I recently had the honor of talking to the team behind a Swiss non-profit helping combat hunger in Switzerland, as part of the Customer Conversations: Better Together series, which covers examples …

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12.12.2024

Why AI is The Secret Weapon for Change Management – Innovation Evangelism

Organizations are racing to adopt AI to improve business processes. But the biggest opportunity is probably AI to tackle change management—the top barrier to project success. Here’s why.

Timo Elliott Blog

11.12.2024

From Challenges to Triumph: WaterWipes’ Data Management Revolution with Maextro – Innovation Evangelism

One of the sessions I sat in at UKISUG Connect 2024 covered a real-world example of data management using a solution from Bluestonex Consulting, based on the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP B…

Timo Elliott Blog

10.12.2024

Warburtons’ S/4 HANA Brownfield Implementation Journey – Innovation Evangelism

At UKSUG Connect 2024, Simon Green, Hitesh Patel, and Elizabeth Green covered Warburton’s move to S/4 HANA. The project was especially interesting because of the extremely short downtime invo…

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07.12.2024

AstraZeneca’s Axial Transformation: A Digital Backbone for Innovation – Innovation Evangelism

At UKISUG Connect 2024, AstraZeneca charted their plans for the future, with some help from SAP. Russell Smith, Vice President ERP Transformation and Ade Welsh, Senior Director, Head Of Solution De…

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07.12.2024

Smart Execution 2.0: The Cutting Edge of Innovation – Innovation Evangelism

Introducing the Smart Execution 2.0, the world’s first Internet-Connected Guillotine. Combining centuries-old tradition with state-of-the-art technology, this groundbreaking device brings new meani…

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06.12.2024

Key Lessons and Practical Steps from the SAP Connect 2024 Keynote – Innovation Evangelism

SAP Connect 2024, hosted by UKISUG in Birmingham, was a showcase of innovation and strategy, offering invaluable insights for IT and business leaders using SAP applications.

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05.12.2024

UKISUG Connect 2024: The Path to S/4HANA, Skills Shortages, AI Expectations, and the Power of Community – Innovation Evangelism

At the UK and Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG) Connect 2024 in Birmingham, Craig Dale, UKISUG’s Chief Executive, and Conor Riordan, the group’s new chair, delivered a keynote focused on the transfor…

Timo Elliott Blog

20.11.2024

Your system is “working fine”—Really? – Innovation Evangelism

Here’s the problem with existing IT systems that “work fine”. When you suddenly need to find new ways of working, you can’t!

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15.11.2024

Greenwashing Is About to Be Illegal — Is Your Company Ready? – Innovation Evangelism

What is greenwashing, and why do organizations need to care more now than in the past?

Timo Elliott Blog

09.11.2024

ROI based on “hard numbers” ignores some hard truths – Innovation Evangelism

My strongly-held opinion: technology ROI cases based exclusively on the “hard numbers” are dangerously inadequate works of fiction.

Timo Elliott Blog

18.06.2024

My Cartoons Were Featured at SAP Sapphire, Here’s How I Made them. – Innovation Evangelism

I was asked to create cartoons for Christian Klein’s keynote at SAP Sapphire. Here’s how I made them, leveraging AI art.

Timo Elliott Blog

11.06.2024

Apple Accelerates Innovation with SAP – Innovation Evangelism

At Sapphire 2024 in Orlando, Apple explained that the company uses SAP to run its business, and SAP BTP to accelerate innovation.

Timo Elliott Blog

24.04.2024

Generative AI for procurement lets you eliminate the mundane, elevate the strategic, and get ready for the future – Innovation Evangelism

Procurement is hard! There are so many tradeoffs—the good news is that artificial intelligence can help.

Timo Elliott Blog

10.04.2024

Elon tweets out my cartoon :-) – Innovation Evangelism

Presumably this is the closest I will ever get to internet fame :-)

Timo Elliott Blog

09.04.2024

How do you Market to a fridge? With an Algorithm Whisperer… – Innovation Evangelism

Your future prospect may not be a person at all, but an algorithm that has been delegated the task of researching the best offer. So how are you going to market to it?!

Timo Elliott Blog

16.02.2024

How Real is Spatial Computing For The Enterprise? – Innovation Evangelism

I was skeptical about spatial computing. Having tried it… I’m less so!

