Thought Leadership - Siemens Software

Siemens is on the pulse of groundbreaking innovations. In step with that objective, the Thought Leadership Team at Siemens Digital Industry Software provides podcasts, blogs, articles and white papers based on the knowledge of engineers and experts in their field. We discuss what Siemens is doing in many industries while forecasting the landscape of innovative technologies.

Our team focuses on emerging technologies in the next two to five years that Siemens is investing in and for which we are developing solutions.

Featured posts

End-to-end automation & agentic workflows

March 26, 2026

Innovation that truly empowers engineers Author: Andreas Sprickmann-Kerkerinck A day in the life: Practical engineering use case Imagine you’re an…

By Pascal Schmitt

6 MIN READ

Why OEMs must increase simulation adoption

February 20, 2026

Efficiency in manufacturing is key to ensuring competitiveness for years to come. Manufacturers around the world work to tackle labor…

By Bianca Ward

3 MIN READ

The Digital Enterprise and the Synthesis of Industrial AI, Digital Twin and Data

February 18, 2026

Digital Enterprises are built on three core technologies: the comprehensive Digital Twin, Software-Defined Everything (SDX) and Industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI). With such a foundation, Digital Enterprises will develop game changing speed, adaptability, resiliency and sustainability as they collect and understand historical and real-time data.

By Conor Peick

8 MIN READ

Latest posts

End-to-end automation & agentic workflows

March 26, 2026

Innovation that truly empowers engineers Author: Andreas Sprickmann-Kerkerinck A day in the life: Practical engineering use case Imagine you’re an…

By Pascal Schmitt

6 MIN READ

The major shift toward humanoids podcast transcript

March 25, 2026

Humanoid robots are transforming from technology showcases to practical, scalable solutions for real-world factories. And nowhere is this shift more meaningful than in brownfield environments, the legacy factories that make up the vast majority of global manufacturing.

By Bianca Ward

9 MIN READ

Ontologies: How to make sense of the data explosions in process industries – Transcript

March 25, 2026

John Nixon: Hello and welcome to today’s episode of the Industry Forward Podcast, where we explore the key trends, transformative…

By Shawn Wasserman

10 MIN READ

A cluster of bamboo arranged in a circle, the camera in the middle pointing up to reveal a circular opening and the tree canopy beyond.

How digitalization turns circularity from the abstract into reality

March 24, 2026

As industries are confronted with the limits of the take-make-waste model, circularity is emerging as a defining strategy for the…

By Eryn Devola

3 MIN READ

Conceptual image of an electric car power train, surrounded by a holographic version of the rest of the car.

The potential of AI in automotive simulation

March 20, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance in development and capability, industries of all kinds are looking for ways to…

By Quinn Foster

3 MIN READ

Customizing chips for the AI age

March 20, 2026

Building AI-enabled devices requires more than just building smarter models, in many cases, it requires the right chips to run…

By Spencer Acain

2 MIN READ

The importance of flexibility in AI chip design podcast – Transcript

March 9, 2026

AI is not a one size fits all solution for approaching industrial problems, rather, it’s important to tailor different models…

By Spencer Acain

7 MIN READ

AI-powered simulation: a new era for industrial engineering podcast transcript

March 6, 2026

Chris Pennington: Hi everyone and welcome back to the Siemens Digital Transformation podcast series. I’m your host, Chris Pennington, global…

By Bianca Ward

8 MIN READ

Enhancing chip design with AI

March 5, 2026

Reaching an optimal result in any task is often the result of balancing many factors, some of which may conflict…

By Spencer Acain

3 MIN READ