Great insights! In your view, beyond waiting for the battery industry to mature, what would help cultivate more personnel who take a whole-of-value-chain view of batteries? Does it start at the level of public discourse? Policy framings? School curricula?
Answering your question is not easy, but it comes down to individuals themselves. They need to actively learn about segments of the battery value chain other than their expertise, if they want to go down this route.
I think it would help to emphasize the need for such skills through public discourse. The reason so many western battery companies are declaring bankruptcies or are downsizing in the last year is due to the lack of such individuals who could’ve advised on what is possible and what not based on market conditions. Managers should have a good enough technical foundation on the technologies they are overseeing.
Great insights! In your view, beyond waiting for the battery industry to mature, what would help cultivate more personnel who take a whole-of-value-chain view of batteries? Does it start at the level of public discourse? Policy framings? School curricula?
Answering your question is not easy, but it comes down to individuals themselves. They need to actively learn about segments of the battery value chain other than their expertise, if they want to go down this route.
I think it would help to emphasize the need for such skills through public discourse. The reason so many western battery companies are declaring bankruptcies or are downsizing in the last year is due to the lack of such individuals who could’ve advised on what is possible and what not based on market conditions. Managers should have a good enough technical foundation on the technologies they are overseeing.