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Welcome to What Tech Can Do, the podcast series from Roland Berger's Advanced Technology Center that provides insights into technological and industrial shifts and helps build the foundation for successful business strategies based on operational realities.

This episode dives into humanoid robots and what truly separates science fiction from industrial reality. Host Carina Lainer is joined by Thomas Kirschstein (Semiconductor Practice), Jonas Zinn (Manufacturing & Operations Practice), and Shuai Shi (Automotive Practice, Shanghai) to unpack why humanoid robots are technically capable, yet still far from scalable deployment.

This episode covers why AI and data, not hardware, are now the biggest...

Welcome to What Tech Can Do, the podcast series from Roland Berger's Advanced Technology Center that provides insights into technological and industrial shifts and helps build the foundation for successful business strategies based on operational realities.
This episode brings together six Roland Berger experts spanning three continents: Adam Healy (Partner and EV Charging Lead, based in London) alongside Aaron Chugger (Principal – Transaction & Investor Services, London), Erin Sowerby (Partner – Energy Practice, Chicago), Jack Zhuang (Principal - Automotive Practice, Shanghai), Martin Weissbart (Partner - Infrastructure Investor Support Europe Lead, based in Munich), and Stefan Riederle (Senior Partner - Automotive...

Welcome to What Tech Can Do, the podcast series from Roland Berger's Advanced Technology Center that provides insights into technological and industrial shifts and helps build the foundation for successful business strategies based on operational realities.

In this first episode, Junhyuk Choi, Senior Project Manager at Alexec (a Roland Berger company), is joined by Idriss Alami, Managing Partner at Alexec, and Wolfgang Bernhart, Senior Partner and Co-Head of the Advanced Technology Center at Roland Berger, to discuss the realities of scaling battery production in gigafactories. They
explore why the start of production (SOP) marks the beginning of the most challenging...

In this episode, our partner Florian Dehne, Global Head Aviation, speaks with Martin Gauss, long-time CEO of Air Baltic and since November CEO of Gulf Air, about his fascinating journey from pilot to airline leader – and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Together, they explore how artificial intelligence, digitalization, and simplicity are reshaping the aviation industry.
Martin shares insights on driving innovation through AI-based revenue management, Starlink connectivity, blockchain loyalty programs, and his belief that the passenger experience must become simpler, more seamless, and customer-centric. Discover how smaller, agile airlines can lead transformation and why AI will soon...