SAP Expe­ri­ence Cen­ter inspires vis­i­tors from many fields

For the first time, ISLET took its cus­tomers and stake­hold­ers to SAP Expe­ri­ence Cen­ter vis­it to Copen­hagen. Top-notch vision­ary speak­ers sparked dis­cus­sions about the future and change. Dur­ing the vis­it, it was inspir­ing to look into the future and gain new per­spec­tive how cur­rent orga­ni­za­tion should change.

The group arrived in Copen­hagen the night before the vis­it. The par­tic­i­pants were from many dif­fer­ent sec­tors and they were already able to get to know each oth­er and exchange thoughts dur­ing the dinner.

The next morn­ing, we got trans­port­ed to SAP Expe­ri­ence Cen­ter accom­pa­nied by mag­nif­i­cent sun­shine. Jan­i­na Luo­to, CEO of ISLET, start­ed the morn­ing with a wel­come speech and ISLET intro­duc­tion. Luo­to also opened the com­pa­ny’s views on devel­op­ment and growth. The first speak­er Mar­i­ano Kris­tensen from SAP Nordic spoke about an intel­li­gent enter­prise in expe­ri­ence econ­o­my. After that, Maria Pereira from SAP led us into the world of design thinking.

Before lunch, the audi­ence got engaged by Erick Thürmer, Den­mark’s most well-known vision­ary. Thürmer shared his expe­ri­ences about piv­ot­ing and rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing his 120-year-old fam­i­ly busi­ness, Thürmer Tools. Dis­cus­sions with him con­tin­ued over lunch, with focus on the future and new forms of leadership.

Thomas Mad­sen, Head of SAP Expe­ri­ence Cen­ter Copen­hagen, opened the after­noon. He intro­duced the cen­ter and its activ­i­ties and gave tour in its var­i­ous func­tion­al work­spaces. At the end of the after­noon, Mia Ruot­sala, CDO of Inter­sport Group, inspired the audi­ence by telling how they turned the sport giant’s local store-based busi­ness to dig­i­tal era. Dis­cus­sions with Ruot­sala con­tin­ued over dinner.

Wel­com­ing words from Jan­i­na Luo­to, CEO of ISLET Group. Luo­to also opened ISLET’s views on devel­op­ment and growth, and how impor­tant it is to do it sustainably.

The first guest speak­er was Mar­i­ano Kris­tensen, Head of Cen­ter for Excel­lence and Glob­al Busi­ness Devel­op­ment of SAP Nordic. Kris­tensen spoke about the devel­op­ment path towards intel­li­gent enter­prise in today’s expe­ri­ence economy.

Kristensen’s speech was fol­lowed by Maria Pereira, Prin­ci­pal Dig­i­tal Strate­gist Man­ag­er and Cus­tomer Inno­va­tion Design of SAP. Pereira explained what design think­ing is as a method­ol­o­gy and how it can bring new ideas and solu­tions to com­plex problems.

Before lunch, Erick Thürmer speed­ed up audi­ence’s thoughts. Thürmer shared his expe­ri­ences about rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing his 120-year-old fam­i­ly busi­ness, Thürmer Tools, and gave con­crete exam­ples how com­pa­nies must keep up and con­stant­ly do things in new ways. He also empha­sized the need to do some­thing com­plete­ly new, even impos­si­ble con­sid­ered, in order to devel­op. Dis­cus­sions con­tin­ued with him over lunch, where he shared his thoughts on inno­v­a­tive leadership.

The after­noon was opened by Thomas Mad­sen, Head of SAP Expe­ri­ence Cen­ter Copen­hagen. Mad­sen intro­duced Expe­ri­ence Center’s func­tion­al spaces and told about the var­i­ous work­shops and exer­cis­es they do with com­pa­nies in order to help them develop.

At the end of the after­noon and whole vis­it, Mia Ruot­sala, CDO of Inter­sport Group, told the sport giant’s inspi­ra­tional path to dig­i­tal era. Ruot­sala also empha­sized how to turn a company’s spe­cial fea­tures into a com­pet­i­tive advan­tage. Dis­cus­sions with her con­tin­ued over dinner.

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