Future Skills Ready: Tackling the UK Skills Gap

This episode features Chris Robinson, Senior L&D & Culture Manager at Octopus Electric Vehicles, part of the Octopus Energy Group. We focus on the state of play for UK skills, what businesses can do to ensure they are future skills ready; and which skills will be in greatest demand. Chris gives his tips and advice plus ways in which Octopus EV are tackling the skills shortfall. Guest: Chris Robinson, Senior L&D and Culture Manager, Octopus EV With over 7 years of experience across fast-paced start-ups and scale-ups—including restaurant delivery, rapid grocery, and EV leasing—Chris brings a unique blend of expertise across L&D, operations, and people management. He specialises in designing and implementing learning strategies, building progression frameworks, creating engaging onboarding and leadership programmes, and using data to close skill gaps. Alongside his L&D credentials, Chris has a strong background in operational excellence, hiring, and stakeholder engagement, as well as driving internal communications, employee engagement, and wellbeing initiatives. Passionate about future-ready skills and company culture, Chris plays a key role in helping Octopus EV build a skilled, motivated, and sustainable workforce. About HR in Review HR in Review is a podcast produced by the leading UK HR website www.hrreview.co.uk. HRreview provides news and advice on HR strategy and practice plus a host or related topics like recruitment, training, diversity, employment law, reward and wellbeing. Discover More Great HR Content at HRreview Subscribe to HRreview’s Daily email newletter here: https://www.hrreview.co.uk/signup Discover our online training courses for HR and more here: https://www.hrreview.co.uk/hrtraining Enjoy more HR content from Inside HR, our exclusive webinar channel here: https://www.hrreview.co.uk/free-webinars Join Us on Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2061371/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HRreviewUK Twitter: https://twitter.com/hrreview Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/hrreview/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HrreviewCoUk Get in Touch To provide feedback, suggest a speaker or find out about sponsoring a podcast, please email podcast@hrreview.co.uk