Siemens' Judith Wiese on engineering a global workforce transformation

About this episode

Judith Wiese discusses Siemens' approach to workforce transformation in the face of AI and demographic changes.

The multinational's head of HR and sustainability explains how the firm's investment in continuous skills building positions it to handle AI disruptions, demographic shifts, job redesign, and workflow changes. Also, industrial AI, defining core skills, and co-determination.

People in this episode

Host: Harvard Business School

Guest: Judith Wiese

Topics covered

• global workforce transformation
• AI disruptions
• skills building
• job redesign
• workflow changes
• industrial AI
• co-determination

Keywords

• Siemens
• Judith Wiese
• workforce transformation
• AI
• skills building
• job redesign
• co-determination

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Organizations: Siemens

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