In the early 90s SAP was dominating the Enterprise Software Market with their R/2 product on the IBM/Siemens mainframes. IBM was coming out with the AS/400 computer for the mid market and so SAP was developing their next solution R/3 for it. Hasso Plattner once told the story that 9 weeks before they wanted to show the new product at …
SAP Successfactors a Better Fit for LinkedIn
You probably have read the news today about Microsoft buying LinkedIn. I think SAP Successfactors would have been a better fit. In 2009 I was part of a team that negotiated and created a link between the SAP Community Network (SCN) and LinkedIn. That was before LinkedIn’s IPO and SAP Ventures had also invested in them. We called it Community Bio. You were …
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Hopfully I never have to buy a Tesla
Growing up in Germany especially as a boy, you obsess over cars. You read Auto Motor @ Sport, the flagship car review magazine from cover to cover. You dream about being a test driver for that magazine. When my old man got a new car I would sit in it for hours and just take it in, push all these …
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5 Keys to Making Your E-Tribe Tribal
When you develop your Enterprise Tribe [E-Tribe] one of your first tasks is to make your E-Tribe members stand out: online as well as at in person events. These five keys help catalyze the tribe to know itself as a tribe and for everyone else to notice them as well. Start out with a simple page that lists all of …
Proud Adviser to Collaboration Startup Conteneo
Really happy to share that Conteneo has added me to their Advisory Board! Conteneo is a Silicon Valley Startup offering multidimensional collaboration solutions for the public and private sector. What excites me about Conteneo’s solutions is how they are using play elements in their collaboration products to help you deeply engage everyone in an organization. Actually, you can easily engage your whole ecosystem. Transforming Transamerica …
Jamie Foxx’ Grandmother to the Priest: “You Stop That!”
The confident grandmother of the actor and musician Jamie Foxx’s stood up in a Texan small town church when the priest started to preach about homosexuality: “God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.” She stood up and said: “You stop that!” The whole church went silent, and she said: “Let me tell you something. I had this nursery school …
What Would You Improve If Your Basic Needs Were Met?
Tire Marks after St. Rafael Italian Street Art Festival 2015 — Pic by me :-) Basic Income from Wikipedia: An basic income is a form of social security system in which all citizens of a country regularly receive an unconditional sum of money from the government to cover their basic needs: food, shelter and health insurance for them and their loved ones. It …
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Difference as Resource [Chance] Enspiral Principle
By changing your viewpoint to see differences as resources, you totally change group dynamics for the better. Yesterday evening nudged by my lovely wife, Jean Russell, I went to the: Enspiral Immersive Workshop :: Making Groups Work + Organising without Bosses [Link is to the event happening tomorrow Wednesday 23rd at the Impact Hub in Oakland. Do yourself a favor and go.] …