Daimler Truck Board Member Jürgen Hartwig: How Leaders Must Adapt

AI can deliver answers in seconds. But the decisions that matter most still require something technology can’t provide: human judgment.

Jürgen Hartwig, Board Member for Human Resources at Daimler Truck, leads the people agenda for around 100,000 employees worldwide. In this conversation, he shares what leadership looks like when technology is moving faster than organizations and certainty is becoming harder to find.

Key insights from the episode:

Technology moves faster than culture. AI can change overnight. Organizational habits and mindsets can take years.
Judgment can’t be delegated to AI. AI delivers information fast, but leaders still have to decide what to do with it and own the outcome.
Leaders have to keep learning. Jürgen learns more now than a decade ago and even has a technology mentor in his mid twenties.
Waiting for certainty is a risk. Leaders must make decisions without all the answers and be ready to change course.
Critical thinking matters more than ever. As AI takes on repetitive work, curiosity, creativity, and independent thinking become more valuable.

Watch the full conversation to discover what leadership requires when AI moves faster than certainty.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:00 How Leadership Has Changed

02:38 Technology Outpaces Company Culture

07:07 Leading Through Uncertainty

09:59 Learning and Psychological Safety

12:13 What AI Cannot Replace

14:52 The Risk of Delegating Judgment to AI

17:09 Skills for the Future of Work

20:05 Rethinking Business With AI

22:15 The Leader of the Future

25:15 Lessons From Other Leaders

27:05 What Makes People Successful

29:19 Career Advice for Young People

30:47 Reasons for Optimism

Connect with Jürgen Hartwig:

linkedin.com/in/jürgen-hartwig-33aa892a

What’s Next is a podcast exploring how technology, innovation, and global systems are shaping the future.

Hosted by Philip Meissner, each episode features conversations with global leaders, builders, and thinkers working at the forefront of change.

🔗 Connect with Philip Meissner:

https://www.philipmeissner.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmeissner/

🎧 Listen on:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1KFVD3ozuUQiQozO381J5C?si=e2eb5967f84648e8

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-next-with-philip-meissner/id1793306908

"What’s Next with Philip Meissner"

A journey through our future life and work, and the place to discover your next favorite strategy and innovation. With global perspectives and fresh thinking, brought to you by some of the most exciting thinkers, builders, and leaders across the globe. Philip Meissner hosts fantastic guests and speakers, who share their journeys and knowledge in the most authentic and deep-dive style – to guide you through our world of tomorrow. From economy to science, from tech policy to AI in a fast-changing world. Subscribe right now wherever you get your podcast!

Subscribe for more conversations on AI, emerging technologies, and global leadership.

#AILeadership #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #DaimlerTruck #JürgenHartwig #HumanJudgment #DecisionMaking #FutureOfWork #OrganizationalCulture #CriticalThinking #LeadingThroughChange #ContinuousLearning

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(88)

Highlights: Adam Grant: 3 Myths About How People Bond

We’ve curated a 7-minute segment packed with surprising insights as Adam Grant reveals how a public feud and four years of silence with Brené Brown turned into friendship, and why we sometimes write o...

16 Loka 6min

Adam Grant: 3 Myths About How People Bond

Instant chemistry is overrated. Keeping the peace can hold you back. And the person you can’t stand might become a close friend.Adam Grant, Wharton organizational psychologist and bestselling author o...

13 Loka 32min

Highlights: Daimler Truck Board Member Jürgen Hartwig: How Leaders Must Adapt

We’ve curated a 7-minute segment packed with sharp insights on what AI can do better than leaders, and the critical skills leaders can’t afford to give up.Listen to the full episode now!Youtube: https...

9 Loka 8min

Highlights: Girish Ramachandran on the Next 70% of Global Growth and Who Will Capture It?

We’ve curated a 7-minute segment packed with insights on why AI pilots fail, why the old growth playbook no longer works, and how to compete in the world’s fastest-growing markets.Listen to the full e...

29 Syys 7min

Girish Ramachandran on the Next 70% of Global Growth and Who Will Capture It?

Up to 70% of the world’s incremental growth is coming from growth markets. And they’re no longer playing catch-up.Girish Ramachandran, President of Growth Markets at Tata Consultancy Services, leads a...

22 Syys 25min

Highlights: AI Is Ready. We Aren’t: The Race to Build the Guardrails with Tiffany Wang

We’ve curated a 7-minute segment packed with insights on why we’re getting AI trust wrong, the risks of moving faster than our guardrails, and what responsible AI adoption means for the world we’re bu...

16 Syys 8min

AI Is Ready. We Aren’t: The Race to Build the Guardrails with Tiffany Wang

AI is getting more capable by the day. Our ability to know when to trust it isn’t keeping up.In this episode, Tiffany Xingyu Wang, author of the forthcoming The Trust Code and a longtime leader in dig...

8 Syys 37min