Episode 36 - Wincie Wong, Head of Services Workforce Technical Capability, NatWest

How NatWest are tackling the digital skills pipeline crisis

We speak to Wincie Wong, Head of Services Workforce Technical Capability, NatWest

 

According to FutureDotNow almost 10 million UK workers are missing fundamental digital skills needed for today’s workplace. Large organisations can make a big difference here, simply by skilling up their workforce. So what can we learn from them?

We were thrilled to chat to Wincie Wong, Head of Services Workforce Technical Capability at Natwest about how she and her team are taking on the tech talent challenge at scale, retraining colleagues and thinking big about what the future of their organisation looks like. Wincie discusses why this work is only meaningful if it has inclusion at its heart, attracting more women and people from diverse backgrounds into careers in digital. She tells us how to support staff as they reskill, and shares what she has learned as co-founder of the NatWest Girls Can Code network and founding member of Tech She Can, a charity representing 230+ corporates working together to increase the number of women in technology roles in the UK through education.

After a turbulent week in politics, Zoe and Paul discuss what this means for leadership and whether this means we need to rethink what power looks like, who we hand it to and how we hold leaders accountable.

 

Notes and links -

• Tech She Can

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Editing and production from Syren Studios and Paul Thomas

Music by Joseph McDade https://josephmcdade.com/music