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    Abodoo Makes the Case for Live Skills Intelligence at AI Summit Barcelona 2026
    Event NewsSeptember 24, 2026·Abodoo

    Abodoo Makes the Case for Live Skills Intelligence at AI Summit Barcelona 2026

    At AI Summit Barcelona 2026, Vanessa Wainwright and William Cohen made the case for live skills intelligence as essential infrastructure for the AI era.

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    LPI and Abodoo announce strategic collaboration on skills intelligence
    PartnershipSeptember 16, 2026·Abodoo

    LPI and Abodoo announce strategic collaboration on skills intelligence

    The Learning and Performance Institute and Abodoo will work together to help organisations better understand, measure and respond to workforce skills challenges.

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    Why skills matter to business performance and competitive edge
    Webinar RecapAugust 28, 2026·LinkedIn Live

    Why skills matter to business performance and competitive edge

    Webinar recap: Vanessa Wainwright and Sandra Murtagh on why skills have become a business performance issue, why AI investment must be matched with skills investment, and what leaders should do next.

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    Vanessa Wainwright named to the Talent 100
    RecognitionAugust 20, 2026·Noon AI

    Vanessa Wainwright named to the Talent 100

    Vanessa Wainwright, CEO & Founder of Abodoo, has been named to the Talent 100, an annual recognition honoring influential leaders shaping the future of talent acquisition and human resources.

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    Daniella Freeman appointed Chair of the Board at Abodoo
    Board AnnouncementJune 17, 2026·Abodoo

    Daniella Freeman appointed Chair of the Board at Abodoo

    Abodoo™ appoints Daniella Freeman as Chair of the Board. A Google and Deloitte veteran, Daniella brings two decades of leadership development and large scale organisational transformation experience, joining at a pivotal moment as Abodoo accelerates enterprise adoption of its skills infrastructure platform.

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    Sandra Murtagh, former VP Global L&D at Dell Technologies, joins the Abodoo Board
    Board AnnouncementJune 5, 2026·Abodoo

    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.

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    Abodoo and NIIT Bring Enterprise Leaders Together Ahead of Learning Live AI
    PressJune 2, 2026·Abodoo

    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.

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    AI, adaptive learning and closing the skills gap, with Clare Dygert (SweetRush, NIIT group)
    Podcast EpisodeJune 1, 2026·Global Skills Podcast, sponsored by Abodoo

    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.

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    LPI research reveals AI capability gap in L&D
    Research & PartnershipsMay 20, 2026·Learning News

    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).

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    Hayden Hughes joins Abodoo as Board Advisor for Global Talent & RPO Strategy
    Board AnnouncementMay 16, 2026·Abodoo

    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.

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    Simon Lambert joins Abodoo as Board Advisor for Learning, Skills & Workforce Intelligence
    AnnouncementMay 8, 2026·Abodoo

    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.

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    Edmund Monk, CEO & Founder of the Learning and Performance Institute, joins Abodoo
    AnnouncementMay 1, 2026·Abodoo

    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.

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    ReSkill4Net-Zero announces partnership powered by Abodoo
    European ProgrammeMarch 18, 2026·ReSkill4Net-Zero (EU)

    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 52,000+ skills ontology to map green skills, design learning pathways and accelerate workforce mobility into clean energy and sustainability roles.

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    New Green Skills Platform showcased at MTU Tralee ahead of summer launch
    Platform LaunchFebruary 19, 2026·EduGreen Connect / IKC3

    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.

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    Your Workforce Has a Skills Problem. AI Just Exposed It
    Keynote SessionFebruary 2026·LEARNING LIVE (LPI)

    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.

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    Skilling & upskilling: Digital Literacy, Gen AI, Workforce Development & Space
    Industry FeatureFebruary 11, 2026·The Tech Panda

    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.

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    NIIT MTS and Abodoo announce partnership to deliver next generation skills intelligence
    PartnershipFebruary 4, 2026·NIIT

    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 52,000 skills.

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    Growing skills in the installation sector: highlights from the Installers Summit 2025
    Sector EventNovember 26, 2025·Europe ON

    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.

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    What is a Skills Intelligence Strategy? Why your business needs one
    Podcast FeatureJune 12, 2025·Rent a Recruiter, The Talent Fix

    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.

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    Kick off meeting launches the Generative AI Skills Academy (GenAISA)
    European ProgrammeDecember 2024·GenAISA, European Skills Academy

    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.

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    Addressing Europe's cybersecurity skills gaps: findings from the latest Cyberhubs Needs Analysis Report
    European ProgrammeNovember 7, 2024·Cyberhubs (EU)

    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.

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