Education NewsCast - English Edition

Discover how AI is reshaping productivity with Donald Clark, renowned author, speaker and EdTech entrepreneur. In this episode, Donald shares insights from his latest book “AI and Productivity” and discusses how artificial intelligence transforms human capabilities, organizational workflows and personal growth. We look into different perspectives of productivity and productivity paradoxes, the role of experts-in-the-loop, sector-specific impacts, especially in education and healthcare, and ethical questions around AI adoption. Donald also shares why the focus on tasks and workflows is important as well his view on the ROI Discussion. And we hear more from Donald’s plans for Online Educa Berlin from 3rd to 5th of December where he has several sessions. More like always in the EducationNewscast Podcast.

Links

Donald Clark on X: https://x.com/DonaldClark
Donald Clark Plan B (Blog): https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/
AI and Productivity (Book): https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1398623334/ref=sr_1_1
Podcast: Great Minds on Learning: https://greatmindsonlearning.libsyn.com/
Substack Donald Clark: https://substack.com/@donaldclark600881/p-179008075
Substack Newsletter from Prof. Ethan Mollick: https://substack.com/@oneusefulthing
OEB Global (Online Educa Berlin): https://oeb.global/
Digital Don – Chatbot: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-1YRx6fBjQ-digital-don

In this episode we explore the world of SAP Community events and programs with Laura Schmitz who leads the community events strategy and concept and Katherine Kenneally who is managing the SAP Champions program and several community initiatives. You can discover various event types, from global conferences like SAP TechEd to local meet-ups like SAP Stammtisch and learn practical tips for maximizing your participation. We also gain insights into SAP Community programs, like the SAP Mentors and SAP Champions programs including how to get involved or benefit from these programs. The SAP Community is an inspiring space to learn, connect, and grow skills and experience – so we hope we can activate even more people to engage. Checkout also the several links in the show notes to take your next step.

Links

Katherine Kenneally on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinekenneally/
Laura Schmitz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-schmitz7/
SAP Community Home: https://community.sap.com/
SAP Community Leaders Finder: https://community.sap.com/t5/sap-community-leaders-finder/sap-mentors/ba-p/310992
SAP Community Events: https://community.sap.com/t5/events/ct-p/events
Location Groups and Local Events: https://community.sap.com/t5/location-groups/ct-p/location
Become an Event Organizer: https://pages.community.sap.com/resources/event-organizer
SAP Champions program https://community.sap.com/t5/sap-community-leaders-finder/sap-champions/ba-p/13988156
SAP Mentors program: https://community.sap.com/t5/sap-community-leaders-finder/sap-mentors/ba-p/13988201
Meet the SAP Community Leaders: https://community.sap.com/t5/sap-community-leaders-finder/bg-p/influencers-directory
SAP Community Welcome Corner: https://community.sap.com/t5/welcome-corner/gh-p/welcome-corner

In this episode we explore the evolution and impact of the SAP Community with Josh Bentley, Senior Director for Community Advocacy at SAP. Josh shares his journey with SAP as a newcomer to where he is now, helping foster community engagement, and the secret behind the color of his beard (well not the whole secret). After giving an overview on the Community, he highlights successful initiatives like Devtoberfest part of SAP TechEd. Learn how this great global network fosters knowledge exchange, career development, and meaningful connections beyond technical discussions. Josh reveals plans for localized engagement and AI integration, emphasizing that active participation is key to the community’s future growth. This episode offers valuable insights for anyone looking to join or enhance their experience within the SAP ecosystem.

Links

Josh “Bluebeard” Bentley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-bentley/
Josh Bentley on SAP Community: https://community.sap.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/148
SAP Community Home: https://community.sap.com
SAP Community Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SAPCommunity
SAP Developers Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sapdevs

In this episode of Education Newscast, Christoph Haffner interviews Sven Denecken and Jan Musil, authors of the book “SAP Activate: Project Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP S/4HANA.” They discuss the book’s basic concepts, emphasize the importance of project management strategies for SAP implementation projects, and share their experiences in applying the SAP Activate methodology. They highlight the value of structured approaches for effective SAP project management and explain why they chose to publish a physical book in a digital age, noting the potential for deeper engagement with complex topics.

