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The buzz: Good, better best. Never let it rest. How can any corporation partner with the right social enterprise to create sustainable and scalable social good to support the world’s future? Hear answers from those in the know at Google, SAP and Livox. Take notes! The experts speak. Dr. Arie Meir, Google.org : “Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them” (Steve Jobs). Carlos Pereira, Livox: “If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest (Daniel Webster). Nish Pangali, SAP: “We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve” (Naveen Jain). Join us for Corporate Social Innovation: Good for Society and Business–Part 2.

The buzz: Bouncing back. Stress is such an epidemic that 78% of employers in the 2013/2014 Staying@Work™ Survey identified it as the top workforce risk factor. Are some of us better equipped to be resilient, while others are more prone to feel overwhelmed? The bigger question: is resiliency a genetic trait or a set of skill-based competencies that can be taught, practiced and used daily? The experts speak. Eileen McDargh, The Resiliency Group: “In a time of change it is the learners who inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to live in a world that no longer exists” (Eric Hoffer). Bill Jensen, Mr. Simplicity: “What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived” (Captain Jean Luc Picard, Star Trek). Sherryanne Meyer, ASUG: “Monty: Why did you say that I was a loser? Simon Wilder: Winners forget they are in a race, they just love to run. You try too hard”. (With Honors, 1994 film). Join us for Radical Resiliency: Start Your Engines, People!

The buzz: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day…I’m feeling good.” Bravo to your HR for offering employee health strategy programs! That means everyone is so healthy and fit that attendance and productivity are way up. Not so much? Perhaps they forgot to address how workforce behavior – do they WANT to improve their health habits – and circumstances impact illness prevention, or the importance of engagement, commitment and alignment among employer and insurer plan sponsors, healthcare providers and individual workerss. What now? The experts speak. Dr. Paul Tunnah, pharmaphorum: “Human behaviour flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and knowledge” (Plato). Michael Maniccia, Deloitte: “Habit is habit, and not to be flung out the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time (Mark Twain). Joe Miles, SAP:” Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction” (Francis Picabia). Join us for The Behavior Side of Preventive Medicine: Workplace, Employees and Pharma.

The buzz: Home is where the heart is… Healthcare is experiencing a major and positive transformation – and industry disruption – largely due to technology advances like the Internet of Things (IoT). In addition to raising the quality of preventive care, this metamorphosis will allow patients to “age in place” at home, instead of at an impersonal medical or nursing care facility. What is IoT’s potential impact on our wellbeing, our overall society, and how we each view and manage our healthcare in the future? The experts speak. Tom Foley, Lenovo Health: “I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team” (Lee Iacocca). Tim O’Malley, EarlySense: “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years” (Abraham Lincoln). Kai Goerlich, SAP: “The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.” (Deepak Chopra). Join us for IoT & Healthcare: Bringing IT Home – Part 2.

The buzz: Simon says. Cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing our country, and has enormous implications for our national security, economic prosperity, and public safety. The range of threats and the challenges they present for law enforcement expand just as rapidly as technology evolves (U.S. Justice Department). How to defend against or eliminate the attacks? A two-pronged resolution: consumer-focused and corporate- and government-focused. The experts speak. Tim Best, EY: “I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears...in...rain. Time to die” (Blade Runner). Richard McCammon, Delego: “Hell is empty, and all the devils are here!” (Shakespeare). Justin Somaini, SAP : “Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world (Lily Tomlin). Join us for Fighting Cyber Crime Part 2: Staying One Giant Step Ahead.

The buzz: Vite, vite! Chemical industry leaders face new challenges, as digital technologies transform our world and drive innovation at a breathtaking rate. How will you integrate acquisitions to reap promised synergies and on-board new revenue sources faster? What about reducing complexity and streamlining workflows across your entire global value chain? Reality check: Success in the digital era requires more than doing the same-old, only better, faster, cheaper, smarter. It demands re-imagining entire business models, business processes – the very nature of work itself. Ready? The experts speak. Bob Parker, IDC: “Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat” (Jean-Paul Sartre). Michael Casey, Accenture: “Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads… (Dr. Emmett Brown, Back to the Future). Stefan Guertzgen, SAP: “Imagination is more important than knowledge” (Albert Einstein). Join us for Digital Transformation – Changing the Game in the Chemical Industry.

The buzz: It’s the law. Attention, female entrepreneurs! As you aspire to become million-dollar women, growth will bring complexity and risk. Legal issues will crop up more often. Penalties for not complying will be more severe. How can you navigate common legal issues as you grow and create leverage in your business—without getting a law degree? Take notes! The experts speak. Nina Kaufman, Esq.: “Why not treat yourself to a good time instead of waiting for someone else to do it?” (Fortune cookie). Nance L. Schick, Esq.: “If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands” (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams). Renée L. Duff, Esq.: Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness—great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy (Jim Rohn). Join us for Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners – Part 2

The buzz: It’s the law. Women entrepreneurs are one of the fastest-growing U.S. economy segments! But you’re also five times more likely than men to shutter your business. Why? A lack business management and legal savvy, more than a lack of capital. Do you need a law degree? No. Our 2-part special features attorneys’ insights on navigating legal pitfalls all entrepreneurs (men, too) encounter. Today we'll cover the foundation. Take notes! The experts speak. Nina Kaufman, Esq.: “You must be willing to be someone you haven’t yet been to build something you haven’t yet built” (Clara Chorley). Nance L. Schick, Esq.: “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want” (Zig Ziglar). Renée L. Duff, Esq.: “Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can” (George Allen, Sr.). Join us for Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners – Part 1.

