HR Crystal Ball: Think Forward or You’ll Get Left Behind
For years Human Resources was only expected to deliver basic administrative tasks to the business. Set up interviews, get the correct paperwork to selected candidates, pay people correctly, and when...
View ArticleFrom Performance Management to Feedback Culture
It doesn’t take an academic study to know, to feel that these concepts are obsolete when we like to advance team collaboration. In today’s fast changing environment, collaboration is the key, because...
View ArticleIt Takes a World: Bringing New Educational Opportunities to Rwandan Youth
There is nothing more rewarding than witnessing the awe of children when they open up a computer for the first time. What a thrill to see their eyes light up as they eagerly learn skills which could...
View ArticleHow Skullcandy Grew Up With SAP Business ByDesign
Skullcandy is a cutting-edge brand offering headphones, earbuds and Bluetooth speakers for sports and gaming. Like many growing small and midsize businesses (SMBs), Skullcandy came from humble...
View ArticleVIDEO: Driving Foot Traffic into Your Store with Digital Tech
Foot traffic is the lifeblood of brick-and-mortar retail stores — especially when shoppers stick around and buy stuff. And some companies are getting really good at keeping customers in their...
View ArticleThe 18 Traits of Good Liars
Dutch psychologist Aldert Vrij can tell if you’re lying. Vrij has published more than 500 articles on using verbal and non-verbal cues for lie detection. His book Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls...
View ArticleWorkplace Diversity and Inclusion: Where to from here?
Women comprise almost 50 percent of the global workforce, and many organizations agree diversity and inclusion are economic and business imperatives. So why does achieving equality in the workplace...
View ArticleThere is No Question If Digitalization will Disrupt Healthcare. The Question...
“We do healthcare like in the middle ages”, I heard at the first SAP Personalized Medicine Forum that took place on July 6-7, 2016 in Bonn, Germany. This statement may sound extreme. But it is much...
View ArticleWipro Changes with the Times – Everything But its Name
It’s hard to imagine Bangalore-based Wipro Limited as anything other than a high-tech IT organization. Just listen to how Wipro insiders describe their company. “Wipro is a professional services...
View ArticleInnovation Matters in Procure-to-Pay
Beyond Bells and Whistles When it comes to software, vendors need to balance providing a compelling vision against delivering sophisticated features and ease of use. All are key factors as buying...
View Article3 things I learned about Data at MIT
Is all data created equal? Who owns the data? Who gets to decide what it’s value is? Who is in charge here?! Last week I found myself in the most unlikely place. I was back in the classroom, notebook...
View ArticleIndia Takes Next Digital Leap
“GST”: Three letters that spell dramatic change for India and for every company part of a supply chain in the world’s seventh largest economy. They say that nothing is sure in life except death and...
View ArticleHow Galigeo helps SAP China satisfy the analytics thirst of Chinese companies
Hi fellow readers. Even if the economic rise of China has slowed down a bit in the last few years, it remains one of the biggest – if the not the biggest – when it comes to potential businesses. Growth...
View ArticleHow 3 Digital Leaders are Achieving Strategic Change [VIDEO]
When it comes to digital transformation, Darwinism may be completely wrong, customer satisfaction is highest when IT isn’t involved, and the dangers of shadow IT become irrelevant. These are just some...
View ArticleWant to Grow Up Big and Strong? Think Design.
Startups are embracing design thinking and setting themselves up to succeed Perhaps it’s the way we romanticize them, or we are blinded by stories of staggering success, but when people discuss...
View ArticleTop Ten Digitalist Magazine Posts Of The Week [August 1, 2016]
Trust is the foundation of customer relationships. People who don’t trust your business are not likely to become or remain customers. The trust relationship has taken some big hits lately. Beloved...
View ArticleOmni is the New Normal
Beacons are driving retail sales, customer centric technology rules, and smartphone revenues are taking off. Here’s how to master the e-commerce trends of the year. Worldwide online sales are expected...
View ArticleWhy would you NOT want to tap this potential?
There is a clear case: Girls education is about real money – for all involved. And I don’t mean those 63 million girls globally who do not attend school and who should be educated because it’s their...
View ArticleMillennials are Offering Something More Valuable than Money
By entering the workforce during the Great Recession, many Millennials accidentally ended up in the right place at the wrong time. Additionally, a good percentage of them began their careers saddled...
View ArticleIt’s 2016! What Do Sales Associates Really Do?
Achieving quantum leaps through disruption and using data in new contexts, in ways designed for more than just Generation Y — indeed, the digital transformation affects us all. It’s time for a detailed...
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