How might we assess, measure and develop core, enduring skills so we have a future ready workforce?
The Challenge
Like many UK sectors, the utilities sector is transforming fast. From AI and digital twins to the race for net zero, our future depends on a workforce that’s agile, tech-savvy, and sustainability-driven and has the enabling skills to continually upskill and reskill. Although technical skills can be developed the World Economic Forum point to the critical need for stronger core (or enduring) skills to navigate a changing employment landscape, the skills that underpin being successful in different environments and sectors.
To stay ahead, we must:
- Better define and understand the skills needed to enable future career success
- Explore more consistent and shared approaches to career management and pathways to build better regional and sector skills economies
- Make it easier for young people to match their skills to jobs
- Maximise the impact of investing in developing core/enduring skills
About the Sprint: Workforce 2030
Join us for a collaborative sprint to explore how we can better build, assess and maintain the skills and career pathways needed for the future considering
- The needs of future talent
- How we can better assess and measure skills at all levels
- The ways employers could collaborate to create better place based skills economies
Who Should Join?
This sprint is ideal for:
- Operational, HR, and innovation leaders
- Apprenticeship providers and academic institutions
- Training and workforce development partners
- Young professionals and career changers
- Policy makers and skills funders (e.g. Skills Builder, EU Skills)
- North East businesses looking to shape future talent pipeline