The buzz: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day… and I’m feeling good.” We know prevention is better than cure. But without a systematic approach, it is still up to each of us to decide whether we choose to live healthy or not. Now consider this: If life sciences companies would make prevention a core competency, then physicians, insurers, patients and pharma companies should be able to work together to broadly improve prevention and create a win-win for ‘every body’. But how? The experts speak. Dr. Paul Tunnah, pharmaphorum media: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” (Rustic Speech and Folk-lore, 1913). Ralph Marcello, Deloitte: “Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it (Josh Billings). Subhro Mallik, Infosys: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” (Benjamin Franklin). Joe Miles, SAP: Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction” (Francis Picabia). Join us for Pharma and Preventive Medicine: Future or Failure?

The buzz: It’s all good. Many blue chip companies trace their formal corporate philanthropic programs – giving back to not-for-profits – to post-WWII, the golden age of corporate philanthropy. Today’s spotlight on innovation is shifting traditional private sector giving to partnering with impactful global organizations. Benefits include accelerating the social sector, improving lives, and gaining business insights from corporate contributions. How can your organization savor this new flavor of giving? The experts speak. Ashifi Gogo, Sproxil: “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'” (Martin Luther King, Jr.). Yasmina Zaidman, Acumen: “Live the questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into the answers” (Rainer Maria Rilke). Nish Pangali, SAP: “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business” (Henry Ford). Join us for Corporate Social Innovation: Good for Society, Good for Business.

The buzz: Time’s up. Obama seeks over one-third rise in U.S. cyber security funding (Reuters 02/09/16). Why? Brazen cyber criminals are invading an entire supply chain, even stealing and misrepresenting individuals’ health data. If not tackled, cybercrime may cost lives. Beyond IT, this concerns top business, finance, political and government agency leaders. We’ll look at the Life Sciences and Automotive industries to see how your company can lock-out cybercriminals. The experts speak. Tim Best, EY: “To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation…and at the same time, that threatens to destroy…” (Marshall Berman). Richard McCammon, Delego: “We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security” (Dwight D. Eisenhower). Justin Somaini, SAP: “Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut (Ernest Hemingway). Join us for Beyond IT: Your Fight Against Cybercrime.

The buzz: Acting hyper. Peter Diamandis predicts the most dramatic positive change in our global economy will occur between 2016-2020, when 3–5 billion new consumers–who’ve never purchased, uploaded, invented or sold anything–come online, sparking a hyper-connectivity mega-surge. Who are they? The Rising Billions. Tech giants Google, Facebook, and SpaceX are working to make this happen. How will your company turn the resulting complex hyper-connectivity into sustainable growth opportunities? The experts speak. Frank Diana, TCS: “Three billion new minds are about to join the global conversation” (Peter Diamandis). Dennison DeGregor, HP: “By end of 2017, the CMO will have larger budgets for technology than the CIO” (Gartner). Paul Donovan, SAP: “The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence” (Nikola Tesla). Join us for The Rising Billions: Business Networks and the Digital Economy.

The buzz: Giving at the office. The UN’s post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require a multi-stakeholder collaboration recognizing diverse issues around the world. Goal 8 – “Good jobs and economic growth” for developing and developed countries – targets private sector companies that integrate sustainability and corporate social responsibility into their business plan. How can your organization help? The experts speak. Sue Stephenson, The Ritz-Carlton: “A small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world…it is the only thing that ever has” (Margaret Mead). Ahsiya Posner Mencin, Ph.D., PULSE Volunteer Partnership, GSK: “Collaboration is…the kind of thing that would never be born from just one of us sitting down with a guitar” (Grant-Lee Phillips). Alicia Lenze, SAP: “In the long history of humankind…those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed” (Darwin, Megginson). Join us for Sustainable Development and Your Organization.

The buzz: GPS. The IMF recently had good news for entrepreneurs and small business owners: The underlying drivers for acceleration in consumption and investment in the United States – wage growth, labor market conditions, easy financial conditions, lower fuel prices, and a strengthening housing market – remain intact.” How will this impact your employees, customers, and global trade? Is 2016 the year to hire a business coach? The expert speak. Susan Solovic, THE Small Business Expert: “Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves – to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today” (Stewart B. Johnson). Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream” (C.S. Lewis). Lorraine Maurice, SAP: “It comes down to finding something you love do to and then just trying to be great at it” (Mark Cuban). Join us for Small Business Coach: Navigating Business in 2016.

