Top 30 Joe Kaeser Quotes

By reducing trade barriers, improving intellectual-property protections, and setting international rules of the road, TTIP has the potential to improve America and Europe’s global competitiveness and strengthen their comparative advantages.

The U.K. matters with or without being a member of the E.U.

Irrespective of our past, we need to look forward.

Africa’s economies are gaining ground and can develop their full potential with the right partner. Siemens wants to support their sustainable development – with solutions and projects in Africa, for Africa.

Like the UAE, we have been thinking of the time after hydrocarbons for a very long time.

Siemens is a job machine.

To these economic refugees, maybe we should tell them, ‘We’ll call you when we need you.’

China is the world’s largest lighting market. That should not be ignored lightly.

Perhaps we Germans are a bit sensitive when it comes to walls and race.

We need constant change, technological innovation capability, and high productivity to survive in the fierce competitive environment.

A number of major companies – from PepsiCo to Walmart to U.P.S. – have recognized that corporations have a responsibility to address the causes of climate change before it is too late. We do not have to wait for an international treaty or new regulations to act.

Like Siemens, the UAE is big on innovation. It has become famous as a think tank for thought leadership in areas of interest to the world – and to Siemens.

President el-Sisi of Egypt took over in a very complicated environment. He needed to give a new direction. It is quite a difficult job.

America became great through immigrants… I hope that this great country will recall what has made it great.

Artificial intelligence is here and being rapidly commercialized, with new applications being created not just for manufacturing but also for energy, healthcare, and oil and gas. This will change how we all do business.

All our wealth and all our export power has also come by the fact that other nations were willing to see us. This is very important.

As a great employer, one of things we prize is political consistency and clear policy.

If the world believes that Iran doesn’t play by the rules and imposes sanctions, then we’ll follow them whether we have an opinion about it or not.

Every morning you get up, risk starts.

Unfair trade practices should be regulated because they’re unfair.

The individual Siemens businesses must be able to keep up with the specialists in the industry and be at least as good as their strongest competitors.

Mobility will be one of the major beneficiaries of population growth in the world.

The Osram brand and the Osram company is well-established in the world. Customers like them.

Some in Europe take a plane, fly to Silicon Valley, visit and look and come back and say we need to do the same thing. Well you can copy others… but if you always copy others, you never get ahead.

There is no question that the benefits of a permanent, robust trading partnership between the U.S. and the E.U. are a rare example of a win-win for both parties.

Mediocrity was the dominating element of big conglomerates and, in the new digital age, digitalization goes exactly after mediocrity.

Machines have the ability to assemble things faster than any human ever could, but humans possess the analytics, domain expertise, and valuable knowledge required to solve problems and optimize factory floor production.

If people don’t invest into new manufacturing, renewable energy, new health-care technology – these are our revenues and our bookings.

We never said the U.K. is in bad shape if it leaves the E.U.: we said the E.U. would miss a massive opportunity. Without the U.K., the E.U. may never be able to stand up against superpowers like China and the U.S.

‘Make in India’ is great, but ‘Make It Happen in India’ is even greater. Make It Happen in India is more than manufacturing. It’s about training, about education, about societal development and automation and engineering.