Best Perspectives Podcast

In this episode of Best Perspective , host Rushenka Perera , VP of Marketing at SAP ANZ, sits down with three transformation leaders: Rowee Benbenishty (Chief of Staff, WalkMe), Dee Houchen (CMO, SAP Signavio), and Christian Richter (Chief Customer Officer, LeanIX). Together, they unpack what it really takes to turn business transformation from a one-off project into a lasting capability. From ove...

In this episode of Best Perspectives, Marissa Shipley, CEO and co-founder of Compliant ERP, shares inspiring insights from her 30-year career in IT and cybersecurity. Discover her entrepreneurial journey and commitment to empowering others through extensive volunteer work.

Join Rushenka as she sits down with Mark Robinson, CEO of New Zealand Rugby, for an inspiring conversation about leadership, performance, and innovation. Mark shares his journey, his organisation's vision to inspire and unify through rugby, and the leadership strategies that drive success. Dive into the secrets behind the All Blacks' unmatched performance, rooted in New Zealand’s culture and a foc...

In this episode of Best Perspective Podcast , Dr. Stephen King , Commissioner at the Productivity Commission of Australia , shares insights into the key trends shaping artificial intelligence (AI) over the coming year. He explores the growing integration of AI into service industries—particularly government sectors—and its potential to enhance, rather than replace, jobs by automating tedious tasks...

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices are becoming an increasingly hot topic in the business world, and businesses are under pressure from stakeholders to demonstrate their ESG practices. Technology plays a big part in this. This podcast has Rushenka Perera talking to Frances Atkins from Givvable about the role of technology in helping with sustainability initiatives to drive reven...

In this podcast we chat with Irfan Khan, Chief Product Officer & President of SAP HANA Database & Analytics and Rob Spinks, Head of Business Technology Platform SAP ANZ about the recent SAP Datasphere Launch, the value of business data, the idea of Data Fabric vs Business Data Fabric and how new partnerships have enhanced the power of business data.

In this episode, Rushenka Perera speaks with Dr. Kim Oosthuizen (Innovation Principle: Ecosystem Platform Office, SAP) Andrew Birmingham (Editor, Mi3 Australia) Prof. Amin Beheshti (Professor and Director of the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence, Macquarie University) to discuss the: ● The hype around ChatGPT ● Common use cases of Generative AI ● Future of Work with Generative AI

In this episode, Rushenka speaks with Timo Elliott, Vice President, Global Innovation Specialist, SAP to discuss why businesses should be innovating to combat global disruptions as well as some examples of how businesses are benefiting from their innovation projects.   Highlights in this episode:  00:00 - Introduction to Timo Elliott  02:00 - Observations of businesses trying to nav...

In this episode Rushenka speaks with Scott Bingley, Senior Lecturer of Information Systems and Director of the SAP ACC (APJ), Victoria University and Lis Miller, Training & Adoption Lead, SAP ANZ on why digital skills are important to develop for both businesses and individuals, and how the SAP Academy in partnership with Victoria University is delivering educational programs to upskill local...

In this episode, Rushenka speaks with #AI experts Dr. Kim Oosthuizen, Innovation Principle: Ecosystem Platform Office, SAP and Pete Chapman, Enterprise Architect, EY to get an understanding of how businesses can best leverage AI technologies to grow and run their operations. Highlights in this episode: 2:10 - What is AI and its key components? 7:40 - How business can benefit from AI. 11:00 - Takin...

In this edition of #TheBestRun Podcast hosted by SAP ANZ, Rushenka speaks with James Veale, Co-Founder of GreenToken who provides supply chain solutions that offer companies a new level of transparency in their complex raw material supply chain. Highlights:  2:00 - An Introduction to GreenToken.  6:00 - Helping businesses to innovate around their sustainability goals.  13:00 - Advic...

In this episode Rushenka speakers with Ziena Jalil who is an Independent Director, Inclusion Advocate, Strategic Advisor & Commentator on what makes a good leader during challenging times and the role diversity and inclusion plays. Highlights in this episode: 2:00 - Career background of Ziena Jalil. 6:50 - Leadership traits of good leaders. 8:20 - How leaders can inspire others and purpose in...

In this episode, Rushenka speaks with Nic Gill, Strength & Conditioning Coach, New Zealand All Blacks about preparing professional athletes to perform at their best and what are some of the innovative ways he deploys as part of coaching in professional sports. Highlights in this episode: 1:00 - Background into the career of Nic Gill. 4:40 - The challenges of coaching professional athletes. 8:0...