Timo Elliott Blog

14.02.2024

Want to Optimize AI? Put People First… – Innovation Evangelism

A hostile culture can kill any technology project—and often does! When it comes to AI, the new jobs should be structured to get the most out of AI, rather than the other way around…

Timo Elliott Blog

15.12.2023

Garbage In, Gold Out! – Innovation Evangelism

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 opportunity.

Timo Elliott Blog

12.12.2023

Gemini: WYSINWYG? – Innovation Evangelism

One of my maxims has always been “if the reality is better than the marketing, you’re doing marketing wrong”—but there are limits, and the apparently-somewhat-faked launch video of the new Gemini U…

Timo Elliott Blog

07.12.2023

UKISUG Connect Keynote: Innovation in the Cloud – Innovation Evangelism

Dueling visions of cloud innovation featured in the opening keynote of UKISUG Connect 2023.

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05.12.2023

Survivorship Bias Cartoon – Innovation Evangelism

“I never learned about survivorship bias and I turned out okay!”

Timo Elliott Blog

22.11.2023

Correlation vs Causation Cartoon – Innovation Evangelism

Did you know that every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying?! 😵

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14.11.2023

Generative AI & Dirty Data – Innovation Evangelism

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 organization.

Timo Elliott Blog

19.05.2023

2023 SAP Innovation Award Winners: Swiss Federal Railways, Mastering a Data-Driven Culture with SAP BTP – Innovation Evangelism

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), one of the world’s leading passenger and freight railway organizations, has made a significant leap in data management and business process integration w…

Timo Elliott Blog

18.05.2023

Why AI Is Like Drawing An Owl – Innovation Evangelism

Giving somebody a pencil doesn’t make them Picasso. Artists study for years to be able to draw realistic images. Successful implementation of business AI requires a lot more than just great a…

Timo Elliott Blog

16.05.2023

What I Found Interesting About The SAP Sapphire Orlando Keynote Day 1 – Innovation Evangelism

The things that I took away as new, interesting, or different from the SAP Sapphire Orlando Day 1 keynote.

Timo Elliott Blog

15.05.2023

Empowering Sales to Provide the Best Customer Experience: Frucor Suntory’s SAP Innovation Journey – Innovation Evangelism

Frucor Suntory’s SAP 2023 Innovation Award entry talks about the company’s innovation journey for sales people using an innovative mobile application based on SAP Business Technology Pl…

Timo Elliott Blog

11.05.2023

The Astroturf Era And The End of Documents? – Innovation Evangelism

Large-language models are going to fundamentally change how we create and consume documents in an era where everybody will be getting information via chatbots.

Timo Elliott Blog

09.05.2023

Tick-tock for Prompt Engineering – Innovation Evangelism

The fifteen minutes of fame of prompt engineering are fast coming to an end…

Timo Elliott Blog

06.03.2023

Powerful Video Summaries, Powered by AI – Innovation Evangelism

I just tried out summarize.tech to sum up a keynote session, and the results are impressive! It provides both an overall summary and section-by-section details, with direct video links to any part …

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21.02.2023

SAP Helps Apple Innovate With SAP Business Technology Platform – Innovation Evangelism

SAP helped Apple slash innovation cycles by 40% says Bob Evans of Cloud Wars

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10.02.2023

The Future of Composable Business – Innovation Evangelism

Composable business means creating an organization made from interchangeable building blocks. How does technology fit in? SAP Evangelist Paul Saunders explains…

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08.02.2023

A New Business Model for a Midsize Business: Fresh Air As A Service – Innovation Evangelism

New cloud platform technologies have unleashed new opportunities for business model innovation. Midsize companies, in particular, can leverage their deep understand of their customer needs to go be…

Timo Elliott Blog

02.02.2023

10 Steps To Creating a Presentation – Innovation Evangelism

Some tips on how I go about finding and using content for presentations as an Innovation Evangelist

Timo Elliott Blog

17.01.2023

Podcast: The Importance of Innovation in a Post-COVID Era – Innovation Evangelism

SAP ANZ Podcast discussing why businesses should be innovating to combat global disruptions, with some examples of how businesses are benefiting from their innovation projects

Timo Elliott Blog

15.12.2022

Putting the Business Back Into Business Innovation – Innovation Evangelism

Everybody wants to innovate faster, to be more agile, to be able to react quickly to changes in today’s uncertain business environments. So how do organizations do that? Well, innovation has to mea…

Timo Elliott Blog

08.12.2022

When it comes to sustainability, we have leverage! – Innovation Evangelism

As an individual, I don’t feel like I can do much to help head off the climate crisis. But I do have one hope: as a representative of a company, I have a chance to do more than I can alone.

