Post by Ulli Waltinger

🚀 Powering the Future: AI, Energy Transition, and the Case for Small Wins In this episode  of 🎧Human & AI: Minds, Machines, and the Gradient Descent, with Arberie  Hakaj and me in this interdisciplinary 🏳️‍🌈 virtual format on the interfaces of what it means staying #human and being #passioned about technology and #IndustrialAI 🤖, we sit down with Dr. Christian Essling, Global Head of Data & AI at E.ON, one of Europe's largest energy companies, for a conversation about what it truly takes to drive #AI transformation in the physical world. Christian shares his journey from #dreaming of a consulting career to discovering the power of data-driven prediction during his PhD: 💡How that moment set him on a path to leading AI at scale across 76,000 colleagues and 1.6 million kilometers of infrastructure. 💡We explore why Christian believes in the power of many smaller wins over elusive moonshots, how E.ON is tackling the volatility of renewable energy with AI and even quantum computing, and what it really means to keep a grid in balance when solar panels, heat pumps, and electric vehicles are rewriting the rules of energy consumption. 💡From drone-based cable inspections and Boston Dynamics robots in transformer stations, to AI-powered customer experiences in 50 million households, this episode is a masterclass in grounding technology in real business value. Tune in to find out why Christian's boldest advice to every geek out there is simple: understand the business first. Thanks a million Christian for your time, passion and sharing #yourock 🙏 Victoria Paula S. Paula Syrine Torjmene Bernd "Benno" Blumoser Jacqueline Burkert Robert Lohmeyer Sina Isabell Springer Niklas Hinz Matthias Walz Stefan Kneip Klaus Schmidts🏳️‍🌈🤖🧡 #bold #committed #openminded #OneSiemens #SiemensAI #SiemensAILab Siemens Advanta 🎧 Listen now to get inspired: https://lnkd.in/dUTijRDn