Christoph explores SAP Activate, described as a comprehensive guide for structuring projects and leveraging SAP’s pre-configuration content, including its agile project execution. The book’s structure incorporates comprehensive methodologies, agile project frameworks, and considerations for cloud versus on-premise implementations. They discuss the critical role of change management throughout the S/4HANA project lifecycle, focusing on stakeholder involvement and continuous learning. They provide real-world examples of successfully applying agile methods in implementations. The episode concludes with a discussion on hybrid deployments, AI, and the “Golden Rules” for S/4HANA implementations, and finally, the authors reveal their own narratives on learning and their current explorations.

Links

Jan Musil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/musiljan/
Sven Denecken on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdenecken/
Srivatsan Santhanam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srivatsansanthanam/
Book: “SAP Activate: Project Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP S/4HANA”: https://www.sap-press.com/sap-activate_5966/
SAP Activate Roadmapviewer: https://me.sap.com/roadmapviewer
SAP Activate Community: https://pages.community.sap.com/topics/activate

In this episode, Malwina Karolczyk-Sliwa who is Learning Manager at McKinsey shares her insights about workflow learning and performance support. Malwina shares her definition of workflow learning, discusses use cases like onboarding or to improve consistency and business continuity. Malwina also shares a real life case study about a digital coach for new hires. She offers practical tips for implementation of performance support and provides a glimpse into the future of workflow learning. Malwina presented this topic also at Online Educa Berlin, so we are happy to share it to a wider audience via the EducationNewscast Podcast.

Links

Malwina Karolczyk-Sliwa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malwinakarolczyk-sliwa/
Article on Rapid workflow and task analysis: https://www.learningguild.com/pdf/2/062502dst.pdf
Podcast: Learning in the Workflow – Updates and Tips for Performance Practitioners with Bob Mosher: https://podcast.opensap.info/education-newscast/2022/11/28/enc222-learning-in-the-workflow-updates-and-tips-for-performance-practitioners-with-bob-mosher/
Podcast: Update on Workplace Learning, Human Performance and Productivity with Charles Jennings: https://podcast.opensap.info/education-newscast/2023/07/10/enc254-update-on-workplace-learning-human-performance-and-productivity-with-charles-jennings/
Blog post on the 5MoN website: Methodology Matters: Rethinking Learning Objectives: https://blog.5momentsofneed.com/2022/04/methodology-matters-rethinking-learning.html
Podcast, where Bob Mosher explains it: The Power of a Well-Facilitated RWA!: https://performancematters.podbean.com/e/the-power-of-a-well-facilitated-rwa/
OEB Berlin December 3-5: https://oeb.global/

In this episode, we hear from Payal Arora, Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures, Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University. She delves into the world of inclusive AI cultures and explores the different perspectives from the Global South and Global North shaping AI and tech development. We also look at practical tips for creating more diverse and inclusive tech environments, such as co-design and community engagement. Payal also shares some latest research, her point of view on creating more inclusion in EdTech as well as in the field of learning and development. As always, there’s more to discover in the podcast.

Links

Prof. Payal Aroras website: https://payalarora.com/
Payal Arora on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/payalarora/
Book by Payal: From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech: https://www.amazon.de/Pessimism-Promise-Lessons-Designing-Inclusive/dp/0262049309
Website: Rest of World Magazine: https://restofworld.org/
OEB 2025: https://oeb.global/

This podcast explores SAP education in universities, featuring insights from experienced SAP Expert, senior researcher and business consultant Aggeliki Kostaki. She highlights the SAP University Alliances program’s impact on over 3,000 students at the Athens University of Economics and Business since 2011. Kostaki discusses diverse teaching methods, including workshops, case studies, and hands-on labs, tailored for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The podcast also covers the program’s benefits, such as upskilling opportunities, networking, and access to SAP software, emphasizing its role in preparing students for real-world business environments. We also hear two students reflecting their experience in learning SAP.
Ioannis Dimitrou shares his experience with SAP labs highlighting the practical, real-world learning environment, the balance of guidance and independence.
Malama Stavraki then shares her experience learning SAP S/4HANA during her master’s degree in human resource management, highlighting the practical benefits, offering tips for effective SAP learning in academic and corporate settings.

