohannes Langguth - Head of Business Transformation and Architecture - SAPIn this engaging episode, Paul Saunders shares his compelling journey from aspiring rock musician to influential leader in the SAP technology landscape. Drawing parallels between his early passions for music and computing, Paul highlights how technological advances have revolutionized music production, laying a foundation for his transition into the tech industry.2025-03-3155 min

Transformation Every DayEpisode 3: Enterprise Architecture: Strategy to Reality - Whynde KuehnGuest: Whynde Kuehn - Bestselling Author, Global Leader in Strategy Execution + Business ArchitectureHost: Alexander Greb - Consulting Director - cbs corporate business solutionsIn this episode of the Transformation Every Day podcast, Alexander Greb and Whynde Kuhn explore the critical role of enterprise and business architecture in successful digital transformations. They dive into the architect’s essential function in guiding organizations through high-risk transitions and ensuring strategic alignment with technological capabilities.Alexander emphasizes internal capacity building and maintaining a strategic balance with technology, advocating simplicity as fundamental to effe...2025-03-3158 min

Transformation Every DayTrailer "Transformation Every Day"Transformation Every Day Expert insights and real-world stories on mastering digital transformation with SAP and beyond.Digital transformation is not a one-time event—it's a continuous journey. Join renowned SAP thought leaders Alexander Greb and Johannes Langguth as they speak with the most inspiring minds from the SAP ecosystem and beyond. Each episode is packed with expert insights, practical advice, and candid stories that showcase how companies achieve meaningful outcomes through transformation done right.Whether you're looking for strategic guidance, technological inspiration, or simply want to hear powerful st...2025-03-2500 min

SAP Sommeliers - dein Podcast über Technologie, Karriere und guten Wein#72 Die Zukunft des SAP Beraters – mit Alexander Greb#72 Die Zukunft des SAP-Beraters – mit Alexander Greb Aktion: Gewinn eine Reise mit uns zur SAP SAPPHIRE im Mai 2025! Wie genau erfährst du auf unserer Website: Infos zum Gewinnspiel In dieser Episode sprechen wir darüber, wie sich die Rolle des SAP-Beraters in den letzten Jahren grundlegend verändert hat und welche Fähigkeiten zukünftig gefragt sind. Weg vom reinen Applikationsexperten, hin zu einem Berater mit klarer Vision, der das Geschäftsproblem des Kunden versteht und aktiv Lösungen entwickelt, die echten Mehrwert bieten. Wir diskutieren, warum Applikationswissen allein nicht mehr ausreicht und wie Berater durch tiefes Pr...2024-10-241h 08

Digital Business TalksS6E05 - Salg- og marketingsamarbejdet er nøglen til succes med den lange kunderejseSalg- og marketingsamarbejdet er nøglen til succes med den lange kunderejseIdeal Customer Profile, leadværdi, Customer Life Time Value, The Buying Committee og leadscoring er blot nogle af de konkrete greb du kan bruge, når du vil have samarbejdet mellem salg og marketing til at gå op i en højere endhed. Og dermed knække koden til succes med den lange kunderejse.Signe har inviteret sin salgskollega, Alexander Hornebo i studiet til en åbenhjertig snak om, hvad de gør for at skabe synergier og succes i samaebejdet mellem salg og marketing. Omdrejni...2024-06-2041 min

The Future of ERPThe Secrets of Accelerated and Successful Cloud-ERP Adoption with Westernacher's Alexander Greb Join us to learn how successful cloud ERP adoption can help your business not only to become more agile in today’s challenges but also to keep up with new regulations and take advantage of innovations. Guest Speaker: Alexander Greb, Vice President Digital Transformation Consulting, Westernacher Consulting Alexander has 20 years of consulting, program lead and management experience in strategy, processes and technology at various tech-companies like Siemens and SAP. In 2012 program manager for the first HANA implementation at a large enterprise customer and since then Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA MEE and member of the GT...2024-03-0626 min

Lykkeberg og CorydonCorydon & Co: Nordic Waste er en kompliceret dramatisk katastrofeHele Nordic Waste-sagen er langt mere kompliceret end en milliardær, der ikke vil rydde op efter sig selv. Udover Torben Østergaard-Nielsen spiller Randers kommune en stor rolle. Kommunen gav i sin tid Nordic Waste de nødvendige miljøtilladelser, der nu sættes spørgsmålstegn ved: Hvordan kunne kommune giver tilladelser til at der blevet lavet så store jordbjerge oven på ler, der er meget glat? Og hvorfor greb Randers kommune ikke ind, når de var ude og lave tilsyn på grunden? Også regeringen og ikke mindst ministrene Hummelgaard og Heunicke har involveret sig i sagen, og...2024-01-2637 min

Kongerækken hos Politiken HistorieNapoleon og Den Franske Revolution #3: Napoleon gjorde lynkarriere på slagmarken og greb magten i FrankrigI 1793 var det revolutionære Frankrig ved at i opløsning, men en ung artilleriofficer ved navn Napoléon Bornaparte vandt en vigtig sejr i havnebyen Toulon og blev på kort tid landets mest berømte soldat og forfremmet til general.Men sejrene på slagmarken var ikke nok for Napoleon. Hans popularitet havde gjort ham urørlig og snart greb han også ud efter magten i Paris.Og det er måske her, at et begyndende storhedsvanvid begynder at indfinde sig i hovedet på den unge mand. I hvert fald ligner hans felttog til Egypten og omegn i...2023-12-1334 min

Plastic Plesiosaur PodcastTrey in the Old World, Alien Mummies in Mexico, and Devils in New Jersey Past.Send us a textThe show is back!Trey went on an archeological dig in the land of his hero Alexander the Great! He shares the stories of his travels, and the vulgar diction he picked up. Miles details the Alien Mummies alleged shared at the Mexican Congress. But as you might guess the story is not all that it seems.The Monster Quest this episode is - S03E04 Devils in New Jersey. "The MonsterQuest team investigate reports of a half-horse, half-bird creature which h...2023-09-201h 51

