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Goodbye digital transformation, hello AI-first business transformation

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Instead of seeing digital as a new paradigm for our business, we over-indexed on digitizing legacy models and processes and modernizing our existing organization. As a result, most businesses remain saddled with complexity, department silos, and old ways of doing things. The reality for most businesses was much less revolutionary.

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Research: Businesses optimistic as they deploy generative AI

CIO

Long-term game Business leaders are turning their focus from experimenting with GenAI to exploring long-term use cases that transform business performance and workplace culture for the better. The report shows GenAI is on track to augment human labour in a range of areas, with implications for business models in every industry.

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The great divide: Separating operations and innovation

CIO

Of the many possible answers, some of our clients elect to carry the transformation further by separating their employees into two groups: those responsible for operations and those responsible for innovation. You might know it by one of its aliases: sustain , keep-the-lights-on , run-the-business , or support. Trade-offs.

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Congratulations to the 10th anniversary SAP Innovation Awards 2023 winners!

CIO

In April 1972, entrepreneurs Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner, Claus Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hector started an amazing innovation journey, which culminated in SAP’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2022. Together with our customers and partners, we are happy to celebrate the 10 th Anniversary of the SAP Innovation Awards.

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The business value of social sustainability

CIO

Social sustainability is good for business. It can help to unlock new markets, attract and retain customers, build trust and credibility, and spark innovation. The United Nations defines social sustainability as, “Identifying and managing business impacts, both positive and negative, on people.” Innovation

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How Cairn Oil & Gas taps its network of 2,000 startups to fuel innovation

CIO

Cairn Oil & Gas is on a mission to transform its value chain. Whenever the company encounters a business problem or needs a new technology, Gupta says Cairn will distribute a one-page challenge to startups in their network that invites them to address it. They are the champions and the masters in the technology.

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What Whirlpool’s CIO does to make its digital business models run end to end

CIO

All of these things have been transformational for our business.” And our fourth strategic priority is about reinventing the value chain with greater visibility. That’s another way in which our IT organization was able to work side by side with our business partners to advance this one. The two are extremely important.

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