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Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices are becoming an increasingly hot topic in the business world, and businesses are under pressure from stakeholders to demonstrate their ESG practices. Technology plays a big part in this. This podcast has Rushenka Perera talking to Frances Atkins from Givvable about the role of technology in helping with sustainability initiatives to drive revenue growth.

In this podcast we chat with Irfan Khan, Chief Product Officer & President of SAP HANA Database & Analytics and Rob Spinks, Head of Business Technology Platform SAP ANZ about the recent SAP Datasphere Launch, the value of business data, the idea of Data Fabric vs Business Data Fabric and how new partnerships have enhanced the power of business data.

In this episode, Rushenka Perera speaks with

Dr. Kim Oosthuizen (Innovation Principle: Ecosystem Platform Office, SAP)

Andrew Birmingham (Editor, Mi3 Australia)

Prof. Amin Beheshti (Professor and Director of the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence, Macquarie University)

to discuss the:

● The hype around ChatGPT

● Common use cases of Generative AI

● Future of Work with Generative AI

In this episode, Rushenka speaks with Timo Elliott, Vice President, Global Innovation Specialist, SAP to discuss why businesses should be innovating to combat global disruptions as well as some examples of how businesses are benefiting from their innovation projects.  

Highlights in this episode: 

00:00 - Introduction to Timo Elliott 

02:00 - Observations of businesses trying to navigate through constant disruptions. 

06:30 - What businesses should be doing to try and innovate. 

13:00 - An example of great business innovation. 

14:40 - What will be the technologies of the future for innovation?  

Learn more about how you can start your innovation project with SAP https://sap.to/60593ENkz

In this episode Rushenka speaks with Scott Bingley, Senior Lecturer of Information Systems and Director of the SAP ACC (APJ), Victoria University and Lis Miller, Training & Adoption Lead, SAP ANZ on why digital skills are important to develop for both businesses and individuals, and how the SAP Academy in partnership with Victoria University is delivering educational programs to upskill local talent in latest digital skill development.

Highlights in this episode:

2:00 - The key digital skills that will in demand in the future.
7:30 - The top three digital skills that employees need to succeed in their roles.
8:50 - Benefits that businesses gain from upskilling their employees.
12:20 - Why Victoria University decided to partner with SAP.

In this episode, Rushenka speaks with #AI experts Dr. Kim Oosthuizen, Innovation Principle: Ecosystem Platform Office, SAP and Pete Chapman, Enterprise Architect, EY to get an understanding of how businesses can best leverage AI technologies to grow and run their operations.

Highlights in this episode:

2:10 - What is AI and its key components?
7:40 - How business can benefit from AI.
11:00 - Taking a balanced approach to implementing AI into your business.
14:30 - Will businesses need AI to stay competitive in the future?
17:50 - What is the future of AI?
23:50 - How SAP and EY are supporting businesses with implementing AI