Links

Aggeliki Kostaki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aggeliki-kostaki-03374931/
Ioannis Dimitriou on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioannisdimitriou1992/
Malama Stavraki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malama-stavraki/
SAP University Alliances:

Martina Willam is Director Product Management at SAP SuccessFactors for talent solutions. She shares her view on why skills and AI are the two hot topics when looking into the HR space these days. We are looking into the questions organizations want to address with skills management like “What competencies and skills do my employees possess? And how can I keep this data up to date?”, what the typical pitfalls are if you want to become a skills-based organization and what can help to overcome them. And she states the importance of the employee perspective. We discuss SAPs approach to skills management from the whole self model to different solutions like the SAP Talent Intelligence Hub, the Attribute Library and the different scenarios like for recruiting, people development or workforce management. Finally Martina gives an overview on how AI can help like for skills library creation or tagging- As always we are happy if you share, comment and rate the podcast.

Links

Martina Willam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martina-willam/
Research & Insights: https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/resources.html#whole-self
SuccessFactors Talent Management on sap.com: https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/talent-management.html?video=20c3124b-4f7e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b
And: Talent Intelligence Hub: Power a Skills-Based Organization with the Talent Intelligence Hub | SAP News Center:

In this episode we have Donald H Taylor, a veteran in the L&D space being busy as conference chair, founder, consultant, investor or researcher. We delve into the insights of his yearly Learning and Development (L&D) Sentinent survey looking at trends and challenges for L&D practitioners. We are reflecting on topics like AI’s rising role which is top of mind, skills and data and the pandemic’s impact in the learning space. Donald gives insights in the variations over the years, differences between regions and where the interest is rising like at cohort-based learning. Then we look into a new research on AI in L&D and real-world examples as well as Donalds recommendations like the approach to “Adopt – Advance – Challenge”. More like always in the shownotes and the EducationNewscast Podcast – please comment, rate and share this episode.

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Donald on LinkedIn:

In this episode of the EducationNewscast Podcast Host Thomas Jenewein is joined by Jean-Patrick (JP) Ascenci, an SAP Signavio Solution Advisor from SAP Canada. JP shares the power of integrating process management and enablement by detailing different use cases. Discover how SAP leverages this integration for business transformation & continuous improvement, end to end sales enablement, new feature releases and scalability. He shows how he uses our own solutions – however the use cases are relevant also for SAP customers and partners. JP shares current innovations like leveraging text-to-speech AI for voiceovers and dives into the outcomes achieved so far. Tune in for insights on driving change and adoption in your organization and check out the free courses and links in the shownotes.

Links

Jean-Patrick Ascenci on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-ascenci/
SAP Signavio Homepage : https://www.signavio.com/
Free course: Running Business Processes with SAP Signavio Solutions:  https://learning.sap.com/learning-journeys/run-business-processes-with-sap-signavio-solutions
Free course: Designing Business Processes with SAP Signavio Solutions:  https://learning.sap.com/learning-journeys/design-business-processes-with-sap-signavio-solutions
Free course: Generative AI at SAP:  https://open.sap.com/courses/genai1

Use case 1:
See how to connect SAP Signavio with SAP Enable Now
Value Acceleration for S/4HANA Transition – 4-min Video

Use case 2:
SAP Concur Transformation powered by SAP Signavio – Demonstration Video (8 min)

Use case 3 :
SAP Signavio – Product Release Demo

Use case 4:
SAP Activate Accelerator – Guided Tour