Industrial Automation
Six leadership editions
When Your Best Engineer Leaves
In most mid-market automation firms, three to five engineers carry every critical client relationship. Clients ask for them by name. When one accepts an offer from the client directly, the relationship and the delivery capability leave together.
What's Changing in the Book You Sign
Your next €10M of capital. The project margin you forecast. The thesis your board can recite back. Three questions that look separate, but are actually one. A briefing for CFOs at mid-market European industrial automation firms.
What's Changing in How You Ship
Your project margins are under pressure. Your senior automation engineers hold client accounts no one else in the firm can cover. Your deployment timelines have not shortened in a decade. Three problems that look separate, but are actually one. A briefing for operations leaders at industrial automation and systems integration firms.
What's Changing in the Bench You're Building
Your senior application engineers are aging out. Your graduate pathway has quietly closed. Your 2030 senior bench is being shaped by Copilot rollouts you were not invited to. A briefing for Chief Human Resources Officers at mid-market European industrial automation firms.
Your Tender Floor Just Changed Its Clock
Tenders lost on timeline, not price. Standard-work margins sliding. Your best integrator is five years from retirement and the client already asked if they could hire him direct. Three problems that look separate, but are one. A briefing for commercial directors at industrial automation firms.
What's Changing on Your R&D Floor
Your R&D floor is a stack of five engineering groups, and AI lands differently on each. Siemens TIA Copilot is in production. Schneider EcoStruxure AI is shipping into your customers' commissioning cycles. Your scorecard is firmware release velocity and silicon headcount, and neither is the 2026 question. A briefing for CTOs, CPOs, and Heads of R&D at mid-market European industrial automation firms.