Lynton Howes

About Lynton Howes

Lynton is a highly-experienced SAP Training and Change Management consultant. He has trained tradies, CEOs and everyone in between. Passionate about the merging of learning and technology, he tweets and blogs actively.

From the Archives – SAP Songs

Apparently, over 60% of songs are about love and relationships. Love is certainly something worth singing about, especially if you are in love. But what if you love SAP…what do you listen to then? There are no SAP love songs, are there? Well, actually, Yes there are. As the year draws to a close, and... (Read more)

Oracle, SAP fight for market share in India

Oracle and SAP are going head-to-head for market share in India, where enterprises are spending more than ever before on technology. In the past few weeks, California-based Oracle, once a pure database specialist, has published advertisements specifically targeting the clients of SAP, the world’s largest business software maker. India is the main game for global growth opportunities.... (Read more)

SAP offers new environmental reporting solutions

SAP today announced two new products that will make clever use of cloud technology to improve supply-chain management and regulatory compliance for manufacturers. The new products include the Product Stewardship Network and EHS Regulatory Documentation OnDemand. Both are based on the idea of sharing information so that it only has to be collected once –... (Read more)

Effective adult learning – How to embed stories

One of the things I remember most vividly about my childhood is spending time with my grandparents, and I can still remember their anecdotes and sayings, some 30 years later. Part of the reason for this is that they always wrapped their nuggets of wisdom in stories, which were fascinating to a youngster; not just... (Read more)

SAUG Sydney Plenary – 22 November

The SAP Australian User Group’s (SAUG) 40th Plenary and Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 22 November, 2012 in Sydney. The event was streamlined to one day after feedback from attendees that it is difficult to make two full days available at this time of year. Click here to view full details, including... (Read more)

SAP accelerates Mobile Solutions offering

On the 19th September, SAP announced the opening of a new SAP Mobility Design Centre in Palo Alto, Calif., to help customers meet the growing need for individualized mobile solutions.... (Read more)

SAP Customer Awards of Excellence 2012

Outstanding SAP project implementations were celebrated at the 12th Annual SAP Customer Awards of Excellence event, held on 16th September at Sydney Opera House, with 33 SAP customers and their implementation partners picking up awards.  CRM specialists Blu Leader picked up the “Best Run CRM” award for their work with Australand Property Group (where Adapt2... (Read more)

Digital evolution drives the future of SAP learning

This article is featured in the Inside SAP 2013 Yearbook - Page 42

Let me share with you a story about the first time I taught a room of budding SAP users who were aged almost exclusively under 25. I had a great set of training materials – brief but engaging slides, and realistic but not overly-complicated hands-on activities. Shortly after I walked into that room full of excited, boisterous, generation-Y trainees and commenced the learning, I sensed... (Read more)