SAP Sommeliers - dein Podcast über Technologie, Karriere und guten Wein#39 Zukunftstreiber oder Zombie-System? So nutzt du als SAP Berater:in die Potentiale des S/4HANA Systems#39 Zukunftstreiber oder Zombie-System? So nutzt du als SAP Berater:in die Potentiale des S/4HANA Systems Eine Episode vollgepackt mit Inspiration und starken Bildern. Alexander Greb ist SAP Enthusiast, Thought Leader, Partner der Firma Westernacher Consulting und nicht zuletzt auch SAP Podcast Pionier. Einige haben ihn schon am 11. Mai auf unserer Veranstaltung in Bielefeld gehört. Oliver und Daniel sprechen mit unserem Gast über eine ganze Reihe von Themen. Es geht darum wieso das Wort "Berater" in SAP Berater wieder ernst genommen werden sollte: Weil der Berater eben viel mehr ist als jemand, der das System technisch ei...2023-05-1741 min

Plastic Plesiosaur PodcastHas Alexander's the Great's Tomb Been Found...Again? Are There Giant Spiders in the Jungle?Send us a textTrey breaks down the quest to find the tomb of one of his favorite historical characters - Alexander the Great. Has the tomb been found, can it be found? It's a story dating back centuries. Miles looks into the photo the President of Mexico recently tweeted of a Maya Elf life creature? What are these little dudes, what are they up to, and is this photo actually new and interesting? The Monster Quest this episode is S02E18 - Monster Spider. 2023-03-022h 05

Lykkeberg og CorydonI weekenden bliver Ellemann markant klogere på om han vil i seng med SOpfordringen fra politisk kommentator Michael Kristiansen er klar; Ellemann skal gå i regering med S. Ellers risikerer han at lave en Thulesen Dahl, der i Dansk Folkepartis storhedstid aldrig greb muligheden for at gå i regering og bagefter blødte vælgere og til sidst folketingsmedlemmer. Helt centralt bliver weekendens landsmøde i Venstre, hvor partiformanden får klarhed over hvordan baglandet stiller sig til at gå i seng med S. Bjarne Corydon får også den tidligere rådgiver for Anders Fogh til at indrømme han nok tog fejl i sin analyse af blå blok inde...2022-11-1847 min

Vanvittig Verdenshistorie#102: Ud af vinduet - Bohemian style!To the windooooooow!! Vi drager en tur til Bøhmen for at nærstudere fænomenet "defenestration". Eller på godt dansk: Kunsten at smide folk ud af vinduet. Gennem historien har flere måtte lade livet gennem ruden - oftest ufrivilligt. Faktisk er det noget, der stadig finder sted i stor stil den dag i dag, hvor især russiske politikere har udviklet en skidt vane med at skvatte over vindueskarme og direkte ned i asfalten. I Prag formåede man dog for alvor at gøre defenestrationen til en kunstart. Her endte religiøse og politi...2022-10-091h 34

Inside SAP S/4HANA CloudA New Perspective on SAP S/4HANA Cloud with Westernacher Consulting Pt. 1In this week's episode, our host Yannick Peterschmitt is joined by former SAP colleague Alexander Greb, now Vice President of Digital Transformation Consulting at Westernacher Consulting and an experienced podcaster himself. Together, they explore Westernacher Consulting's SAP S/4HANA Cloud implementation and bring a new perspective to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud journey. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.2022-06-1524 min

SAP ExpertsEpisode 111: Reunion Episode: Role of partners in successful Digital Transformations – Alexander GrebGuest: Alexander Greb – Vice President – Digital Transformation Consulting, Westernacher ConsultingHost: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory On August 21, 2019, Alexander Greb launched the very first episode of SAP Experts Podcast. And today marks the episode 111 of the podcast. We had to bring the original founder back for this special number episode! Today, Alexander will share what it was like to launch a technology podcast, with a relatable, coffee-chat format back when it was still something niche in the SaaS world. We also discuss the three-legged-stool that SAP, our partners and our cu...2022-05-2344 min

Stereotypos#06 The different bubbles of reality & finding the balance at what you doIn this episode we welcome Alexander Greb, Vice President for Digital Transformation Consulting at Westernacher and founder of the SAP Experts Podcast. Next to getting some insights into what a job in this field actually looks like and how Alex came-up with the podcast idea, we speak about why you should be aware that many realities are just a bubble, why investing in a mentor and a strong network is key and how to find the balance (sweet spot) at what you do (or don't do). MAKE SURE TO ALSO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON LinkedIn! Enjoy, Josh & Lina --- Send...2022-05-1650 min

SAP ExpertsEpisode 95: What’s in store for 2022? – Jonathan FogartyGuest: Jonathan Fogarty – SAP Business Architect, Podcast Producer & Host, SAP Australia Host: Akshi Mohla – Senior Business Development Specialist, SAP S/4HANA Solution Management and GTM 2021 for SAP Experts Podcast – was a fantastic year, full of thought leadership, inspiring conversations and most importantly, YOU, our wonderful, supportive audience. We began with Alexander Greb’s leadership and also integrated the all-stars team of Victor Hoeck, Steven Spears, Timo Diener and yours truly. 2022 will be even bigger and better – with more deep dives into Software-as-a-service trends and best practices. We will also have another all-star j...2021-12-2023 min

SAP ExpertsEpisode 65: Remote Work Revisited – Angelina EbelingGuest: Angelina Ebeling, Founder of Acework Host: Victor Hoeck – Solution Advisory Specialist, Digital Supply Chain My name is Victor Höck and I am a solution advisor at SAP. From me you are going to hear about two things in the future: First, I'm going focus on all things Supply Chain; but Secondly, I'll also have conversations about the big picture of how Technology is shaping the way we work. This conversation today belongs into the second basket, and I wanted it to kick off my episodes on the SAP Experts Podcast because it ties back to my first appearance on th...2021-05-1735 min

