We just went live with another successful SAP BW project! (woo-hoo!)
A lot of people on the project were understandably nervous. This was the culmination of 18 months of effort for hundreds of employees (and thousands of decisions).
And what about us on the technical team? Here’s what we were doing at 5AM during cut-over weekend …
[Read more…] about My SAP BW on HANA Go-LiveTristan snags an interview with Kai Davis, an outreach consultant and author of many books such as The Outreach Blueprint, to learn what we can do reach influencers and grow our network.
[Read more…] about 011: Building Relationships with Influencers w/ Kai DavisWhy does it seem like job offers only come when you’re busy on a project? Alex Jones, Managing Director of Mindset Consulting, shares his experience as a hiring manager along with his surprisingly effective prospecting tips.
[Read more…] about 010: Overcoming the Resource Challenge w/ Alex JonesIf you’ve been working with SAP for over 10 years, you may be surprised how much of it has changed (much like the Las Vegas Strip, where SAP TechEd is held every year).
In my LinkedIn article Why SAP TechEd Is A Must-Attend Event, I dive into how the business landscape has fundamentally changed two of SAP’s prominent reporting solutions, Embedded Analytics (S/4HANA) and Enterprise Data Warehouse (BW/HANA).
P.S. Big Shout-Out to Gavin Quinn at Mindset Consulting for sponsoring my access to the event.
Over the past year, I’ve connected to more freelancers that ever before and one thing that’s common among the people that I’ve spoken to is this we are all struggling with some aspect of our business.
And it doesn’t matter where your expertise may be. I’ve spoken to programmers, data migration specialists, owner of web agencies, and they are all working to climb up onto that next platform in the ladder of success.
One friend, in particular, has had phenomenal growth in this transition from a technical worker to one who is moving onto a higher level of consulting where he is helping large companies think more strategically about their ERP systems.
In this podcast, Anthony flips the question on it’s head and asks “Is the fear of success that’s holding back your business”? So expand that idea some and what you can do about it.
Here’s my conversation with Anthony English.
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How do work with clients who are afraid to upgrade their systems and how do you break through that inertia barrier?
In this episode of Experts and Influencers, Tristan Bailey, Anthony English, and I share our ideas on how to have that conversation to get the stakeholders on board.
It’s important to articulate what are the fears around making some technical change and address their concerns around the risk of making changes to a website, the infrastructure, or a business process.
As technical people, we may be very comfortable speaking from the technical angle, but the more deeply we understand the business and personal motives of the decision makers, the more likely it is that we can create a result that will be better suited for them.
Here’s my conversation with Tristan Bailey and Anthony English
Web http://anthonyenglish.com.au/
LinkedIn https://au.linkedin.com/in/anthonyenglish
Twitter https://twitter.com/AnthonyEnglish
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LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tristanbailey
Twitter https://twitter.com/tristanbailey
