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Bill McDermott

Co-chief Executive Officer, SAP

“Disruptive Innovation”

Bill McDermott, co-chief executive officer of software giant SAP, told the February 6 meeting of the Chief Executives’ Club of Boston that large organizations should simplify the delivery of technology in order to move forward. Like SAP, companies should look to Millennials—the “next great generation”—as a key to growth, he said.

Takeaway

Collapsing Complexity

I think complexity is the most intractable CEO issue of our time, and I think it’s so important that we make things so simple in these enterprises and we collapse complexity.

Takeaway

Millennials

At SAP, I’ve told every senior executive that runs a big business, you will not make me happy unless you have a 20-something running a huge part of this corporation.

Takeaway

Information Security

[Information security is] a race without a finish line. The bad guys are bad. They’re getting worse all the time.

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