SAP ExpertsEpisode 63: "The Last Waltz" and welcome to the next generationHost: Alexander Greb - Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP Guests: Akshi Mohla Scheffert, Bill Bowers, Steven Spears, Timo Deiner, Victor Hoeck This is a very special episode for me because it is my farewell. I decided to take another step in my personal development, but I remain within the SAP ecosystem because ASUG CEO Geoff Scott was absolutely right, when he told me, learning from my decision to change that the SAP ecosystem is a bit like Eagles Hotel California that stated you can check out anytime, but you can never leave. So I will join a very renowned SA...2021-05-0343 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 62: ASUG Pulse Check 2021 - Geoff ScottGuests: Geoff Scott – CEO, ASUG (Americas' SAP Users' Group) Host: Alexander Greb - Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP Today I am blessed to welcome back Mr. Geoffrey Scott, CEO of America SAP User Group short ASUG, who has released the new 2021 Pulse Check of SAP’s Customers, which is one of the most thorough analysis of customer situations, that x-rays every relevant strategic area of Digitalization and how SAP customers cope with it like for example perspectives on Change Management, Tech Challenges, Creating Tech Environments for Innovation, the status of the MOVE to SAP S/4HANA and so much more...2021-04-1252 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 61: The Truth about RISEwithSAP - Martin ScharmachGuests: Martin Scharmach – Regional Head of Cloud Core – RISE, SAP Host: Alexander Greb - Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP Two months have passed since the announcement of RISEwithSAP so the time of the pitches and introductions is over and it is the right moment to do a cash check and take a deeper look where we are concerning RISEadoption internally (SAP), partnerwise, and externally (customer), and how RISE fits to real life customer scenarios. The right person you want to talk to get an answer to these questions is Mr. Martin Scharmach, Regional Head of Cloud Core, at SAP and...2021-03-2955 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 60: A Masterclass in Sales (Part 2 of 2) - Eric ShaveGuests: Eric Shaver – Managing Partner, Kensei Partners LLC Host: Alexander Greb - Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP “An opportunity is a project, a pipeline is a program!” In the second part of our “Masterclass in Sales”, Eric Shaver, Managing Partner of Kensei Partners LLC takes us on a journey through his paradigms of sales execution excellence. We discuss how we can take something as our pipeline and rationalize it, how to handle forecasts in a sane way, how salespeople develop a business asset and create customer value, how you can win without the use of discounts and who you can make y...2021-03-221h 17

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 59: A Masterclass in Sales (Part 1 of 2)Guests: Eric Shaver – Managing Partner, Kensei Partners LLC Host: Alexander Greb - Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP Today we have something very special for you, because this week and next week, we focus one hundred percent on a practice / a profession, that is playing a huge role in our industry because it’s the one that in a certain way feeds us and is central for the financial success of our enterprise. We are going to talk about sales and how it is done right in the 21 century. I have the very special privilege to welcome Mr Eric Shaver, Managi...2021-03-151h 19

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 58: All about Business Process Intelligence - Wassilios Lolas, Michael SokollekGuests: Wassilios Lolas - Vice President Customer Value Experience, SAP, Michael Sokollek - Business Development, SAP Host: Alexander Greb - Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP Welcome everybody, my name is Alexander Greb, I am the Customer Advisory lead S/4HANA at SAP and you are listening to the SAP Experts Podcast. The worst thing that can happen to any digitalization initiative is that the adopter decides to approach that topic of going to S/4HANA via a Lean Migration, that basically does nothing more than taking all your old stuff and pushing it on the modern platform and by...2021-03-081h 06

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 57: The SAP S/4HANA Value Starter Program - Bill BowersGuest: Bill Bowers, Global Vice President S/4HANA Solution Management, SAP Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP In our industry, the first two months of the year are traditionally those with the big announcements. Lots of new and innovative things are released, presented and marketed, so it is sometimes pretty much a task to keep your eyes about the truly relevant news. This comes especially important when a really huge topic like RISEwithSAP is dominating on all channels. Today I want to win your attention for a new program SAP has invested in considerably. The Value Starter for...2021-03-0153 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 56: Behind the Scenes - Insights into SAP's Corporate Strategy - Tobias GefaellerGuest: Tobias Gefaeller, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, SAP Host: Alexander Greb, Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP If you are working within the SAP ecosystem you will be hard pressed to not have noticed that SAP has sharpened its strategy and is going ALL-IN concerning cloud. To our partners and customers, this has become of course most obvious by our strategic business-transformation-as-a-service offering called RISE. But what is behind all that? In which overarching strategy is RISE embedded. And who are those corporates strategists, who are the brains behind all that and how do they work? I hooked up with...2021-02-1534 min

