Skills Imperative 2035: The future of work: Rethinking skills, job design, career pathways, and management practices for the future workforce

Tuesday 17 March 2026

13:00 - 14:00

Online (Zoom)

NFER and the Chartered Management Institute are holding a webinar to share the key findings from The Skills Imperative 2035 Programme, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

NFER’s Research Director, Luke Bocock, will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss how working lives and employers needs are changing, particularly with the rapid adoption of AI, and how these changes might unfold over the course of the year.
  
Panellists include: 

  • Petra Wilton (Chair) - Director of Policy and External Affairs, Chartered Management Institute
  • Luke Bocock - Research Director, National Foundation for Educational Research
  • Laurence Grafton – Industrial Strategy Unit, Department for Business and Trade
  • Sarah Douglas – Founder and Director, The Liminal Space, creators of the Job Design Lab
  • Ruth South - Senior Manager for Global Talent, Development and Learning at Costa Coffee