About the guest

Stefan Ries is a highly experienced Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Labor Relations Director. He served in these roles at SAP SE and was a member of the Executive Board with global responsibility for HR.

With a background in executive roles at companies like Microsoft, Compaq, SAP, and Egon Zehnder International, Stefan is also passionate about sports, particularly German football, tennis, and European Handball.

These days, he enjoys supporting HR tech startups as a business angel and is an external advisor for McKinsey on digital transformation projects.

Shownotes:

00:00:00 Intro & Summary

00:02:25 Stefan’s start in Tech in the 90s

00:05:40 IBM’s focus on Hardware and the early vision of Microsoft

00:07:40 Microsofts expansion strategy

00:11:37 HP & first manager experience

00:14:45 Analogies from handball teams

00:20:15 Team size & biggest gap in skillsets

00:28:30 Crossfunctional teams & People product development

00:31:30 Old school HR structure, static

00:35:30 Scaling SAP from 40.000 to +100.000 people

00:40:00 From on-premise to cloud

00:45:00 SAP founders, Sr. Executives and Eghon Zehnder

00:57:50 Mergers & Acquisitions

01:04:40 Advisory & HR Tech Angel investments

Links:

Linkedin Stefan Ries: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riesstefan

Book recommendations:

The inner game of tennis: https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Game-Tennis-Classic-Performance/dp/0679778314

Winning ugly:

https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/067188400X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TROW17W0GOFF&keywords=winning+ugly+by+brad+gilbert+hardback&qid=1676287137&s=books&sprefix=winning+ugly%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C180&sr=1-1

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Erscheinungs­datum: 15.2.2023, 05:15:00