Big Technology Podcast · Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, discussed the evolving nature of work due to AI, suggesting a shift from technical skills to soft skills like management and quality control. He noted that roles will change as AI takes over analytical and production tasks.
“And the other thing is, you know, that it's not about the skills, but it's more about the roles. Yeah. So if I have a role of let's say, um, analyzing the data, or, uh, producing the data, and the AI does it, then I can say, okay, I'm now a manager of this AI, and I'm now responsible for the, you know, for the output, for the quality of the output.”
“It's not about the technical skills anymore. It's more about the soft skills. Yeah, I mean, managing people and managing these kind of agents.”