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SAP Learning Insights

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Techture – Without borders – Which future skills matter universally?

April 11, 2024 12:03 - 35 minutes - 25.3 MB

In this episode Canadian SAP Development Architect Wayne Pau shares the essential skills needed to succeed regardless of industry and position. Discover why mastering the art of learning is crucial for starting a professional career and staying successful along the way. Gain valuable insights into how it is like to work in a global, remote setup, and collaborating across diverse disciplines.

Choosing a career in SAP with Stephen Lofthouse

March 15, 2024 09:43 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MB

In today’s episode, David Chaviano hosts professor Stephen Lofthouse from Nottingham University Business School on the SAP Learning Insights Podcast to discuss the importance and benefits of pursuing a career in SAP. Steve, with a background that transited from pharmacy to software development and teaching SAP for many years, is passionate about equipping students with SAP skills and connecting them to industry opportunities. SAP knowledge can lead to a global career and the understanding the...

Techture – Mindset – How to approach the unknown?

March 04, 2024 16:14 - 46 minutes - 32.9 MB

“Uncertainty” is something that we have within ourselves, and it is something that is always awaiting us. In regard to future skills the hosts David Chaviano and Magdalena Glass try to come to an answer in the episode of “Mindset – How to approach the unknown?” together with their guests Santiago, SAP working student in the field of enterprise architecture and Lukasz, SAP development manager at the Innovation Center Potsdam. Together they explore what you have to personally overcome and what ...

Techture - Future Skills – Why do they matter?

February 05, 2024 10:49 - 38 minutes - 27.1 MB

In this thought-provoking episode, the podcast hosts dive into the discussion of the significance of future skills, what role education has in shaping this skill set from an early stage on as well as how they are connected to our world full of growing technological impact and a variety of already present and awaiting challenges. To engage in this discourse, the guest Mariyam Imran, a recent master’s graduate in strategic design, shares her passion and insights on future skills. As the topic b...

Career Spotlight – SAP Cybersecurity Engineer

November 28, 2023 16:15 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB

In this episode David Chaviano interviews Anastasia Sizensky, a cybersecurity engineer at SAP. Anastasia shares her journey into the field of cybersecurity, starting with her passion for Russian literature and her introduction to cybersecurity while studying abroad in Russia. She explains the different areas and roles in cybersecurity, such as the red team, blue team, and purple team, as well as the skills required for each. Anastasia also emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity profession...

SAP Fieldglass with Sebastian Rebull

November 06, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

In this SAP Learning Insights podcast episode, Sebastian Rebull, pre-sales engineer at SAP Fieldglass, provides insights into the capabilities and applications of SAP Fieldglass. He clarifies that SAP Fieldglass is a system that helps organizations manage the subcontracting of services and external workers. It is used across various industries and can be integrated with other SAP solutions such as SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Ariba to provide a holistic workforce and procurement management sol...

SAP Skills with Lars Satow

September 04, 2023 09:42 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

In this episode of the SAP Learning Insights podcast, David Chaviano interviews Lars Satow about SAP skills and how to pursue them. Lars, a member of the SAP Skills Transformation Program, discusses the importance of skills in today's job market and the difficulties companies face in finding workers with the right skills. He highlights the need for a unified language for SAP-related skills and the efforts being made to standardize and catalog these skills. Lars also mentions that SAP offers f...

Strategies and Tactics for climbing the Socio Economic Ladder with Margot Goodson

August 10, 2023 08:48 - 32 minutes - 23 MB

In this episode of the SAP Learning Insights podcast, Margot Goodson, the head of SAP Diversity and Inclusion for North America, and David Chaviano will explore the methods people who find themselves in a disadvantaged or underprivileged position, specifically in North America, can leverage to climb their way up the socio economic ladder via a career in the tech industry. Margot shares her personal journey, from growing up in North Philadelphia to working at SAP in various roles. She emphasi...

