By introducing playfulness into your work you create an environment of excellence in your organization. Using examples of SAP Mentors' playfulness we show the power it can have.

1. Playful @ Work #sitSV
Mark Finnern @finnern
Founder Playful Enterprise

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Any sufficiently
advanced work is
indistinguishable
from play.
Culture Hacker Seb Packet

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A fact on one of my
slides is deliberately
wrong.
Shout out: Prank!

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Collective Poetry Writing

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Goals
Playfulness @ Work:
1. Culture of Excellence
2. High Performance Teams
Across Corporate
Departments
3. Improved Idea Creation
and Implementation
4. High Level of Trust &
Flow of Information
Go Out and Play!

6. Why Playfulness?
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7. Let’s Settle This Like Adults!
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8. Birth of an Idea!
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9. ■Most organizations
spend their time
marketing to the crowd.
Smart organizations
assemble the tribe.*
Entrepreneur and Author Seth Godin
in his book Tribes.

10. Enterprise Tribe Advantages
1. Community Engagement
2. Co-Innovation
3. Advocacy

11. 1. Engagement: 24 local SAP Inside Tracks

12. Co-CEO Jim Snabe
thanking SAP Mentors for
the idea for SAP HANA
One: Free developer
HANA licenses hosted by
Amazon cloud and
others. [Video]
2. Co-Innovation I/II: SAP HANA One

13. 2. Co-Innovation II/II: OpenUI5

14. ▪ Vinjay Nataly post blog:
Successfactors in a hybrid model –
Top 4 challenges you will face from customers.
▪ 3 SAP Mentors: Jarret Pazahanick, Chris Paine and
Luke Marson write detailed comments to every
challenge posted by Vinjay setting the record straight.
▪ Vijay’s closing comment: “Thanks again. I am pretty
encouraged by the views received …as it has helped
me understand SFSF a bit more.”
3. Advocacy:
SAP Mentors clarifying SAP’s HCM Hybrid approach

15. New SAP Mentor Welcome Song
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16. Mentors Jamming SAP’s Culture
#suithugger Campaign Sapphire / SAP TechEd Madrid

17. Run with
the
Wolfpack
Year One
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18. Run with the Wolfpack Year II
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19. 1. Lead by Example
2. Passion
3. Constructive Criticism
4. Be Humble
5. Inclusive
6. Playful
7. Full of Gratitude
8. Deep Curiosity
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Enterprise Tribes Principles

20. #GeeksCanDance SAP Jam Band
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21. Improv Comedy Rule: Yes & …
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22. Don Finleone: An Offer You Can’t Refuse!

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25. Freaking Amazing
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28. Haydn Farewell Symphony #45
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29. Playful @ Work
Video Podcast
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30. 6 Steps to Elevate Your
Enterprise Tribe
1. Analyze Current Community
State
2. Secure Executive Buy-In
3. Find and Engage Top
Community Influencers
4. Create E-Tribe Identity +
Lifecycle
5. Develop E-Tribes at Events
Program
6. Track, Evaluate, and Report
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In Summary
Playfulness leads to:
1. Culture of Excellence
2. High Performance Teams
Across Corporate
Departments
3. Improved Idea Creation
and Implementation
4. High Level of Trust &
Flow of Information

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A fact on one of my
slides is deliberately
wrong.
Shout out: Prank!

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