Monetos BettingLudoman: Jeg var selvmordstruet og skyldte 2 millionerLudomanerne Christian og Alexander fortæller i denne podcast om den forfærdeligt svære og barske tid, som de begge har været igennem i ludomaniens hårde greb. Undervejs fortæller de om spillegælden, skyldfølelsen, magtesløsheden og forholdet til familie og venner, der led et knæk som følge af meget voldsom spilafhængighed.Podcasten er Del 1 i Monetos-serien om ludomani. Del 2 handler om at være i døgnbehandling, mens den afsluttende Del 3 sigter efter at lave en samfundsdebat om spilafhængighed.Vært: Mads Kindberg Nielsen. Gæster: Christian Bay og...2021-02-1030 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 55: RISE with SAP: Our Strategic Cloud Offering 2021 - Dr. Uwe GrigoleitGuest: Dr. Uwe Grigoleit - Senior Vice President, Head of Go-to-Market , SAP Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP Change has always been part of business, but today’s environment means we need to deal with change – both good and bad – faster than ever before. In the last 10 months we all learned AGAIN that only companies that adapt quickly will thrive. You need to work more agile, more intelligently, more efficiently to point out new ways. And doing so takes more than just a technical migration to the cloud or a lean conversion of your ECC system to S/4HANA. A...2021-02-0147 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 54: The Business Opportunities of a Digitally Transformed Economy – Bert SchulzeGuest: Bert Schulze – Vice President S/4HANA Product Success, Co-Innovation & Adoption Programs. Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP You know that a big topic of this podcast has always been the WHY concerning Digital Transformation. Sven Denecken and Bert Schulze, two prominent members of the SAP family developed one of the most comprehensive approaches to this question with their “The Business Opportunities of a Digitally Transformed Economy” concept, which and that the good news you can learn by a free course starting this January on opensap.com. You don’t want to miss that, link to this course is...2021-01-1837 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 53: Bluefield Transitions to SAP S/4HANA, the Best of Both Worlds - Steele ArbeenyGuest: Steele Arbeeny – CTO, SNP. Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP To kick-off 2021 I have a very interesting guest. Steele Arbeeny is CTO of the SAP partner Schneider-Neureither und Partner or short SNP. Steele has a incredible interesting background in technology led business Transformation. He was a director of software development, has deployed large scale infrastructure projects for the United Nations, has led the transformation effort to split Hewlett Packard into two separate companies and has patents for work in digital speech processing and securities trading. Also already in 2002 he received the International Who's Who Award in Info...2021-01-1157 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 52: Live with SAP S/4HANA ... now what? - Stefan BatzdorfGuest: Stefan Batzdorf – Head of Cross Product Architecture & CTO S/4HANA, SAP. Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP One of the most successful episodes of this podcast is actually episode one in which I sat together with Stefan Batzdorf and discussed the btw still valid top 5 reasons to go on SAP S/4HANA. The good news: Stefan, at that time on the payroll of Infosys, is back at SAP, now as CTO S/4HANA responsible for the cross architecture of SAP’s flagship product and second: He is back at this podcast. In this episode we lay down w...2020-12-2144 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 51: Climate 21 - Tom RafteryGuest: Tom Raftery – SVP & Innovation Evangelist, SAP. Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP COVID-19 for sure was the big topic of 2020. But, given we get rid of it thanks to the upcoming vaccines, there is one other big challenge awaiting mankind. Climate Change. We have to reduce harming emissions, and this is accomplished most efficiently via facts. But you can’t manage what you do not measure. That’s where the SAP initiative climate 21 comes into place to make emissions measurable and manageable. Global Vice President and Innovation Evangelist Tom Raftery is with his Climate 21 podcast one of the m...2020-12-1452 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 50: Tech Well Told - Sarah Yvonne ElsserSince a few years the tech industry is facing growing criticism concerning the way its players are communicating with the world outside its bubble, you know I am talking about customers. Criticism is centering about hollow messages that are repetitive, non-individual, and polished until there are indistinguishable. I myself was once approach by the CIO of a customer asking me after watching corporate youtube videos “Are there still people working in tech or are all of them exchanged by robots or assimilated BORG reciting tech slogans and bumper stickers?” Well there is no doubt that the way tech communicates is ofte...2020-12-071h 05

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 49: All about User Experience - Alexander LinggGuest: Alexander Lingg – SVP, Head of User Experience, SAP Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP Everybody remembers the moment when Apple released the Iphone and Steve Jobs disrupted not only the market for mobile phones, but the entire field of consumer electronics by focusing on user experience. Since then, this topic is omnipresent in our private lives. But what about enterprise applications? To answer this question I invited Alexander Lingg, Head of User Experience of SAP, to this podcast to talk with him about the role of user experience in enterprise applications, SAPs new UX strategy, how impo...2020-11-3059 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 48: SAP Services reimagined! - Shane PaladinIf you are a Consultant, be it at SAP Services or at a partner, you probably yawn at all the talks about the so called New Normal: Neither is working remote new for you, nor the typical digitalization topics as cloud and automatization because you work and cope with it already every day. That why I am happy to welcome the president of SAP Services, Mr. Shane Paladin to this podcast. Shane is a veteran of 20 years in the highly dynamic world of services and consulting and has been in executive management positions all over the world, so he is...2020-11-1644 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 47: SUSEs incredible journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud - Sebastian Drews, Friedrich KreyShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn.https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-drews-4341723/ – Follow Sebastian on LinkedIn.https://www.linkedin.com/in/friedrich-krey-37484535/ – Follow Friedrich on LinkedIn. Also meet SUSE at the SAP TechEd 2020, December 8, 2020: https://www.suse.com/de-de/events/The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 47: SUSEs incredible journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud – Sebastian Drews, Friedrich Krey first appeared on SAP Experts.2020-11-0237 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 46: The SAP S/4HANA Movement - Tom JanoshalmiIf you are working with SAP ERP systems be it ECC or S/4HANA you are hard pressed not to have had contact at some point with the S/4HANA Movement or short MOVE. SAP has launched this global program two years ago to encourage our customers to make the step to our intelligent next-gen ERP and to provide them with the tools, assets, and services needed for an easy and seamless transformation. But still remember, all of us thought that technology induced industry disruption is a big thing, and then came COVID and our definition of a big thing...2020-10-1942 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 45: Automatize that! – Andreas WelschDigitalization is all about being able to do things that you were not able to do before, not about merely improving those things that you have always done. That’s why I am glad to welcome Mr. Andreas Welsch as todays guest. Andreas is the Head of Intelligent Processes within the SAP S/4HANA Product Management, so he is behind all the new capabilities concerning Process Automatization, AI, Prediction and so on. He is the right person to talk with when discussing the technological possibilities of doing things differently than in your old ECC. Which means in the end more in...2020-10-0551 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 44: All about Cybersecurity for Enterprises - Marco Hammel + Steffen TrumppShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn.https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcohammel/ – Follow Marco on LinkedIn.https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffen-trumpp/ – Follow Steffen on LinkedIn. The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 44: All about Cybersecurity for Enterprises – Marco Hammel + Steffen Trumpp first appeared on SAP Experts.2020-09-211h 17

