Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Talent, talent everywhere, but they can't find jobs. What is HR doing about it? The experts speak. Dr. Katherine Jones: "Businesses of all sizes have struggled to shift their resources toward growth markets, yet they find a shortage of talent and leadership holding them back. We call this the 'talent paradox.' Companies need skills, yet unemployment remains high. We do not really have a job shortage—we have a skills shortage. Why?" China Gorman: "The changing demographics within the workforce are creating enormous challenges as the Baby Boomers hang on for dear life and the Millennials start pushing up the ladder. The Xers are getting caught with nowhere to go! We may miss a generation in the C-suite." Jan Grasshoff: "2013 is all about mobility: mental mobility of talents, mobile HR service delivery, mobile learning, mobile workplace, mobile organizations. A key role for HR to play!" Join us for more expert insights on HR on Alert: Talent vs. Skills Paradox.

People vs. numbers. Which should matter more to your business success? The experts speak. Greta Roberts: "Numbers are the language of business. If employees want to be valued, they need to be measured in a way that business understands ... as numbers." Haig R. Nalbantian: "Too many organizations give lip service to the people side, but fail to apply real discipline to workforce management. They rely instead on intuition, benchmarks or so-called 'best practices' to inform their people-related decisions." Russ Campanello: "It's time to begin measuring, and thereby differentiating our business, with the human capital metrics that drive performance and generate value. We still value (and report) the buildings more than the people inside them." Steve Boese: "Revenue per employee can tell you just about everything you need to know about your business." Henner Schliebs: "Democratizing analytics will be the big differentiator in 2013." Join us for Workforce Analytics: Real People, Real Numbers.

Glocalization. Does this "portmanteau of globalization and localization" (Wikipedia) describe your company's growth? If yes, the dichotomy will challenge your HR team as they try to manage a mobile workforce and multi-country payroll. If not yet, your time will come. The experts speak. David Ludlow: "The world is 'glocal' (play on the combination of think globally, act locally). Today's talent is global, connected, and mobile. New categories of solutions are required to leverage that talent to out-innovate the competition." Marianne Langlois: "HR must think of itself as a function that drives the business forward, instead of as a function that supports the business." Penny Stoker: "You can't underestimate the power of a 'singular, global payroll system.'" Keith Strodtman: "Today, large global companies are realizing big benefits from centralizing payroll across boundaries--cost savings, compliance, data accuracy, reporting, etc." Join us for Going Glocal: Mastering Multi-Country HR.

Fraud. It's 2013. Surely by now we've figured out how to catch the bad guys and gals. "Not", say our experts: Jonathan Middup: "Corporate fraud is most often a product of good people in bad circumstances. Depending on those circumstances, we could all be fraudsters." Jonathan E. Turner: "Over the past 15 years we've made great strides in understanding fraud, increasing technology-based tools, and created focused legislation – yet fraud losses are increasing and fraud schemes go longer before detection...Even though we have better tools, fraudsters do, too, and they are pulling ahead." Michael Rasmusssen: "Business today is like the Titanic." Rod Brennan: "The growing demand by stakeholders of financial and non-financial reporting for more real or near-real time reporting will drive the rapid adoption of automated assurance and monitoring in all organizations." Norman Marks: "Manage fraud like never before." Join us for Fraud Risk Management: Who, why, what, where, when and HOW?

CRM 2013: Remember me?If you thought your customers were very demanding in 2012, wake up and smell the coffee in 2013! Is your sales team skilled enough in the art and budding-science of social monitoring and sentiment analysis to handle it? Are you analyzing field-fresh customer data and giving sales the 360-view needed to make smarter sales? Do you know when and where to use push vs. pull marketing? Are your CMO and CIO equipped to lead the way? So many questions – and our panel has answers. Big Data Power 2013: Fast, faster and wow! How is your company coping with the deluge of big data, so far? Can you tell the difference between big data and good data, in time to make the right decisions? Does your sales team have the super-fresh information they need to close more profitable deals faster? You've heard about the power and benefits of in-memory computing, but is it hype or real? So many questions – and our panel has answers. Join us for Big Data Power 2013: Fast, faster and wow!

