About Future-Ready Industries

Across the world, governments, employers, education providers, and workers are grappling with a rapidly changing world of work. Changes to the types of jobs being done. Changes to the sorts of skills companies need. Changes to the ways in which employees define themselves. These shifts are reshaping industries, and forcing policymakers to rethink how economies can stay competitive. From Australia’s Future Made in Australia to the EU’s Future of European Competitiveness; from the UK’s Industrial Strategy to the Washington-based think tank CNAS and its National Industrial Policy Strategy, there is a strong focus on creating conditions for growth in sectors seen as critical to future prosperity.

Data is an essential ingredient in any successful industrial strategy. Without it, there is nothing to build on, and no benchmark for judging whether interventions and investments are likely to work. Future-Ready Industries demonstrates both the necessity and the power of data to illuminate the key trends that are shaping the future, by bringing vital demand and supply metrics to bear on eight crucial sectors across ten key countries. Below, you’ll find details of the insights and countries we’ve covered, followed by links through to each industry page. Finally, at the bottom you’ll find a methodology section outlining the approach we've taken and the datasets we've used.