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 43: Intelligent Financial Close - Katharina Reichert + Kornelia MaierShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/katharina-reichert/ – Follow Katharina on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kornelia-maier-38082a147/ – Follow Kornelia on LinkedIn. The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 43: Intelligent Financial Close – Katharina Reichert + Kornelia Maier first appeared on SAP Experts.2020-09-1455 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 42: How to sell and implement the Intelligent EnterpriseIn Episode 39 we featured a very interesting conversation about the specifics of the Intelligent Enterprise concept, which is a condition that probably every company aspires to be. But that’s of course easily said when you at the same time do not also explain how to get there. Also this is a topic that is relevant for adopters, SAP folks and partners alike because all of us who are in the SAP ecosystem have to pull into the same direction, so an adopter is able to put the horsepower of the Intelligent Enterprise concept to the street. Technology Evangelist Timo El...2020-09-071h 04

Education NewsCastEducation Newscast 102 - What skills are important these days for SAP Experts with Alex GrebThe job title “Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA Strategy” might give some hints on what our guest is doing at SAP. But there’s much more to talk about. Thomas and Christoph are happy to have Alexander Greb as guest in this Education NewsCast episode. We talk about the skills that SAP experts really need these days, what has changed over the last years and what does it need to become an S/4HANA expert in particular. Beside sharing some best practise, Alex talks as well about his own learning experiences and gives some reading and learning tips.For th...2020-08-3158 min

Education NewsCastEducation Newscast 102 - What skills are important these days for SAP Experts with Alex GrebThe job title "Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA Strategy" might give some hints on what our guest is doing at SAP. But there's much more to talk about. Thomas and Christoph are happy to have Alexander Greb as guest in this Education NewsCast episode. We talk about the skills that SAP experts really need these days, what has changed over the last years and what does it need to become an S/4HANA expert in particular. Beside sharing some best practise, Alex talks as well about his own learning experiences and gives some reading and learning tips. For those...2020-08-3158 min

Education NewsCast - English EditionEducation Newscast 102 - What skills are important these days for SAP Experts with Alex Greb The job title “Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA Strategy” might give some hints on what our guest is doing at SAP. But there’s much more to talk about. Thomas and Christoph are happy to have Alexander Greb as guest in this Education NewsCast episode. We talk about the skills that SAP experts really need these days, what has changed over the last years and what does it need to become an S/4HANA expert in particular. Beside sharing some best practise, Alex talks as well about his own learning experiences and gives some reading and learning tips.For th...2020-08-3158 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 41: Capability based S/4HANA argumentation and other QAsShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn. The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 41: Capability based S/4HANA argumentation and other QAs first appeared on SAP Experts.2020-08-1051 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 40: Do you trust your data?When you attend customer meetings about digitalization you spend a lot of time talking about architecture, transition scenarios, IoT, etc. which is fine, as long as you do not neglect talking about the blood that flows through the veins of each enterprise and without it you would neither be able to book one order, nor have any clue what actually is going on in your company. which is: data. I talk to Wolfgang Epting, Chief Expert in SAPs Center of Excellence for Platform & Technologies about how to boost the outcome of your digitalization efforts by building up a dedicated data...2020-07-211h 03

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 39: A new era for the Intelligent EnterpriseListen to SAP's new expanded vision for the Intelligent Enterprise and why it's more relevant than ever in a fast-changing world. If there is a concept that makes you gain crisis resilience and win in the recovery it is the “Intelligent Enterprise”, a strategy embracing modern technologies that enable you to use your data to get real-time insights about your operations, market environment and customers. COVID-19 has given this topic a big boost in importance as more and more enterprises now have realized what digitalization is all about so I am excited to feature for this episode Mr. Timo Elliott, Vice...2020-07-0659 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 38: Brownfield, Greenfield & Co.: All about Transition Methods to S/4HANAThere are topics that can not and should not be pressed into 30 to 45 minutes episodes durations. Ok maybe some are doing that, but these topics then are not covered further than superficial, and we are a non-nonsense show here. That’s why we present you here an episode, that is with 90 minutes a bit on the long side but worth every single minute. We approach a topic that contains the probably most important decision you can take when approaching S/4HANA. It is of utter importance because it determines basically what you get, what you work with for the next de...2020-06-221h 31

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 37: How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery – Process ExcellenceToday we continue on the track of our “How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery” series with a topic that is essential to excel in these: Process Excellence. I was lucky to welcome Hala Zeine, Chief Product Officer of Celonis, the leading provider of Process Mining Applications. We talk about the different aspects of resilience what capabilities enterprises and individuals need to master crisis, recovery and the so-called new normal and how to achieve them. Before Celonis, Hala had a long and very successful track record as SVP and President of various LoBs at SAP and she is v...2020-06-0845 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 36: All about Podcasting Part 2Show Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-spears-57895388/ – Follow Steven on LinkedIn.The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 36: All about Podcasting Part 2 first appeared on SAP Experts.2020-06-021h 05

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 35: All about Podcasting Part 1This and next week we want to give you and me a bit of a break from Corona. We will continue the Resilience and Recovery series here shortly with great episodes featuring SAP Customer Experience President Bob Stutz, Celonis Chief Product Officer Hala Zeine and others. But for this and next week we want to break out of the COVID monoculture a bit to talk about a different topic. I was approached within the last tho months almost daily and asked for guidance “How to make a podcast” and these mails keep on coming. It is quite obvious, that this medi...2020-05-251h 03

