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ACADEMY
Targeted mentoring and training for Fast Followers
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Mentoring onboarding
Fast Followers have been engaged in a dynamic onboarding process with Forum for the Future over the past month. This included personalised one-to-one sessions and a knowledge, skills, and practice baseline survey.
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14 December 2023
Mentoring launch: Reminder
The Fast Follower mentoring programme will launch on 14th December 2023 with experts from Forum for the Future.
Business engagement sprint: heat, power, and retrofitting
The challenges of engaging with businesses to establish a local net zero innovation pipeline were explored in a sprint with Innovate UK KTN.
Challenges were identified across heat, power, and retrofit. This included market failures, funding availability, the need for new business models, and competition with the private sector.