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My Cartoons Were Featured at SAP Sapphire, Here’s How I Made them.
A few weeks ago, the content team for Sapphire Orlando and Barcelona reached out and asked me to help create a cartoon for SAP CEO Christian...
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My First AI-Powered Meal?
First, an admission: I am a terrible cook. It stresses me out more than just about any other activity, so I don’t do it very often. The...
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Apple Accelerates Innovation with SAP
Apple uses SAP at the core of their business and accelerates innovation with SAP Business Technology Platform. As part of the opening...
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Generative AI for procurement lets you eliminate the mundane, elevate the strategic, and get ready for the future
I recently got the chance to do an AI overview session for a group of procurement specialists, so here are some thoughts on some of the topics we...
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Elon tweets out my cartoon :-)
Elon Musk tweeted out my statistics cartoon yesterday. 37 Million views and counting—this is presumably the closest I will ever get to fame!...
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How do you Market to a fridge? With an Algorithm Whisperer…
This has been on my mind recently. Marketers are being tempted to use the latest generative AI tools to create a tsunami of spam...
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How Real is Spatial Computing For The Enterprise?
I got a chance to try out the Apple Vision Pro at the SAP Paris office yesterday (a real honor, since it’s not going to be commercially...
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Want to Optimize AI? Put People First…
Just a quick reminder that a hostile culture can kill any technology project — and often does! Researchers say that AI projects tend to be...
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Garbage In, Gold Out!
We’ve all heard the expression “garbage in, garbage out” when it comes to data systems. But Generative AI brings a big caveat, and a big new...
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What people get wrong about the new AI
At dinner the other day, my daughter was explaining a complex probability question in a recent mathematics test. My wife asked if she had the...
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Gemini: WYSINWYG?
Google has unveiled the latest Gemini AI model . But it apparently runs on new WYSINWYG technology (What You See Is Not What You Get)…...
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UKISUG Connect Keynote: Innovation in the Cloud
It was one of my favorite events of the year last week — the annual conference for the members of the UK and Ireland SAP user’s...
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Survivorship Bias Cartoon
“I never learned about survivorship bias and I turned out okay!”. This is a concept that is incredibly relevant to...
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Correlation vs Causation Cartoon
Did you know that every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying?!
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Generative AI & Dirty Data
Data is like children, it’s constantly on the move, and loves to get dirty — but holds out the promise of huge new value in the...
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Four Topics That Should Be Top of Mind for SAP Partners
I recently recorded a stream-of-consciousness video interview on the top topics that SAP Partners (and customers!) should be taking account of in...
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Understand SAP BTP and the Benefits It Offers, SAP Sapphire Barcelona
SAP Sapphire Barcelona was a few weeks ago, and you can review the highlights from the event on the virtual site . I had the honor of giving a...
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New Technologies To Look Out For at SAP Sapphire Barcelona 2023
Heading off to SAP Sapphire in Barcelona this week? Here are some technologies you may want to take a look at, based on the SAP Sapphire Orlando...
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2023 SAP Innovation Award Winners: Swiss Federal Railways, Mastering a Data-Driven Culture with SAP BTP
Mastering Data Hygiene Reliable data is at the core of all digital transformation. Here’s a great example of how technology can help make...
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Why AI Is Like Drawing An Owl
There’s a meme on the internet about drawing an owl. Here’s a PG-rated version: In case you’re unfamiliar with it,...
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My Thoughts on Day Two Keynote of SAP Sapphire Orlando 2023
This is my personal summary of the Day 2 Customer Success Keynote at the 2023 SAP Sapphire Customer Conference in Orlando, Florida. A replay is...
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What I Found Interesting About The SAP Sapphire Orlando Keynote Day 1
Disclaimer: these are my own thoughts, not those of my employer. I’ve noted the things that I took away as new, interesting, or different. BUT...
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Empowering Sales to Provide the Best Customer Experience: Frucor Suntory’s SAP Innovation Journey
Frucor Suntory , a leading Australasian drinks company, has embarked on an innovative journey to enhance its sales processes and customer...
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The Astroturf Era And The End of Documents?
Large-language models are going to fundamentally change how we create and consume documents in an era where everybody will be getting information...
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Better Together Customer Conversation with Watco, financial systems overhaul with SAP BTP
In the latest episode of SAP Better Together: Customer Conversations, Sylvie Otton Sollod hosted a discussion of a project to overhaul the...