The buzz: D-B-T and Y-O-U. Digital Business Transformation [DBT] touches everything and everyone -- hardware, software, processes, revenue models, and especially people and our attitudes. If you’re an employee – a warehouse picker, salesperson in the field, delivery van driver, or anything else – do you know how will DBT affect YOU personally? Some of the answers are obvious; others not so much. We will explore the gamut. The experts speak. Richard McCammon, Delego: “Is it hard? Not if you have the right attitudes. It’s having the right attitudes that's hard” (Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance). Hillel Zafir, HMS Technology Group: “There are risks and costs to a program of action—but they are far less than the long range cost of comfortable inaction” (John F. Kennedy). Gerlinde Zibulksi, SAP: There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity (Douglas MacArthur). Join us for Data Security Breaches: Your Digital Transformation—Security First!

The buzz: Get smart. If you’re a woman entrepreneur – or hope to be soon – you’re in the fastest growing U.S. business owner segment. What lessons can you learn from women-owned businesses that soared and/or hiccupped in 2015? What business opportunities and pitfalls can you expect in 2016? The experts speak. Jane Wesman, Jane Wesman Public Relations, Inc.: “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. (Guy Kawasaki). Linda A. Hamilton, CPA: “My day should end when I am tired not when I amLLdone. I am never done. There is always more to be done, more that should be done, always more that can be done” (Andy Grove). Deanna Kory, The Corcoran Group: “To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success” (Henry J. Heinz). Sandi Webster, Consultants 2 Go, LLC: “Sometimes it only takes someone saying just the right thing, at just the right moment, to change a person's life forever” (Kevin Spacey). Join us for Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women Part 3: Looking Back and Ahead.

The buzz: The buzz. According to a recent eMarketer report, marketers will spend $8.8 billion on native advertising by 2018. Naturally, this means the digital content landscape will continue to become increasingly crowded with articles, videos and graphics from a variety of different brands. How can your brand reign-in control of your content strategies and stand apart from competitors to ensure your stories are making a positive impact? The experts speak. Rebekah Iliff, AirPR: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less” (Marie Curie). Andy Hilton, ADP: “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing” (Benjamin Franklin). Tim Clark, SAP: “Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple” (Richard Branson). Join us for Brands as Publishers: Lessons Learned and Future Trend Predictions.

The buzz: The future is almost here! Searching for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world? We’ve got the next best thing: our 3-part annual Predictions Special bringing you insights from a total of 48 thought leaders covering the technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2016 and beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, or Dom, and join us for SAP Game-Changers Radio 2016 Predictions – Part 3 live! Today's featured guests: Russ LeFevre, Cisco; Martin Wezowski, SAP; Chris Mark, SAP; Pat Saporito, SAP; Eleanor Treharne-Jones, Truste,com; Alex Bennell, Capgemini; Val Srinivas, Deloitte; Anthony Abbatiello, Deloitte; Frank Diana, TCS; Barbara Giamanco, Social Centered Selling; Jackie Ato, SAP; Nick Robinson, SAP; Joe Barkai, Industry Analyst; Susan Lucas-Conwell, Growth Resources Inc.; Bianca McCann, SAP; Puneet Suppal, SAP. Wishing you sparkling holidays and a stellar New Year from SAP Game-Changers Radio!

The buzz: The Future! If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. Over the course of three weeks – Dec 2, 9, and 16 – we’ll bring you predictions from more than 45 thought leaders – covering the technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2016 and beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, or Dom, and join us for SAP Game-Changers Radio 2016 Predictions – Part 2 live! Featured guests: Brian Kilcourse, RSR Research; Robin Saitz, Brainshark; Dr. Steven Hunt, SAP; Jane Wesman, Jane Wesman PR; Benjamin Robbins, Palador; Joseph Miles, SAP; Hugh McCullen, Axxiome; Andrea France, Capgemini; Prashant Kulkani, TechMahindra; Kevin Wheeler, Futurist; Julia Goga-Cooke, G Consultancy; John Evarts, Mediafly; Jeff Hattendorf, Macrospect; Jack Schmidt, SAP; Owen Pettiford, CompriseIT; Nina Kaufman, Esq., AskTheBusinessLawyer.com. Happy holidays from SAP Game-Changers Radio!

The buzz: Your #1 business wish this year. If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. On Dec. 2, 9, and 16, we'll bring you predictions from more than 40 thought leaders on the technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2016 and beyond. br Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, or Dom, and join us for Game-Changers Radio 2016 Predictions – Part 1 live! br Featured guests: Otto Schell, GM; Mike Wittenstein, Storyminers; Jennifer Engelhardt, IBM; Larry Stolle, SAP; Ingmar Christiaens, EY; Elizabeth Duffy, SAP; Hilary Carter, InTune Communications; Dan Berthiaume, Chain Store Age; Daniel Falvey, SAP; Katie Donovan, Equal Pay Negotiations; Josh Greenbaum, EAC; Corrine Vitolo, SmartKage; David Stephenson, Stephenson Strategies; Sandi Webster, Consultants2Go; Patrick Heffernan, TBRI; Sana Salam, Sodales Solutions. br Happy holidays from SAP Game-Changers Radio!