SuccessConnect 2026 Recap: Chains, Agents & Eat the Broccoli

We're back - and we just came off SuccessConnect in Vegas.

The whole crew is here for this one: what SAP's new leadership means for payroll, why Raj's original spinner chain now belongs to Christian Klein, how a PayrollBADIes chain ended up on OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder (and how Shahzad thought he was watching One Direction), Project Vanguard and AI outcomes for every customer, TechWolf, Joule Studio 2.0, the move to SAP-managed Joule - and why you have to eat the broccoli before you get the ice cream.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome back - and where was Todd?
02:28 Around the table: SAP's new leadership, and is payroll still a priority?
05:28 Raj's spinner chain goes to Christian Klein
07:04 A chain for OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder
08:44 What the autonomous enterprise means for a payroll admin
11:17 Shahzad's bathroom story: OneRepublic or One Direction?
13:13 Project Vanguard: real AI outcomes, for every customer
14:29 Start asking your boss for SuccessConnect 2027 budget now
15:31 Sunny on the agentic enterprise - and how much control customers get
18:17 SAP and TechWolf: skills transformation
19:21 The partner summit, and beating Workday together
22:24 The PayrollBADIes Roadshow: Phoenix, Dallas, Boston
24:36 The new payrollbadies.com, a game and a merch store
26:08 Nominate a Badie
29:31 Should we take a sponsor? (No PAC money)
31:28 Which AI use case was actually valuable?
33:08 Joule Studio 2.0
35:11 SAP-managed Joule
39:00 Eat the broccoli before the ice cream

THE PAYROLLBADIES ROADSHOW
Free payroll events with breakfast, lunch, Pete Tiliakis - and maybe a live podcast. Phoenix 10 Nov, Dallas 17 Nov, Boston in February. With EPI-USE, Veritas Prime, Deel and DailyPay.

NOMINATE A BADIE
Know someone who saved a go-live and never got the credit? Tell us: https://payrollbadies.com/badie-honors#nominate

THE WRITTEN VERSION
Every moment in this episode, with links straight to it, in the newsletter: https://payrollbadies.beehiiv.com

Hosts: Imran Sajid, Jessie Pappis, Raj Sharmacharya, Shahzad Naseem, Todd Asevedo, Giovanna Lopez, Sunny K. Joshi.

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