SAP University Alliances with Katharina Schäfer

July 18, 2023 13:43 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Katharina Schäfer, Global Head of SAP University Alliances. Her role at SAP is to drive collaborations with universities and research organizations worldwide and to inspire and engage students. Katharina explains the idea behind SAP University Alliances, how universities can participate and gives insights in the community work and benefits as well as great tools like ERPsim. And of course, at the end of this episode, Katharina shares her great final wo...

Veterans Transitioning Into the Tech Industry with Tom Amenta

June 23, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 29.1 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to his SAP colleague Tom Amenda, US Army veteran, author and field marketing expert for ERP. Tom shares his personal story and lessons learned while being in the US Army and then transitioning to his current career and the opportunities for veterans to take advantage of before and after separation. The podcast has been recorded as a live session in the SAP Community in May 2023. Of course, at the end of this episode, Tom shares his final words of wisdom ...

SAP Technology Consultant Course on Coursera- with Martin Gollogly

June 02, 2023 15:27 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Martin Gollogly about the “SAP Technology Consultant” course that has been published some months ago on Coursera, an online learning platform offering courses on many different topics spanning career skills, life skills and hobbies. Martin is the lead course author.

An Introduction to Sustainability - with Michael Jordan

April 25, 2023 13:50 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Michael Jordan, SAP Enterprise Portfolio Manager for Analytics with a focus on data-science and sustainability. Michael gives an overview on sustainability in general and discusses with David how SAP supports businesses to run in a more sustainable way. Of course, at the end of this episode, Michael shares his final words of wisdom and his thoughts on greenwashing with you.

SAP Sales and Performance Management - with Lara Golden

March 17, 2023 10:23 - 29 minutes - 20.8 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Laura Golden, lead to the newly launched SAP Sales Performance Management Academy Learning Room on SAP Learning Hub. David and Lara talk about what Sales Performance Management actually is and how SAP solutions support it. Of course, at the end of this episode, Lara shares her final words of wisdom with you.

What is Learning? - The Science Behind Learning with Natalie Wood

February 22, 2023 16:39 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Natalie Wood to talk about how humans learn and what conditions best support our acquisition and retention of skills and knowledge. Natalie started her career as a teacher, then joined the corporate world where she spent close to 20 years. She has a degree in the psychology and neuroscience of mental health and has become an expert in how human beings work at their best. She is the founder of Engage to Evolve, where she shares knowledge and practices a...

Career Spotlight - SAP Developer

January 24, 2023 06:30 - 35 minutes - 24.9 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Geert-Jan Klaps, SAP innovation architect at thevaluechain in Belgium. Geert-Jan gives insights in the work of an SAP developer such as experts for back-end, front-end or integration development and outlines the required skills and expertise. He shares experiences and good practices as well as general career opportunities as a developer within the SAP ecosystem. Additionally, David and Geert-Jan talk about the available learning and knowledge resource ...

Career Spotlight - SAP Consultant

January 03, 2023 16:50 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Peter Langner, an experienced SAP consultant, trainer and founder of ADventas Consulting, to talk about opportunities for young graduates and people with working experience to start a career as an SAP consultant. Peter gives insights in the job and tasks of a consultant, what skills are needed, and he shares some tips on what is important when starting your career and working in customer projects.

Boost Your Career with SAP Skills

December 12, 2022 16:23 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Alejandro Gómez Rey, SAP trainer and learning room lead, and Laura, a student boosting her career by gaining SAP skills. Both give insights into the learning journey “Boost Your Career with SAP Skills” on learning.sap.com. This learning journey gives an overview on what SAP actually is all about, where the software SAP develops is used, and why it makes sense to invest in building SAP skills.

learning.sap.com – The new SAP Learning Experience - with Stefan Ritter

October 25, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MB

learning.sap.com stands for SAP’s future digital learning experience where the entire ecosystem can easily access and share all knowledge around SAP products and technologies. To get the latest insights, in this episode David Chaviano welcomes Stefan Ritter, head of product management and design for SAP Learning and one of the driving forces for learning.sap.com. Stefan and David talk about the successes you can already see and experience and give some insights of what can be expected in the...

