THE ART OF THE IMPOSSIBLE PODCAST - EPISODE 4

Plugging the Digital Skills Gap and Building for Tomorrow

Preparing a generation of digitally-empowered designers, engineers, and managers.

Often referred to as a “skills gap”, the disconnect between the capabilities required for a job and the skills employees actually master represents a real conundrum in most industries. How to strike a balance between closing the gap when things aren't particularly clear?

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Biography

James Moore

Managing Director at Hosokawa Micron Ltd (HML), specialists in high containment and powder processing technologies, and part of the Hosokawa Micron Corporation, which was formed in Japan just over a century ago. As well as industrial equipment, HML also supports customers with a range of complementary business lines; contract manufacturing, innovation services, and Hosokawa Gen4, a digital toolkit to support data-driven manufacturing.

While HML aims to become a digital leader in each of the markets in which it operates, the company continues to invest in the development of its people – its most valuable asset – to support this.

Kadine James 

Kadine is the Founder of The Immersive Kind, an XR Creative Content Studio and 24/7 Digital Arts and Advanced Technology Community of artists, designers, scientists, and technologists from around the globe. Listed as one of the topmost influential women in UK technology (Computer Weekly)

Kadine sits on the international advisory board at None in Three a research and policy centre which is using gaming technology to tackle gender-based violence around the world.

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