Utilizing Technology in Consulting

In 2021, I became the first woman to head a unicorn in Israel, AKA Startup Nation. In many parts of the world, women are excluded from even the most basic financial services, so leading a fintech company is far from their reality. United Nations data estimates that 3.8 billion women live in the world, 50% of which are adults. According to the World Bank’s Global Findex Database, 1.4 billion of those 1.9 billion adult women, are unbanked. That’s 73.65%. Visit that statistic again. It represents a disturbing gender gap in financial access, with women being far less likely than men to have bank accounts or access formal financial services. This financial exclusion has personal impact. It diminishes women’s economic empowerment by restricting access to education and limiting their potential for personal growth and independence. It makes women more financially dependent, and therefore, more vulnerable. There's economic impact, too. Research by McKinsey highlights the economic loss due to financial exclusion of women, noting that closing the gender gap in labor force participation could add trillions to global GDP. Financial inclusion isn’t just a matter of equality – ensuring the same opportunities for all. It’s a matter of equity - ensuring women have the tools and access they need to fully participate in the global economy. That’s where technology enters the picture to level the field. The rise of mobile banking is a great example of innovation enhancing financial inclusion. According to a report by the International Finance Corporation, mobile money accounts are more popular among women in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, where access to traditional banking is limited. Various fintechs provide financial literacy resources, helping women understand financial products, budgeting, and saving strategies. Other solutions include AI-driven platforms that offer personalized recommendations and advice, empowering women to make informed financial decisions. Aside from personal apps and solutions, fintechs can facilitate community-based lending and saving initiatives, allowing women to support each other through group savings or microfinance schemes, fostering a sense of solidarity and shared purpose. This International Women’s Day’s theme is "accelerate action". In my mind, nothing accelerates action like innovation. As we mark International Women's Day, let’s advocate and innovate to enhance financial inclusion for women worldwide. #IWD2025 #financialInclusion Papaya Global

Can AI help improve women’s healthcare? Women’s healthcare has long been shaped by gaps in research, diagnosis, and treatment. Women are more likely to have their pain dismissed, experience delayed diagnoses, or receive care based on incomplete or male-centric medical research. Many technologists are now turning to AI to bridge this gap, using technology to rethink how healthcare systems are designed and how care is delivered. A recent example of this shift is Maven’s launch of Maven Intelligence, an AI-powered tool designed to provide personalized, evidence-based guidance and connect users with appropriate providers. Built on large language models from OpenAI and Google within a HIPAA-compliant, closed system, it draws on an individual’s health history, goals, benefits coverage, medical records, lab results, and wearable data to support care navigation and follow-ups. What stands out is not just the technology itself, but the intention behind it. Projects like these reflect a broader movement: using technology to correct for gaps that have existed for decades in women’s healthcare. For students and future technologists, it’s inspiring to see how tech can be used to better communities and solve real-world problems within our healthcare system.  https://lnkd.in/eEisaXUN

What if AI could finally close the care gap in women's health? We're witnessing a silent revolution in healthcare technology. AI-driven platforms are stepping in where traditional systems have fallen short, particularly for women and mental health services. Think about it: personalized mood tracking that identifies patterns before you do. Crisis intervention available at 3 AM when therapist offices are closed. Menstrual cycle analysis that actually predicts irregularities with remarkable accuracy. These technologies aren't just convenient alternatives. They represent critical lifelines for underserved communities where healthcare access remains limited or stigmatized. A female colleague shared with me last week about how she thinks our AI solution can connect rural and semi-urban women to specialists they would never have accessed otherwise. Every tech application initially faces rejection – but this "failure" can prove invaluable. It has revealed similar technologies to learn from and guide our development in more innovative directions. The potential impact extends far beyond individual care. These AI solutions could fundamentally transform community health outcomes by providing consistent, stigma-free monitoring and intervention. Traditional healthcare systems weren't designed with women's unique needs in mind. AI offers us a chance to rebuild from the ground up – creating systems that actually understand cyclical health patterns and gender-specific concerns. The most promising aspect? Democratized access. When quality healthcare becomes available through a smartphone, geographic and economic barriers begin to crumble. Have you encountered AI tools addressing women's health or mental wellness? The technological landscape is evolving rapidly, and I'm curious about your experiences with these emerging solutions. Build healthcare that works for everyone. The technology exists – now we need to ensure it reaches those who need it most.