SAP Integrated Business Planning and its Learning Journey - with Alejandro Gómez Rey

October 04, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

In this episode David Chaviano welcomes Alejandro Gómez Rey to talk about SAP Integrated Business Planning – “IBP”. Alejandro is working with a huge intrinsically driven interest in the area of supply chain management and SAP Integrated Business Planning since 2014 and he is a trainer and learning room lead on SAP Learning Hub. In this podcast episode, David and Alejandro talk about supply chain planning and what role SAP Integrated Business Planning plays, by whom it is used, and Alejandro ...

SAP Analytics Cloud - with Pierre Lansalot-Basou

September 06, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MB

In this episode David Chaviano welcomes Pierre Lansalot-Basou to talk about SAP Analytics Cloud – “SAC”. Pierre joined SAP France in 2004 and mainly works as a trainer for customers and internal audiences on topics such as System Administration on SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Intelligence-BI4 and SAP Analytics Cloud. He is also acting as an SAP Learning Room Lead on SAP Analytics Cloud. In this podcast, Pierre gives a quick overview on SAP Analytics Cloud and its three pillars, and he shares ins...

The Welcome Room on SAP Learning Hub - with Margit Wagner

August 10, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

The Welcome Room on SAP Learning Hub is the place where all learners find information about how to get started with SAP Learning Hub and on topics such as choosing the right learning path or getting certified. Learners can exchange experiences, ask questions, or provide answers to their learning peers. Margit Wagner is an expert for learner engagement and acting as a Learning Room administrator and moderator. In today’s episode she gives an overview on the Welcome Room, how to join and contri...

SAP Signavio – with Gero Decker and Hannah Sperling

April 22, 2022 15:41 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes two guests from SAP Signavio to talk about Business Process Intelligence and BPM. Founder, former CEO and Co-managing Director of SAP Signavio Dr. Gero Decker shares Signavio’s origin story and insights on the combined Process Transformation Suite of SAP and Signavio. Hannah Sperling offers first-hand experience and advice for aspiring IT and Process Professionals, while sharing resources on how to get started in the interdisciplinary field of BPM with...

Supply Chain with SAP S/4HANA and Ariba - with Fabienne Bourdelle

March 28, 2022 09:33 - 33 minutes - 23 MB

In this episode David Chaviano welcomes Fabienne Bourdelle to talk about Supply Chain. Fabienne looks back on a long career as an SAP consultant, especially in the Supply Chain area. Later she joined the SAP learning and training organization and became a trainer for this topic – today with focus on SAP S/4HANA and Ariba. She gives many insights and shares great examples for all those interested in Supply Chain – new students as well as experienced ERP experts. And of course, at the end of th...

SAP Business Technology Platform - with Alice Chang

March 07, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB

In today’s episode it’s all about SAP Business Technology Platform – BTP. David Chaviano virtually met his colleague Alice Chang, an experienced trainer and expert for SAP Business Technology Platform and a strong focus on data security topics. Alice gives a brief overview on BTP, how newbies get started best, how to get certified and how to develop secure business apps on the platform. And as always, at the end some final words of wisdom are shared.

RISE with SAP - with Kate Wilson

February 23, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB

David Chaviano welcomes Kate Wilson again. This time she gives an overview on what RISE with SAP is and what learning content is available on SAP Learning Hub and other sources. Kate is an experienced trainer and learning room lead on SAP Learning Hub with focus on SAP S/4HANA private and public cloud edition as well as RISE with SAP.

SAP S/4HANA with Kate Wilson

February 02, 2022 13:02 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MB

In this episode David Chaviano welcomes Kate Wilson, experienced trainer and learning room lead on SAP Learning Hub with focus on SAP S/4HANA private and public cloud edition. Kate gives a brief introduction what SAP S/4HANA essentially is and shares insights for new and experienced learners on how to get started, staying current and certified as well as how to make best use of the digital learning opportunities in SAP Learning Hub.

