Platform 4: Addressing the Policy, Culture and Skills Challenge

Challenge

While addressing technological barriers is essential, lasting impact depends on deeper behavioural shifts across policy, culture, and workforce skills. Adopting value retention practices (VRPs) in high-integrity sectors requires more than technological innovation and it demands alignment with and development of regulatory standards, creating specific legislation, fostering a culture of acceptance, and developing the necessary skills.

Goal

Create the conditions for system-wide change through upskilling, policy alignment and cultural transformation.

Key Themes

  • Policy framework and influencing standards 
  • Skills diagnostic assessment and green skills programme delivery 
  • Cultural transformation and training programmes 

Team Members

Key contributors to this area are:

Jose Hernandez

Jose Hernandez

Continuous Professional Development Manager
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, University of Strathclyde

Jose develops the strategy and portfolio of CPD products and services for the NMIS Manufacturing Skills Academy. He is also a Knowledge Exchange Fellow for the Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management (DMEM) at the University of Strathclyde. With extensive experience in workforce upskilling for both private and public sectors, Jose specializes in engineering design and operational excellence. He leads the delivery of well-established training courses, including the University of Strathclyde’s Lean Six Sigma training programme.

Jennifer Griffith

Project Lead - Net Zero Skills
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, University of Strathclyde

Jennifer Griffith is the Project Lead on Net Zero Skills at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), where she leads cross-disciplinary initiatives to translate cutting-edge research into training programmes that support the UK’s transition to Net Zero. With a background in Product Design and experience in the remanufacture of industrial lighting systems, she brings a cross-sector perspective shaped by her work in product development, marketing, and circular business models. She contributed to the development of the BS 8887 standard for the remanufacture of luminaires and now focuses on advancing sustainable manufacturing by designing skills pathways that accelerate industry adoption of circular practices.