SAP consulting isn’t dying. But it is being rewritten. And AI isn’t replacing consultants — It’s replacing how they work. Here’s what I’m seeing 👇 1. Configuring transactions? ↳ AI will soon do it faster than we can. ↳ What remains valuable is the why, not the how. 2. Copy-pasting specs into SPRO (SAP configuration) ? ↳ That era is ending. ↳ The future is in challenging specs, not just implementing them. 3. “Being good at SAP” won’t be enough. ↳ You’ll need to be good at logistics, supply chain, finance, production. ↳ Processes first. Screens second. 4. Juniors trained on navigation only? ↳ They’ll struggle. ↳ The ones who understand business flows will thrive. 5. The “hybrid” consultant won’t be a coder. ↳ They’ll be a process analyst. ↳ Someone who says, “This setup is inappropriate — here’s why.” Configuration will be assisted. Automated. But real-world decisions? Business trade-offs? Best practices? Those stay human. SAP consulting isn’t disappearing. -> It’s evolving. P.S. : The train’s already moving. Jump on — or risk getting left behind. #SAP #SAPConsulting #SAPExperts #SAPAI #FutureOfSAP #S4HANA #DigitalSAP #ProcessDesign #BusinessProcess #BestPractices #AIinSAP #SAPSkills #FunctionalConsulting #SAPCareer #ERPTransformation #SAPCommunity #HybridConsultant #TechAdoption #ChangeManagement #NextGenConsultant #SAPProcesses #SAPMindset #DigitalConsulting #BusinessTransformation #SAPProjects #SAPPeople

The future of women’s health is wearable. Wireless. Intelligent. Continuous. Not as a trend, but as a structural shift in how care is delivered. For decades, women’s health pathways have been reactive: - We wait for symptoms to worsen before we intervene. - We navigate uncertainty with little real-time data. - We advocate for ourselves in systems not designed around our physiology. Continuous biomonitoring begins to change that. AI-integrated wearables, smart textiles and real-time hormone and biomarker tracking can make women’s health visible – instead of inferred, minimised or overlooked. This opens the door to: • Earlier detection of cardiovascular risk in women • Precision support through perimenopause and menopause • Safer pregnancy and postpartum monitoring • Better management of autoimmune and endocrine conditions • Data-informed decision-making between women and clinicians But – and this is where policy matters – technology alone will not deliver equitable progress. To translate innovation into impact, we need: 1.     Reimbursement models that support continuous rather than episodic care 2.     Clinical workflows that recognise wearable data as decision-support 3.     Standards and governance to ensure algorithms reflect women’s physiology and diversity 4.     Access strategies that prevent a digital divide in who benefits 5.     Trust-building at the point of care and in the patient experience The opportunity is not simply to introduce new devices. It is to redesign how women are supported across the care continuum. Because when women have real-time visibility into our own health, care becomes less about escalation – and more about prevention, partnership and agency. ❓Should continuous monitoring become standard in women’s healthcare? ♻️ Please share to help your network and follow Anna Dé for more content. Let’s rethink women’s health—together. — Anna #WomensHealth #DigitalHealthInnovation #PreventiveCare #HealthEquity #WearableTech

The SAP Consultant of 2030 may look very different from the SAP consultant of today. by Alma TA For years, consultants created value through things like: ↳ Writing functional specifications ↳ Configuring systems ↳ Troubleshooting issues ↳ Searching documentation ↳ Delivering repetitive project tasks But look at where SAP is investing. Joule. AI Agents. Joule Studio. Joule Work. The direction is becoming harder to ignore. Some of the work consultants spend hours on today may eventually take minutes. Finding information. Drafting documents. Analyzing issues. Creating first versions of deliverables. That doesn't mean consultants become less important. It means the work changes. The consultant who spends all day searching for answers may struggle. The consultant who knows how to design AI-powered business processes may thrive. The consultant who only consumes SAP capabilities may struggle. The consultant who can build Skills, Agents, and AI solutions may have a different kind of value. Twenty years ago, knowing transactions gave consultants an advantage. Over the next decade, knowing how to combine SAP expertise, business processes, and AI might be the bigger advantage. The SAP consultant of 2030 may not be the person who knows the most transactions. It may be the person who knows how to design AI systems that execute those transactions. 🔗 A detailed blog link is in the comments    (co-written with former SAP employees)    P.S. I share practical SAP AI breakdowns like this every week.    Get it here free → zequance.ai/news

