1972
Year founded
96,000 Approximate number of employees
100 + Innovation and takes time ,” Havercroft observes . “ With SuccessFactors you go to the app store , download and pay for the app – the integration cost is low and it ’ s as instantaneous as it is with your phone .”
“ Rather than being that closed , historic technology company , SuccessFactors is an open API system – above all else we encourage innovation and app development ,” he adds . “ I ’ m really excited that we ’ ve created this community of really innovative people that aren ’ t just fixing a problem and a process , they ’ re development centres coming up with new ways to measure
163 culture .” One of the significant partnerships SAP has at the moment is with Thrive Global , a business founded by co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post , Arianna Huffington . Under the strain of long work hours , Huffington collapsed due to sleep deprivation and exhaustion , and quickly recognised that many workers like her were facing a stress and burnout epidemic . Bringing corporate welfare to the fore , she created an app which is now available on the SuccessFactors platform . “ It ’ s an example where businesses are putting the focus on people ,” says Havercroft , noting that ,
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