Josef Nierling

Managing Director - Porsche Consulting

Managing Director of the Italian office of Porsche Consulting - among the Top 10 strategy consulting firms in Germany - subsidiary of the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer Porsche AG. Following the principle of "strategic vision, intelligent implementation," its consultants support industry leaders on issues of strategy, innovation, performance improvement and sustainability. Porsche Consulting's global network of 12 offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas serves clients in the mobility, industrial goods, consumer goods and financial services sectors in particular.
Josef Nierling focuses on strategies for competitiveness: innovation, labor, sustainability, and expanding markets such as China. He has frequently published his thoughts in major national newspapers (Il Sole 24 Ore, Corriere della Sera, Il Foglio, Avvenire), in scientific journals (Harvard Business Review Italy), and has contributed to several books such as "Modello G", F. Cancellato, Università Bocconi Editori, "Industria 4.0 Uomini e macchine nella fabbrica digitale", Magone et al., Guerini, "Il lavoro che serve. Persone nell´industria 4.0", Magone e Mazali, Guerini.
His vision for the construction of the post-pandemic future has been included in the collection of reflections of the book "Goethe-Vigoni Discorsi" published by Villa Vigoni, Italian-German center for European dialogue.
He is member of the board of the Italian association AI-CEO and Fellow of Futur/IO, European Institute for Exponential Technologies and Desirable Futures.