New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Judith Wiese, board member and chief people and sustainability officer at Siemens AG, cautioned that Germany will lose 15-20% of its workforce over the next decade due to demographics. And this is why India is "central" to Siemens' strategy of a capability hub.

In an exclusive interaction with Mint, Wiese assuaged fears of AI-led layoffs, marked out workplace shifts since the pandemic and spoke on how data centres do guzzle energy, but that challenge needs to be dealt with responsibly.

Some things have stayed since covid, particularly hybrid work. In India and China, more employees prefer working from the office. In other regions, hybrids remain common. What has fundamentally changed is the speed of AI adoption. Ge...