Diversity in a Partner Ecosystem Drives Innovation

Diversity and a vibrant ecosystem are correlated factors of

innovation. It is critically important for companies to make diversity

a #1 priority to drive the most innovative ideas. Our partner

ecosystem provides an important role in delivering innovative

solutions and technologies to drive broad digital transformation

across industries.

According to a Forbes

Survey, 85% of enterprises

agree that diversity results in

the most innovative ideas.

According to Glassdoor’s 2015

Top 50 HR and Recruiting stats,

67% of job seekers rank a diverse

workforce as a critical factor.

According to the Huffington Post,

women only hold about 14% of

leadership roles in the workplace.

85% 67% 14%

“I love DIVERSITY and creating an

environment for people with uniquely

DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCES to thrive”

– Camilla Dahlen, Head of ISV, Cloud and Platform Partnerships – North America

Diversity simply means variety. In life, and in the workforce,

diversity means incorporating a myriad of viewpoints, backgrounds,

skills and life experiences. Opportunity lies in unlocking and

assembling the unique perspectives across multiple talented and

skilled individuals.

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Bringing more women and minorities into leadership positions

creates a company with a wider array of talent, and incorporates

myriad viewpoints, backgrounds, skills and life experiences. In

fact, a recent study by Catalyst found that companies with more

women on their boards performed better.

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Changing a corporate culture doesn’t happen overnight. However,

fair hiring practices provide an excellent start to embracing

diversity. Acknowledgment of subconscious bias enables

businesses to develop strategies that avoid discriminatory

practices while achieving immediate competitive edge.

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Fair Hiring Practices Set a Foundation for Workforce Culture Transformation

In a 3-part blog series on the subject of diversity, Camilla Dahlen covers topics ranging

from What Diversity Can Do for Your Business, to the Gender Gap, and most recently

Fair Hiring Practices. Below are key points that are critical to this conversation on

diversity.

What Can Diversity Do for Your Business

Diversity: The Gender Gap

Our partner companies provide a diverse set of expertise across our

ecosystem, providing a unique perspective and delivering a variety

of innovative technologies and solutions across industries.

• Provide creative solutions that uncover and unleash their competitive advantage in

new ways.

• Connect and extend all elements of SAP’s business so that it moves as one, with fully

coordinated agility, in all industries.

• Grow their business organically on a consolidated and agile platform built for today’s

rapidly changing digital economy.

SAP’s ISV and Platform Partners

Partners Driving Innovation

“In business, I look for COMPANIES that can

uniquely fulfill SAP’s vision of HELPING THE

WORLD RUN BETTER and IMPROVE LIVES

in CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE ways.”

– Camilla Dahlen, Head of ISV, Cloud and Platform Partnerships – North America

Enterprise Insights from PriceWaterhouse Coopers –

Solving Problems Through Analytics

• SAP and PwC female executives share insights about innovating

through technology

• PwC takes an innovative approach to help companies manage

their risk through data and analytics across a diverse range of

highly regulated industries

• Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) is

comprised of experts from diverse professional backgrounds,

combining the latest methodologies and approaches with their

own skills and experience

Learn how PwC is transforming companies’ risk and compliance

initiatives to make them more competitiveWatch the video

Artificial intelligence and how AI will change the daily lives of people.

Kore.ai uses SAP Cloud Platform to engage with customers in a

secure and scalable manner. It takes information from a system of

insight to securely encrypt and transit the rest. Seeking to create

technology that enables people, which removes obstacles to use it

the right way, the company derives human intent as the key to

making this possible.

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Connecting People to Technology: AI and the Conversational Era

• Accenture drives business transformation by helping companies

move processes related to their greatest asset - people - to the

cloud with SAP Cloud Platform

• Customers are discovering new sources of talent to build an

adaptive, diverse and empowered culture that drives innovation

• HR organizations are becoming a better strategic partner to the

business, building a learning culture that fosters people

development and career growth

Learn how Accenture is transforming their customers’ HR business

processes with SAP Cloud Platform

Drive Business Transformation and Innovation With Accenture

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