🚀 SAP Changed. Did Your Learning Strategy Change Too? SAP evolved from Transactions ➜ Analytics ➜ AI. The biggest risk isn't that SAP is changing. The biggest risk is that your skills aren't changing with it. For years, SAP professionals focused on transactions. Today, successful SAP professionals focus on business outcomes, analytics, automation, and AI. The question is no longer: ❌ "Do you know the T-Code?" The question is: ✅ "Can you help the business make better decisions?" 📱 SAP Evolution Through the Years 1️⃣ ECC Era – The Transaction Expert Like the classic Nokia phone, ECC was reliable and built for execution. Skills that mattered: SE16 VA01 ME21N MB51 Manual Reporting Traditional ABAP Process Execution 🎯 Goal: Complete transactions correctly and efficiently. 2️⃣ SAP S/4HANA Era – The Digital Transformation Expert The game changed from processing data to understanding data. Skills that became important: SAP Fiori Apps Embedded Analytics CDS Views SAP HANA Concepts Real-Time Reporting Process Simplification User Experience (UX) 🎯 Goal: Deliver faster insights and smarter business processes. 3️⃣ AI-Powered SAP Era – The Intelligent Enterprise Expert Today, SAP is moving beyond reporting into prediction, automation, and AI-driven decision making. Skills shaping the future: Joule AI SAP BTP AI Agents Process Automation Predictive Analytics Business AI Low-Code/No-Code Solutions Intelligent Enterprise Architecture 🎯 Goal: Enable autonomous and data-driven business operations. 🔥 What SAP Professionals Should Learn Next If you're still learning only T-Codes, you're preparing for yesterday's SAP. The modern SAP consultant should combine: ✅ Functional Expertise ✅ Business Process Knowledge ✅ Analytics Skills ✅ Automation Mindset ✅ AI Awareness ✅ SAP BTP Fundamentals 💡 Reality Check Knowing ME21N made you valuable in the ECC era. Knowing Fiori + Analytics made you valuable in the S/4HANA era. Knowing AI + BTP + Business Processes will make you valuable in the next SAP era. 💬 Which skill are you learning right now: Fiori, CDS Views, BTP, or AI? — CH SIVA | SAP Career & Learning 🚀

If you’re an SAP consultant & you’re not sweating bullets after Sapphire 2024, you missed the memo. AI is coming for you. But Jonathan, you’re kidding, right? RIGHT? I wish I was: ‘Joule for Consultants’ will accelerate projects by +30% by automating many routine tasks. Whose routine tasks? Yours. Low-code/no-code development on BTP promises to make it easier for businesses to customize SAP themselves. Whose customization work? Yours. SAP’s “clean core” ERP strategy keeps S/4HANA free from excessive custom code, meaning fewer complex customizations. Whose complex customizations? Yours. But my friend, you are not going to freak out. You are going to pull yourself up by your bootstraps & prepare for the future. Here’s how you are going to turn these challenges into opportunities: 1. Embrace AI to Enhance Your Skills Joule is a game-changer, yes. But, instead of fearing it, leverage it. -Understand how Joule works & integrate it into your workflow to enhance productivity. -With Joule handling routine tasks, focus on higher-value activities like strategic planning.  -Take courses in AI & ML so you can stay ahead & offer new AI-driven services to your clients. 2. Master Low-Code/No-Code Platforms LCND development on BTP is revolutionizing customization. So you need to get ahead by mastering it. -Obtain certifications in SAP’s low-code/no-code platforms to help clients build & customize applications efficiently.  -Position yourself as an expert who can train client teams to use these platforms effectively.  -Create & market pre-built solutions that clients can easily customize, adding value to your consulting services. 3. Adapt to the Clean Core ERP Strategy With over 6k customers adopting RISE with SAP, the clean core ERP strategy is here to stay. Adapt & thrive. -Shift your focus from heavy customization to mastering configuration within the clean core framework.  -Advise clients on best practices for maintaining a clean core ERP system, ensuring they get the most out of their S/4HANA investment.  -Keep abreast of the latest updates & features in S/4HANA to provide the most current & relevant advice. 4. Evolve with the Industry The traditional SAP consulting model is evolving. So should you. -Commit to lifelong learning & stay updated with the latest SAP technologies & industry trends.  -Expand your expertise to include emerging technologies like blockchain, IoT, & advanced analytics. -Join SAP communities, attend conferences, & collaborate with other professionals to stay connected & informed. Sapphire 2024 was a wake-up call. The old way of doing SAP consulting is being profoundly reshaped. If you’re not adapting, you’re falling behind. The future is… LITERALLY  RIGHT  NOW It is time to pivot & find your new niche before it’s too late. If you don’t embrace these changes & you don’t take proactive steps, you may find yourself wishing that you had.

For years, one of the biggest challenges in women's health has been the lack of comprehensive, longitudinal data. What we don't measure, we can't fully understand—and what we don't understand, we can't effectively address. That's why I found this recent review from Stanford researchers particularly interesting. It explores how wearable devices and digital health tools are helping researchers gather real-world data on menstrual health, menopause, sleep, physical activity, and other important health indicators throughout a woman's life. The implications extend far beyond technology. Better data can help drive: • Earlier diagnosis and intervention • More personalized care • Stronger clinical research • Greater investment in women's health innovation • Improved health outcomes for women everywhere As the women's health ecosystem continues to grow, the ability to generate meaningful, evidence-based insights will be critical to advancing both innovation and care. Women's health has historically been underserved. Access to better data is one step toward changing that. What role do you think digital health technologies will play in the future of women's healthcare? Source: Nature – npj Women's Health https://lnkd.in/g7RWXqeB #WomensHealth #FemTech #DigitalHealth #HealthInnovation #HealthcareInnovation #HealthTech #Menopause #Research #DataScience #WomensHealthResearch