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 34: How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery – Deep Dive FinanceShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-straub-b6812113/ – Follow Christian on LinkedIn. The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 34: How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery – Deep Dive Finance first appeared on SAP Experts.2020-05-1817 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 33: How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery – Deep Dive SCMWhen demand volatility for goods and services met constrained capacity in manufacturing and logistics, something thing happened a lot of people know only of because of stories their grandparents told them. Uncertain supply of critical materials and goods. I had the insightful pleasure to have Mr. Martin Barkman Senior Vice President and Global Head of Solution Management, Digital Supply Chain, SAP as guest for the DEEP DIVE covering Supply Chain Management in our series "How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery" in which we not only talk about the Impact of COVID 19 Disruption on Supply Chains but...2020-05-1130 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 32: How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery – Deep Dive HRShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-florian-dreifus/ – Follow Florian on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-of-work-pop-up-lab/ – Future of Work Popup Lab https://www.hr-punks.com/pop-up-lab/The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 32: How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery – Deep Dive HR first appeared on SAP Experts.2020-05-0435 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 31: Series - How to build crisis resilience and win in the recovery – OverviewGuest: Victor Hoeck – Customer Advisor, SAP Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP [Long description] This episode marks the start of a highly interesting and relevant series of episode on this channel called “How to build resilience and win in the recovery”. In this series, we present you several episodes of condensed Best Practices and strategic Know How. Information that helps you and your enterprise to make the right decisions now concerning your actual firefighting activities and your strategic priorities and setup for the upcoming months. For this we will have a dedicated episode for each relevant line of busin...2020-04-2850 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 30: COVID-19 and beyond - CIO challenges and strategies 2020COVID-19 took the world by complete surprise and turned it upside down. Most businesses are now in a tough struggle protecting employees, understanding the risks to their business, and managing the supply chain disruptions caused by the efforts to contain the spread of virus. While the full impact of this epidemic is hard to grasp, I am happy that our SAP CIO Florian Roth, whose main task now is not only to keep the lights on but navigate our foundation through these rough waters, took the time to talk with me about the current situation, why digitalization helps us not...2020-04-2033 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 29: Pulse Check – How SAP Customers act in times of COVID19With the global economy dumping down the same rate that corona infections rise, it is not very easy to get a clear picture of the situation, neither for us individuals, nor for enterprises who are struggling to cope with the challenges and build resilience. When taking a look into media, you will find many opinions about the situation ranging from we are all doomed to “we are getting out of this with a black eye”. It is a good idea to take a look into the reality of SAP customers how they are doing at this moment right now. And sinc...2020-04-1542 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 28: Value creation and crisis response for Private EquityThe coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is causing widespread concern and economic hardship for consumers, businesses and communities across the globe. PE enterprises are facing a situation in which they have multiple underlying companies with hundreds or thousands of employees looking for guidance and direction during this crisis. I sat together (virtually) with Sean Epstein, Senior Vice President Private Equity, SAP to discuss the actual situation for Private Equity firms, crisis response strategies and how SAP can help these companies to tackle the challenges provided like potential global recession, severe liquidity impact, supply chain disruptions and effects on workforce and customers. Because...2020-04-0655 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 27: The Do’s and Dont’s when approaching S/4HANAFive years after the initial release of S/4HANA it is interesting to see that still some are unsure about the Dos and Don’ts when approaching S/4HANA and this is not only about adopters, but I talk about partners, and ourselves at SAP and I am straight looking at Sales, Presales and Value Engineers. That’s why I sat together with Mr. William “Bill” Bowers, Global Vice President of the Solution Management S/4HANA at SAP to discuss not only the Top3 common mistakes made while approaching S/4HANA, but also the Best Practices for a pragmatic approach, that hel...2020-03-2941 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 26: Authentic LeadershipNot only in a working relations, Leadership is a topic which affects anybody be if you are in the position to lead others, or others lead you. Even though we are talking mostly about enterprise applications in this podcast … and this industry, it is undisputed that the way key functions do their job probably affects enterprise success even more than bits and bytes. Leadership might be a hot discussed topic, leadership gurus like Simon Sinek might be omnipresent and whenever you see some shared wisdoms from them you can be sure it got at least one hundred likes on social me...2020-03-2647 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 25: The Top5 Best Practices of Best in Class S/4HANA AdoptersHaving the right mindset and principles at the beginning of a digital transformation initiative is vital to its success. Five years after the first release it has become obvious, that there are certain patterns of common principles that will determine the ease, speed and success of your Digital Core initiative. Or in other words: There are Best Practices that all those who implement SAP S/4HANA fast and with great success have in common: They Prioritize Core over Edge They separate Differentiating and Commodity Processes They Concentrate on Tangible Innovation They Focus on Capabilities like Insight to Action They have...2020-03-1643 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 24: Entrepreneurship and the Future of User InteractionIn case you are working in a tech corporate environment and you have not founded the company you are working in, chances are that you have an almost romantic view about the life and work of entrepreneurs. I met with one of those at the office of his company in Munich who pass on safe and frequent salary checks for the sake of freedom and being able to do their own thing. It is Stephan Odoerfer, who is founder and managing director of 4tiitoo a tech company that is leading in enabling computer operation via eye control and also a...2020-03-0953 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 23: The Future of Digital Supply Chain ManagementAround Christmas I sat together with Hans Thalbauer the SAP Senior Vice President responsible for Digital Supply Chain Management and Internet of Things and we had a conversation about what can we can expect logistically out of 2020 and what requirements possible events in 2020 could have on setup, performance and flexibility. We talked about how political events, natural disasters and pandemies are affecting the global supply chains and the business of enterprises. And what is happening now: Dow Jones crashed last Thursday down 1.200 points, as much as never before as the Corona Virus Outbreak interrupts business, global sourcing, selling and travel...2020-03-0237 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 22: Are You Experienced?Today’s guest is promising fun for several reasons: “Radio Personality become Customer Experience Expert" Steven Spears, who is Global Program Manager for SAP CX and also uses his skill from his former being as a radio star to create and host the "Future of Customer Engagement & Experience Podcast”. So what we did was to do something new. You can surely find a lot of interesting podcast resources covering the topic of experience management in a very competent way. But Steve and I dialed up once late evening, opened a beer and talked about the sometimes very abstract topic of Experi...2020-02-241h 13