In this episode Rushenka speaks with Mike Vorias, Regional Director, Office of CFO Solutions, SAP APJ and Swapnil Narkhede, Program Director, NSW Dept of Customer Service to learn all about e-invoicing and what it means for Australian businesses. Highlights in this episode: 1:50 - What is e-invoicing and what do businesses need to know? 8:10 - How to get started with e-invoicing? 14:00 - The Benef...

Host Rushenka speaks with Dr Amantha Imber who is an organisational psychologist and Founder & Chief Maker at Inventium and Des Fisher, Head of Innovation, SAP ANZ to discuss the business case for curiosity and how SAP can help them.  The discussion was off the back of a new study released by SAP called Capitalising on Curiosity that has found Australian companies that foster a more curio...

In this episode, Rushenka speaks with Environmentalist and Sustainable Living Advocate Tanya Ha to talk about how disruptions can be an opportunity for change in the way we live, and what actions both businesses and individuals can take for a more sustainable future. Tanya will also be our keynote speaker at Effect Melbourne on 30th November, 2021. Learn more about Effect https://events.sap.com/au...

In this episode Rushenka speaks with International Speaker & Storyteller Tom Nash who at the age of 19 lost both his hands and both of his legs to a deadly disease. Since then he has rebuilt his life, using prosthetics to master tasks that many able-bodied individuals often take for granted. Tom's story inspires and amuses while leading audiences down a path of lateral thinking, problem-solvin...

In our new Effect podcast mini-series, Rushenka speaks to Effect Brisbane keynote speaker Tim Kastelle who is an Associate Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Qld Business School. Tim shares what sparked his interest to become a thought leader on innovation that also led him to share his expert knowledge on his very popular blog site 'The Discipline of Innovation' Highlights in...

In this episode Rushenka chats with Michelle Perera, Chief Product Owner, BFS Platforms, Macquarie Bank to talk about some of the business challenges Macquarie Bank needed to solve by finding the right technology solution, and how innovation has driven positive outcomes for the business. Macquarie Bank is also a finalist in The Best Run Awards 2021 that recognises leading businesses across Austral...

In this episode Rushenka speaks with Lizzie Creed, People Manager, NTT DATA Business Solutions, Evan Mantis, Executive General Manager – Consumer, Finance & Service Industries, SAP ANZ and Kylie Preisig-Toro, Head of Enablement for Supplier Services, SAP ANZ on how organisations can best develop and foster an inclusive workplace for LGBTIQ+ employees and what it means for these employees to be...

In this episode, Rushenka speaks with Andrew Eddy, CEO, Untapped Holdings that is a social enterprise focused on developing a neurodiverse employment ecosystem to increase opportunities for autistic individuals. He is joined by Sehida Frawley, Head of Services, SAP ANZ as they discuss the opportunities for employers to start their own neurodiversity program and what needs to be considered. Highlig...

In this special Utilities industry episode Gavin Mooney, Utilities Industry Expert, SAP ANZ speaks with Ivor Frischknecht the former CEO of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency on the state of play of rooftop solar in Australia. Highlights in this episode include: 2:20 - Why Australia is leading the world in rooftop solar. 8:30 - The benefits to installing rooftop solar. 15:20 - Moving to the gr...

In this episode Rushenka speaks with Kate Moonen, Head of Marketing & Digital Experience, Veolia ANZ about the business challenges her organisation faced during the pandemic and what steps were taken to ensure all employees were well supported during these disruptive times. Steve Bennetts, Head of Growth & Strategy, Employee Experience, Qualtrics explained some of the initiatives that Qualtrics pa...

In this episode Rushenka speaks with Fionn Gilmour who is the Delivery Manager, IE Operations at AGL Energy about their recent digital transformation that involved reducing its suite of 50 legacy on-premise ERP applications and engineering 78 business processes to deliver digitally enabled and integrated platforms and processes that support AGL's growth strategy. Highlights from this episode inclu...

We speak with the new SAP tennis ambassador and WTA coach Kamau Murray on his journey into professional tennis coaching and who is currently coaching 2017 US Open Champion Sloane Stephens. Part of the discussion with Kamau is on how Sloane and himself had to adapt last season with the pandemic as the WTA season was heavily disrupted like many other professional sports around the world. Milan Cerny...