In the fast-chang­ing world of inter­na­tion­al busi­ness, indus­try lead­ers must look ahead to antic­i­pate trans­for­ma­tion and oper­ate with the best prac­tices of tomor­row in mind. In oth­er words, they must do ​“busi­ness as unusu­al,” accord­ing to SAP exec­u­tive Peter Maier, who leads Strate­gic Cus­tomer Engage­ments in the Office of the CEO at SAP. 

In their new SAP Press pub­li­ca­tion ​“Busi­ness as Unusu­al with SAP: How Lead­ers Nav­i­gate Indus­try Mega­trends,” Maier and fel­low SAP exec­u­tive Thomas Sauer­es­sig, who leads SAP Prod­uct Engi­neer­ing, share cus­tomer sto­ries from exec­u­tives and thought lead­ers that demon­strate the val­ue of align­ing glob­al busi­ness best prac­tices with dynam­ic mar­ket con­di­tions. (Read ASUG­’s inter­view with Maier and Sauer­es­sig here.)

In a recent spe­cial episode of Burn­ing Plat­form, the Deal Archi­tect Inc. pod­cast, ASUG CEO Geoff Scott mod­er­at­ed a con­ver­sa­tion between Maier and Vin­nie Mir­chan­dani, of Deal Archi­tect, about the pub­li­ca­tion, its rel­e­vance to CIOs and Enter­prise Archi­tects, and the recent buzz sur­round­ing gen­er­a­tive arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI). 

You can watch the whole episode below and on YouTube via Deal Archi­tect.