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 21: Digitalize your Supply Chain!Today we are talking about Logistics and Manufacturing also known in a wider sense as Supply Chain Management. For this it is great to have somebody here who knows his discipline from actually having had laid his hands on from a practical point because he started his professional life constructing huge diesel engines. Today he is the Solution Hub lead for Digital Supply Chain at SAP and a prominent face in meeting rooms and big stages of Supply Chain conferences alike. Since he is also an aspiring pilot we will make a 360 degree fly-over about the core disciplines like planning...2020-02-1044 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 20: Give Data Purpose!Ten years ago, the highest valued companies had names like ExxonMobil, PetroChina, Petrobras and Royal Dutch Shell, 2020, things look bit different with names taking a prominent spot on the list that nobody thought about in 2010: Alphabet/Google, Facebook, Tencent, Amazon and Alibaba. Companies that don’t see their economic purpose in digging for oil. They are digging for data, which is the oil of the 21st century. I am pleased to welcome Dirk Häussermann, who is Senior Vice President and Head of Platform and Technologies at SAP. We had a very interesting conversation about opportunities, strategies and implications in the...2020-01-2731 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 19: The Rise of SAP Analytics Cloud and Data Warehouse CloudShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivo-bauermann-b24919/ – Follow Ivo on LinkedIn.The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 19: The Rise of SAP Analytics Cloud and Data Warehouse Cloud first appeared on SAP Experts.2020-01-2044 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 18: We gonna need a bigger boat“… Be open, bring new and creative ideas and help us build the next version of SAP. Bring a new mindset and don’t comply … I would hope that everyone of us still has this young kid inside that says: Brake the rules!” Interesting records about “making the difference”, awesome messages and great storytelling at the SAP Experts Podcast Episode #18 by this week’s guest Ivo Bauermann, Senior Vice President and Head of Product Strategy - Database & Analytics, about what type of people and personalities are needed to be successful in the tech industry in the 21st century. Part one of a two-part conve...2020-01-1352 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast 17: The year of Artificial Intelligence2020 is going to be a very exciting year as many digitalization initiatives across all industries are full steam ahead. Early January is generally the time of the year when often questions are asked if there will be something like a determining topic for the next 12 months that will produce a lot of new capabilities and will have a big effect how enterprises do their business. If you ask Sven Denecken, who is kicking of this year at the SAP Experts Podcast and is Senior Vice President and Head of Product Success & Co-Innovation S/4HANA he has a very clear opinion...2020-01-0737 min

Alrededor de Medianoche - Jazz & BluesDICIEMBRE 19 1. Gaby Moreno - Cucurrucucu Paloma - Cucurrucucu Paloma 2. Martirio & Chano Domínguez ‎– A Bola De Nieve - Se Equivocó La Paloma 3. Anoushka Shankar - Bright Eyes & In This Mouth - In This Mouth 4. Anat Fort - A Long Story - Morning- Good 5. Paul Motian Band - Garden of Eden - Pithecanthropus Erectus 6. Pablo Held - Ascent - Ascent 7. Joey Alexander - Warna - Downtime 8. Tubis Trio - So Us - Binary Parade 9. Benny Greb - Grebchestra (Benny Greb's Moving Parts plays Grebfruit 2) 10. Pat Metheny Group - Travels - Are You Going With Me? ---------------------------------------------------------------- CORTINAS 1. Scott Henderson - Tore Down House...2019-12-201h 55