CRM 2013: Remember me?If you thought your customers were very demanding in 2012, wake up and smell the coffee in 2013! Is your sales team skilled enough in the art and budding-science of social monitoring and sentiment analysis to handle it? Are you analyzing field-fresh customer data and giving sales the 360-view needed to make smarter sales? Do you know when and where to use push vs. pull marketing? Are your CMO and CIO equipped to lead the way? So many questions – and our panel has answers. Big Data Power 2013: Fast, faster and wow! How is your company coping with the deluge of big data, so far? Can you tell the difference between big data and good data, in time to make the right decisions? Does your sales team have the super-fresh information they need to close more profitable deals faster? You've heard about the power and benefits of in-memory computing, but is it hype or real? So many questions – and our panel has answers. Join us for Big Data Power 2013: Fast, faster and wow!

Truth time! On a scale of 1 to 10, rate your corporate social responsibility program. If it's below 5 (you know who you are), our experts may inspire you to raise the bar in 2013. Daniel Elliott: "International corporate volunteer programs are a win-win-win proposition. The host organizations gain access to pro bono world-class consulting services, volunteers gain a unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience, and companies enhance their brand and increase exposure to new markets." Rebecca Wang: "The betterment of our society is not a job to be left to a few. It is a responsibility to be shared by all." - David Packard Brittany Lothe: Plan like a pessimist, think like a realist, act like an optimist and–above all–love what you do." Evan Welsh: "Garbage can be good." (Referring to Evan's mission to create a communications plan for the "catadores" garbage collector association in Brazil.) Join us for smart business talk about the value of corporate social responsibility.

Your company's Social Media IQ. Do you know the score? If you haven't checked recently, or it's embarrassingly low, do something now – yes, this second day of 2013. Why? Because in the time it takes to read this, zettabytes of fresh social media intelligence are whooshing by. If you're not listening, capturing, analyzing and taking action on rich business data, you may miss the boat all year. Our experts know what it takes to achieve a Mensa-level Social Media IQ. Amber Mac: "If content is king, then conversion is queen. - John Munsell, CEO/co-founder of Bizzuka Arthur Bailey: "You cannot control what people say online about your company, but you can manage and track the volumes of conversation." Schalk Viljoen: If everything seems under control, you`re just not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti, world champion racing driver Pour a cup of Joe, Earl or OJ (or leftover Dom), and join us at the game-changers' table for smart business talk to kickoff a positively game-changing New Year!

Although 2012 holiday gift-giving is officially over, we've got another present for you: Game-Changers 2013 Predictions – Part 2. Yes, more than a dozen thought leaders (guests on previous Coffee Break and In the Cloud programs) will gaze into the SAP Game-Changers Radio crystal ball, joining our 14 experts from last week's program. Their collective gift is a smorgasbord of insights into the technologies, strategies, people and trends that can help you grow your business and compete better in 2013 and beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, OJ or Dom, and pull up a chair at the game-changers' table for smart business talk and good cheer. You're invited to Tweet your comments during the show to #SAPRadio. Please accept our best wishes for a positively game-changing New Year!

What's on your holiday business wish list this year? If it's a crystal ball to help you predict what 2013 will bring for your company, we've got the next best thing. Today and next week, more than two dozen thought leaders from previous Coffee Break and In the Cloud programs will gather to gaze into the SAP Game-Changers Radio crystal ball. Their gift to you: a grab-bag of insights into the technologies, strategies, people and trends that can help you grow and compete better next year and beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, OJ or Dom, and join us at the game-changers' table for smart business talk and good cheer on Game-Changers 2013 Predictions – Part 1. And mark your calendar to listen live to Part 2 on Dec. 26. You're also invited to Tweet your comments at #SAPRadio.