About Nesta

Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

Empowering workers with the skills they need for tomorrow.

FutureFit was a major training and research project led by Nesta and supported by Google.org, focused on creating an effective adult learning system to help tackle inequality and social exclusion. In partnership with 46 of Europe’s largest unions, leading researchers, employers and adult learning experts, FutureFit upskilled over 1,100 workers and conducted a large evaluation about what works, so that solutions can be scaled. The majority of the individuals that took part in FutureFit had no-low digital skills, despite working in highly automatable industries and jobs. Almost 90 per cent gained better digital skills, using the skills and knowledge they acquired in their jobs and elsewhere.

Team

Juan Casasbuenas

Juan Casasbuenas

Juan Casasbuenas

Curriculum and Content Manager

Juan was a Curriculum and Content Manager supporting the Digital Frontrunners and Global Innovation Policy Accelerator programmes.

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Olivia Chapman

Olivia Chapman

Olivia Chapman

Senior Programme Manager, Future of Work

Olivia was a senior programme manager at Nesta.

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Chrystalla Kapetaniou

Chrystalla Kapetaniou

Chrystalla Kapetaniou

Principal Researcher, Future of Work

Dr Chrystalla Kapetaniou is a Principal Researcher.

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Beatrice Bekar

Beatrice Bekar

Beatrice Bekar

Assistant Programme Manager, Future of Work

Bea is an Assistant Programme Manager.

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