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Research, partnerships and coverage shaping the skills first conversation.
Abi Williams appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Abodoo
Abodoo™ announces Abi Williams as Chief Commercial Officer. Having built and scaled commercial relationships with some of the world's largest organisations through leadership roles at Oracle, Meta, LinkedIn and Udemy, Abi brings the experience, credibility and strategic vision required for Abodoo's next chapter, accelerating global adoption of SIIO™, The Infrastructure Behind Skills Driven Revenue Growth.
Sandra Murtagh, former VP Global L&D at Dell Technologies, joins the Abodoo Board
Abodoo™ welcomes Sandra Murtagh as Non-Executive Director. With 30+ years at Dell Technologies, most recently VP of Global Learning & Development for Sales & Corporate Services, Sandra led capability transformation across 78,000 employees and built AI enabled workforce strategies delivering over $1.5bn in commercial impact.
Abodoo and NIIT Bring Enterprise Leaders Together Ahead of Learning Live AI
Following an executive dinner in London ahead of Learning Live AI, enterprise leaders identified three priorities shaping the future of workforce transformation: a trusted skills source of truth, interoperable skills intelligence and personalised workforce development.
AI, adaptive learning and closing the skills gap, with Clare Dygert (SweetRush, NIIT group)
On the Global Skills Podcast, sponsored by Abodoo, Vanessa Wainwright is joined by Clare Dygert, learning systems architect and Chief Learning Strategist at SweetRush (now part of the NIIT group). They explore how AI is transforming learning, why personalised and adaptive learning is becoming essential, and what organisations must do to genuinely close the skills gap, covering micro-credentialing, transferable skills, employee ownership of growth, and using AI as a creative thinking partner.
LPI research reveals AI capability gap in L&D
The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), in partnership with Abodoo, released two new reports, AI in Learning & Development: Priorities, Pressures and Progress and The L&D Capability Gap in the Age of AI, examining how L&D is responding to AI. Based on 692 learning leaders and LPI Capability Map data from 3,575 L&D professionals across 1,874 organisations, the research finds AI Literacy is the lowest-scoring domain in the LPI framework (1.54 / 4).
Hayden Hughes joins Abodoo as Board Advisor for Global Talent & RPO Strategy
Abodoo™ welcomes Hayden Hughes as Board Advisor on Global Talent and RPO. With 20+ years across investment banking, pharma, tech, healthcare and industrials, most recently leading global sourcing and insight at AMS, Hayden brings deep RPO, skills based hiring and internal mobility expertise to the Abodoo board.
Simon Lambert joins Abodoo as Board Advisor for Learning, Skills & Workforce Intelligence
Abodoo™ welcomes Simon Lambert as Board Advisor for Learning & Workforce Planning. Former Chief Learning Officer at Microsoft UK with 28 years at Microsoft, Simon brings deep expertise in national AI skilling at Guinness World Record scale, connecting learning to real workforce outcomes, and championing skills first, human centred transformation.
Edmund Monk, CEO & Founder of the Learning and Performance Institute, joins Abodoo
Abodoo™ announces Edmund Monk, CEO & Founder of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), strengthening the partnership between Abodoo and the LPI on research, benchmarking and AI capability in L&D.
ReSkill4Net-Zero announces partnership powered by Abodoo
ReSkill4Net-Zero, a European partnership focused on reskilling Europe's workforce for the net zero transition, confirmed Abodoo as a technology partner, bringing the SkillSuite platform, SkillsAI engine and 55,000+ skills ontology to map green skills, design learning pathways and accelerate workforce mobility into clean energy and sustainability roles.
New Green Skills Platform showcased at MTU Tralee ahead of summer launch
EduGreen Connect, Ireland's green skills platform powered by Abodoo, was unveiled at Munster Technological University, Tralee. The platform brings together green skills mapping, gap analysis and AI-enabled course recommendations, including a Green Skills Passport, as Irish job postings requiring green skills grow by over 20% year on year.
Your Workforce Has a Skills Problem. AI Just Exposed It
Vanessa Wainwright, CEO & Founder of Abodoo and creator of the S.K.I.L.L.S 1st System™, headlines a LEARNING LIVE AI Edition session for CLOs, CHROs and workforce transformation leaders, introducing a practical framework for turning fragmented skills data into real time workforce intelligence and measurable performance.
Skilling & upskilling: Digital Literacy, Gen AI, Workforce Development & Space
The Tech Panda's workforce roundup spotlights Abodoo alongside the global push on digital literacy, generative AI and skills-first workforce development, featuring the NIIT MTS × Abodoo partnership as a signal of how enterprises are operationalising skills intelligence in the AI era.
NIIT MTS and Abodoo announce partnership to deliver next generation skills intelligence
NIIT Learning Systems (NIIT MTS) and Abodoo announced a strategic partnership to deliver next generation skills intelligence and workforce development solutions to enterprises globally, combining NIIT's managed learning and HCM expertise with Abodoo's SkillSuite, Skills Agent and SkillsAI engine and its ontology of more than 55,000 skills.
Growing skills in the installation sector: highlights from the Installers Summit 2025
Europe ON reports from the Installers Summit 2025, where Abodoo featured among industry leaders shaping the skills agenda for Europe's installation sector, spotlighting how skills intelligence, certification and workforce mobility are powering the clean energy transition.
What is a Skills Intelligence Strategy? Why your business needs one
On The Talent Fix podcast, host Barry Prost interviews Vanessa Wainwright, CEO & Founder of Abodoo, on building a Skills Intelligence Strategy, covering Skills Passports replacing CVs, a common skills language across HR and learning, measuring and closing skills gaps, and the shift toward task-based work.
Kick off meeting launches the Generative AI Skills Academy (GenAISA)
The Generative AI Skills Academy (GenAISA), a European initiative powered by Abodoo, officially launched with partners from across Europe, designing ESCO-compliant generative AI job profiles, micro-credentials, a Digital Skills Passport and MOOC to close the generative AI skills gap across higher education and vocational training.
Addressing Europe's cybersecurity skills gaps: findings from the latest Cyberhubs Needs Analysis Report
Cyberhubs, a European initiative powered by Abodoo, published its Needs Analysis Report, mapping cybersecurity skills gaps across Europe and informing the development of training pathways, micro-credentials and skills intelligence to strengthen the continent's cyber resilience.