Organizations are looking at HR tech to drive their overall digital transformation: Aaron Green
People Matters|November 2020
There has been an incredible amount of resilience and agility demonstrated over the last several months, with entire workforces transitioning to remote work or being redeployed into new roles overnight. It was the passion and agility of people that drove this resilience, says Aaron Green, Senior Vice President and Head of SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Asia Pacific Japan
Mastufa Ahmed
Organizations are looking at HR tech to drive their overall digital transformation: Aaron Green

Aaron Green is the Senior Vice President and Head of SAP SuccessFactors across Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, Aaron leads a business that enables organizations of all sizes, across all industries, to deliver extraordinary results for their People & Culture strategies.

Prior to joining SAP SuccessFactors, Aaron was the VP of HCM for Oracle Asia Pacific and held various Strategy and Sales leadership roles at several technology companies.

Aaron is passionate about researching and identifying emerging trends in the practice of Human Resources and Workforce Management to deliver industry-leading innovation for organizations around the world.

Here are excerpts of the interview.

COVID-19 presents significant challenges to people and organizations around the globe. How do you see the overall impact of the pandemic on businesses and people globally?

To say that the world in 2020 is very different would be an understatement. Our focus now is not to return to “normal” but rather how we move forward in our current reality.

It has become more challenging to balance our professional and personal lives, given the challenges of alternate and/or remote working arrangements. As such, an important area of focus for SAP is our employees’ overall well-being, including mental and physical health.

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