Case Study

Mindfulness at SAP (A): A skeptic attends the program

5 pages
August 2024
Reference: IMD-7-2489

This case sets up the context for how the global, IT company SAP transformed a grassroots mindfulness program into a formal offering. Using the situation of a skeptical participant as its starting point, it recounts the story of how Peter Bostelmann, delivery executive at SAP Field Services, began a mindfulness journey in the 2010s that led to a personal transformation. Motivated by the improvements he experienced, Bostelmann sought to bring the positive benefits of mindfulness that he had experienced – navigating challenging situations, managing stressful situations, as well as improved focus and work-life balance – to the wider organization. At the same time, there was a group of practitioners based in Germany that he leveraged in order to help bring mindfulness to SAP. The case follows Bostelmann’s journey to 2013 when he piloted the Search Inside yourself Mindfulness program.

Learning Objective
  • Understand the elements that enabled SAP to develop a grassroots mindfulness program.
Keywords
Workplace Well-being, General Management, Global Business, Human Resources, Leadership, Mindfulness, Leadership Development
Settings
World/global, Germany
SAP, Information Technology
2012-2023
Type
Field Research
Copyright
© 2024
Available Languages
English
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Mindfulness at SAP (A): A skeptic attends the program
By Anand Narasimhan Heather Cairns-Lee and Nancy Lane
Case reference: IMD-7-2489 ©2024
Summary
This case sets up the context for how the global, IT company SAP transformed a grassroots mindfulness program into a formal offering. Using the sit...
Reference IMD-7-2489
Copyright ©2024
Copyright owner IMD Copyright
Organization SAP
Industry Information Technology
Available Languages English
Contact

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Mindfulness at SAP (B): From grassroots to global mindfulness
By Anand Narasimhan Heather Cairns-Lee and Nancy Lane
Case reference: IMD-7-2521 ©2024
Summary
This case picks up the story in 2014 and describes how Bostelmann and SAP spread and deepened the roots of the grassroots program over the span of ...
Reference IMD-7-2521
Copyright ©2024
Copyright owner IMD Copyright
Organization SAP
Industry Information Technology
Available Languages English
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