Timo Elliott Blog

01.12.2022

Top Opportunities for SAP Partners in 2023 – Innovation Evangelism

This week I was in Dubai for the latest edition of the SAP Partner Innovation Meeting. My role was to talk about the trends and opportunities for 2023, for customers, SAP, and our partners. I belie…

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29.11.2022

Cartoon: Innovation Acceptance Challenges! – Innovation Evangelism

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Essen für Alle: When Humanity Meets Technology to Combat Hunger – Innovation Evangelism

Why AI is The Secret Weapon for Change Management – Innovation Evangelism

From Challenges to Triumph: WaterWipes’ Data Management Revolution with Maextro – Innovation Evangelism

Warburtons’ S/4 HANA Brownfield Implementation Journey – Innovation Evangelism

AstraZeneca’s Axial Transformation: A Digital Backbone for Innovation – Innovation Evangelism

Smart Execution 2.0: The Cutting Edge of Innovation – Innovation Evangelism

Key Lessons and Practical Steps from the SAP Connect 2024 Keynote – Innovation Evangelism

UKISUG Connect 2024: The Path to S/4HANA, Skills Shortages, AI Expectations, and the Power of Community – Innovation Evangelism

Your system is “working fine”—Really? – Innovation Evangelism

Greenwashing Is About to Be Illegal — Is Your Company Ready? – Innovation Evangelism

ROI based on “hard numbers” ignores some hard truths – Innovation Evangelism

My Cartoons Were Featured at SAP Sapphire, Here’s How I Made them. – Innovation Evangelism

Apple Accelerates Innovation with SAP – Innovation Evangelism

Generative AI for procurement lets you eliminate the mundane, elevate the strategic, and get ready for the future – Innovation Evangelism

Elon tweets out my cartoon :-) – Innovation Evangelism

How do you Market to a fridge? With an Algorithm Whisperer… – Innovation Evangelism

How Real is Spatial Computing For The Enterprise? – Innovation Evangelism

Want to Optimize AI? Put People First… – Innovation Evangelism

Garbage In, Gold Out! – Innovation Evangelism

Gemini: WYSINWYG? – Innovation Evangelism

UKISUG Connect Keynote: Innovation in the Cloud – Innovation Evangelism

Survivorship Bias Cartoon – Innovation Evangelism

Correlation vs Causation Cartoon – Innovation Evangelism

Generative AI & Dirty Data – Innovation Evangelism

2023 SAP Innovation Award Winners: Swiss Federal Railways, Mastering a Data-Driven Culture with SAP BTP – Innovation Evangelism

Why AI Is Like Drawing An Owl – Innovation Evangelism

What I Found Interesting About The SAP Sapphire Orlando Keynote Day 1 – Innovation Evangelism

Empowering Sales to Provide the Best Customer Experience: Frucor Suntory’s SAP Innovation Journey – Innovation Evangelism

The Astroturf Era And The End of Documents? – Innovation Evangelism

Tick-tock for Prompt Engineering – Innovation Evangelism

Powerful Video Summaries, Powered by AI – Innovation Evangelism

SAP Helps Apple Innovate With SAP Business Technology Platform – Innovation Evangelism

The Future of Composable Business – Innovation Evangelism

A New Business Model for a Midsize Business: Fresh Air As A Service – Innovation Evangelism

10 Steps To Creating a Presentation – Innovation Evangelism

Podcast: The Importance of Innovation in a Post-COVID Era – Innovation Evangelism

Putting the Business Back Into Business Innovation – Innovation Evangelism

When it comes to sustainability, we have leverage! – Innovation Evangelism

Top Opportunities for SAP Partners in 2023 – Innovation Evangelism

Cartoon: Innovation Acceptance Challenges! – Innovation Evangelism

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