Learning Systems Experience Engineering with Paul Maguire

January 05, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MB

Another great and personal look behind the scenes of the SAP learning systems landscape! Paul Maguire is heading the Global Learning Systems Experience Engineering team that is responsible for development and maintenance of SAP’s learning systems landscape. Paul shares his personal experiences of change and challenges when going into the role of a people manager with a development team that makes business dreams become reality while creating new digital learner experiences. He gives insights ...

SAP SuccessFactors – with Kerry Meagher

December 15, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

This episode is our first on SAP SuccessFactors. David Chaviano welcomes Kerry Meagher to deep dive in what SAP SuccessFactors is all about. Kerry started her career at Accenture and later Plateau, the predecessor of SuccessFactors Learning. She is now with SAP more than ten years. Kerry gives a brief introduction on SAP SuccessFactors, gives insights in how to get certified, the Admin Learning Center, how to get support in the SuccessFactors Learning Room and how to stay current.

SAP Ariba – with Tim Fabiniak

November 24, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Tim Fabiniak. Tim has been working as a trainer and expert in SAP Ariba for more than 14 years. In addition, he is an active moderator of the SAP Ariba Learning Room on SAP Learning Hub. Tim gives insights in what exactly SAP Ariba is all about and how you can start learning more about it, the integration with SAP S/4HANA and interfacing with other systems. He also shares some helpful information on learning and qualification topics such as getting cer...

SAP Learning Operations and Support - with Daniela Kelemen

November 03, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

In this episode we will look a bit behind the scenes at the unsung heroes who keep SAP Learning platforms up and running and support our learners. David Chaviano talks to Daniela Kelemen, head of the Learning Systems Operations and Support team, being responsible for operating and supporting SAP Learning platforms and solutions. These are the SAP Training Shop, the SAP Learning Hub, SAP Certification, and the new SAP Learning platform (beta). Daniela gives detailed insights on how the suppor...

SAP Certification – with Suzanne Heiob

October 13, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Suzanne Heiob from the SAP Learning Product Management team. As product owner, Suzanne is responsible for the SAP Certification topic worldwide at SAP. Suzanne gives detailed insights on how the certification process works, what needs to be considered and how to pass the exam.

SAP HANA – with Mark Green

September 22, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Mark Green. Mark is an SAP instructor and learning content developer focusing on the SAP HANA learning portfolio. In addition, he is an active moderator of the SAP HANA Modeling Learning Room on SAP Learning Hub. Mark gives insights in how you can start learning about SAP HANA and SAP HANA modeling, the difference between SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA, how to make best usage of the SAP HANA Modeling Learning Room and how to prepare to get certified in that ...

Finance and Accounting – with Stefanos Pougkas

September 01, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MB

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Stefanos Pougkas. Stefanos is an SAP learning architect and designs courses in the financial leaning portfolio – mainly financial- and management-accounting. In addition, he is an active moderator of the financials Learning Room on SAP Learning Hub. Stefanos gives insights in how you can start learning about SAP finance, how to make best usage of the finance Learning Room and how to prepare to get certified in that topic area.

The SAP Learning Hub - with David Chaviano

August 30, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.24 MB

David Chaviano gives a quick overview on learning offerings available in the SAP Learning Hub, the digital solution for SAP software skills. We talk about editions, social learning, access to content and live sessions and more. As David is a member of the solution management team and moderating the Welcome Room on SAP Learning Hub, he is the perfect match to continue this podcast series as your host talking to great SAP experts and trainers.

SAP Learning Insights - Teaser

August 11, 2021 14:17 - 4 minutes - 2.88 MB

Let’s get started! SAP Learning Insights keeps you updated on all relevant information and news around digital learning on SAP Learning Hub and SAP Learning.