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast 16: SAP S/4HANA, Cloud and ProjectsBefore we go into Christmas break, we have not one guest but two guests for you. First, we welcome back for her second visit Ms. Saskia Fontanive of innovabee, who became prominent because of her successful high-speed S/4HANA Cloud implementations. And second, it’s great to have Mr. Jan Gilg who was responsible for the other extreme: The internal S/4HANA implementation at SAP. Additionally, Jan is now as Senior Vice President directly responsible for any S/4HANA related development, and reports directly to the board, so we will get very interesting insights about our Cloud and future S/4HA...2019-12-1647 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast 15: The World of AnalyticsLately there was some interesting story in tech news. For the third year in a row, the board of a Californian giant in the world of enterprise applications rejected a shareholder proposal for the company to release data about how much women are paid at the company relative to men. While many tech companies incl. SAP have provided disclosures around gender pay equity issues and committed to closing pay gaps, this one tech company has continued to refuse to do so because, as they stated, it would be “costly and time consuming!”. That is quite astonishing because, if this company miss...2019-12-0951 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast 14: Neuroscience, Technology and InnovationToday’s episode is all about the tool you hopefully use most in your life. Your brain. My guest in this episode is Mark Raben, the CTO MEE at SAP who is heavily involved in Neuroscience to research how unartificial intelligence influences the way innovation is adopted and Mark and me will discuss how this Connection between a brain and innovation works and what is the recipe for excellence. We will tell you who will be the winner in an experience economy, how your job can get you busted at the airport security check and also interesting cases how rainforest ca...2019-12-0252 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 13: A day in the life of a CFOSAP Experts Podcast #13 - A day in the life of a CFO Guest: Dr. Carl-Christian von Weyhe Host: Alexander Greb Today I am humbled to welcome a man who is a master of his craft: Dr. Carl Christian von Weyhe who is Chief Financial Officer of SAP in Middle and Eastern Europe and a sought-after lecturer and speaker in matters of financial and strategic management. We talked about the rapidly changing role of a CFO and Corporate Finance Management, Finance Transformation from the view of a CFO and the role of Technology. Since normally tech podcasts consists of Tech people...2019-11-2537 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 12: Tangible InnovationBasically, turning people’s heads by talking about innovation is easy. Invent some fancy title for yourself which should ideally contain the words “Innovation”, “Digitalisation” or in the best case “Alchemist” and, very important, dress up like a hipster. That adds credibility. Then you look up youtube for the latest TED Talks and you will be able to reel off the fancy inventions and cloud castle and hope the whole linkedin community will cheer for you. Well, unfortunately at times it happens to be like that and that’s not good because it takes the substance out of the topic since you forget...2019-11-1148 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 11: The X (Data) FilesIf you have not yet gotten the message that SAP has now something with an X, or Experience Data, you probably live behind the moon. So it is quite obvious that the experience topic has a big strategic relevance for SAP, and that’s not because we want it to be like that, but because winning in the 21st century means adapting to an experience economy where customer centric processes and the emotional connection of your customer to your products should not only be of utter importance for you, it should guide your strategic decisions. But this topic is not on...2019-11-0440 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 10: Build your case for S/4HANAIf you remember Episode 8 of our podcast series featuring the right approach to S/4HANA, Uwe Grigoleit told about the Viessmann case. Viessmann, an international manufacturer heating, industrial and refrigeration systems, had a quite clear case to move to S/4HANA. Inventory savings in two-digit millions as a result of an ERP transformation to S/4HANA made the path for a fast decision to do the Move. But of course, not in all cases, it is easy as that. Imagine a typical approach to S/4HANA. While pitches mostly cover the general benefits, which is ok for a first approach...2019-10-2140 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 9: Corporate Finance Digitalized!Today we are talking Finance! Being a logistics guy, I want to know anything about Corporate Finance, its changing role, challenges, and strategic aspects. Especially financial transformation and which role digital technologies play in all of that. And to do exactely that I have one of the best people as guest for these questions: Christian Straub, Head of Customer Solution Advisory Finance in Middle & Eastern Europe. He is a trusted advisor and frequent guest in the CFO offices throughout Europe in which he is structuring complex transformation initiatives. I am running with him the Expert Sessions each year at the...2019-10-1438 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 7: The right approach to S/4HANAFor this episode, I deliberately chose the same title as my linkedin-blog. Because if you are working in sales, presales, services or consulting no matter if here at SAP, one of our great partners or you are a customer, this episode is a must for you in which meet Uwe Grigoleit. As Senior Vice President he has the global responsibility for the Go-to-Market of S/4HANA, and Uwe has quite some messages for all of us. We talk about S/4HANA, strategy, readiness, value, the role of cloud, what are the best practices concerning that – simply: S/4HANA and how it...2019-10-0754 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 6: All about Digital TransformationIn highly disruptive times, Digitalization is the area where the main decisive actions concerning your business model, processes and infrastructure are taken. It is the main business battlefield of the 21st century in which your actions and decisions result in either being the disruptor of your industry or being out-disrupted into marginalization. But what does this mean for SAP, its partners and its customers? For this episode I have met with one of SAP’s key players in the area of product strategy to discuss the state and future of digitalization. I am humbled to welcome Mr. Sven Denecken who is...2019-09-2743 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 5: S/4HANA in 16 weeks!During his keynote on Tuesday, SAP Germany CEO Daniel Holz will present the winners of this year‘s SAP Quality Award. One of the winners will be an S/4HANA customer project that shows how fast and smooth you can make the move to SAPs next generation ERP system. DEE I a fast-growing German manufacturer of clothing wanted to go to S/4HANa Cloud and with the help of SAP Partner innovabee they did just that. In 16 weeks. Yeah, not months, weeks! So let this be your new benchmark for your S/4HANA Initiative and Lets meet now the project ma...2019-09-1341 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 4: Innovation is inevitableIn Episode 4, I have the pleasure to meet Glenn Gonzalez who is Chief Technical Officer of SAP Germany and the „Central Point of Contact“ and „Trusted Advisor“ for topics like „Digital Transformation“ and “Innovation” for our customers. When you have watched one of his inspiring key notes like those at SAP NOW in Berlin you know, many claim to be Innovation Leads, he is it and as such the perfect conversation partner for innovation topics. Whenever you have the possibility to see him talk, you will find out that he has a rare superpower: He draws people to him and they listen to h...2019-09-1046 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 3: SAP S/4HANA MOVE – Axel VetterShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/axel-vetter-16a26b1a/ – Follow Axel on LinkedIn.The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 3: SAP S/4HANA MOVE – Axel Vetter first appeared on SAP Experts.2019-08-2245 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 2: Q&A Session on SAP S/4HANA with Stefan BatzdorfShow Notes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-greb-b3a836155/ – Follow Alex on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-batzdorf-6b4348ba/ – Follow Stefan on LinkedIn.The post SAP Experts Podcast Episode 2: Q&A Session on SAP S/4HANA with Stefan Batzdorf first appeared on SAP Experts.2019-08-221h 00

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Episode 1: Top 5 Reasons to go on SAP S/4HANAStefan Batzdorf is Senior Practice Engagement Manager at Infosys Europe and former Head of S/4HANA Program at SAP. With that and his shining personality he is not only able to discuss any subject with you at any level, he is the ideal guest for our first episode in which we will discuss the TOP 5 Reasons to go on SAP S/4HANA which are (in our opinion): #5: Future proven and cloud-ready architecture #4: Intelligent instead of transactional ERP #3: Best way for a complete IT-landscape modernization #2: Provides for the first time one wholistic integrated finance solution #1: Absolute Insight to Action Do you...2019-08-2138 min

SAP ExpertsSAP Experts Podcast Trailer“Getting the message, how things are done right, to a wide audience, through a new channel, by the right people.” Strategic SAP S/4HANA advisor, Speaker and Thought Leader Alexander Greb has sat down with heavyweights from inside and outside the SAP ecosystem like product management SVPs, CTOs, Customer CIOs, and LoB Evangelists to bring you interviews, insights and discussions about all relevant Best Practices, topics and trends from the SAP universe that are relevant like Digitalization, Intelligent Enterprise, S/4HANA, Cloud, Xperience Data, etc. as well as industry strategies and implementation Dos and Don’ts . This podcast is for all SA...2019-08-2001 min