Charting the path to a sustainable, competitive and green industry in an era of rapid change: proposing a research agenda

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Figure 1. NVivo diagram displaying the thematic code, together with sub-codes, forming challenge no. 5: “Attracting, developing and retaining employees with the right skills”.

Table 1. 14 challenges identified in the Delphi study.

Challenge
1.  To organize and create conditions for flexible work for all
2.  To successfully manage crises and drastic external events
3.  To successfully drive and contribute to the green industrial transformation
4.  To facilitate employee-driven innovation and organizational learning
5.  To attract, develop and retain employees with the right skills
6.  To take advantage of and exploit the opportunities of digitalization
7.  To create inclusive workplaces and utilize diversity
8.  To organize competence development
9.  To collaborate with external parties to ensure the availability of competence
10. To design for socially sustainable work considering efficiency and good health in a dynamic environment
11. To organize the creation of added value for and together with customers and suppliers
12. To systematically drive continuous improvement work in parallel with long-term development work
13. To develop leadership that creates better opportunities both for a climate-neutral footprint and a competitive industry with good working conditions
14. To transform research- and policy-based knowledge into practice

Figure 2. Priority matrix for ability and importance of the 14 challenges.

Figure 3. Gaps between importance and current abilities (numbers in parentheses refers to the challenges clustered under each theme).

Data availability statement

Data available on request from the authors.