{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Sivico Learning Consulting","home_page_url":"https://sivico.co.uk","description":"Sivico Learning Consulting","author":{"name":"Sivico Learning Consulting"},"items":[{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/lms-procurement-today-the-vital-importance-of-discovery","html_content":"

I've been reflecting on learning technologies procurement in September 2026 and especially the impact of the wider environment. These are the parameters as I understand them.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/lms-procurement-today-the-vital-importance-of-discovery","title":"Why Discovery matters more than ever in LMS procurement","summary":"I've been reflecting on learning technologies procurement in September 2026 and especially the impact of the wider environment. These are the parameters as I understand them.","date_modified":"2026-09-10T10:22:25Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/smes-and-governance-for-microsoft-365-copilot-deployment","html_content":"

Why AI Governance?

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Talking to clients, it is clear there is some confusion about the flavours of Copilot. Here's a simple breakdown.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/a-word-about-copilot-terminology","title":"A word about Copilot terminology","summary":"Talking to clients, it is clear there is some confusion about the flavours of Copilot. Here's a simple breakdown.","date_modified":"2026-08-28T09:17:00Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/identifying-and-resolving-the-skills-gaps-in-your-sme","html_content":"

I have always been a bit challenged by the concept of skills in an enterprise organisation. Or rather, mapping skills that already exist in a workforce of, say, 50,000 and then working out which skills you need to acquir...

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/identifying-and-resolving-the-skills-gaps-in-your-sme","title":"Identifying and resolving the skills gaps in SMEs","summary":"I have always been a bit challenged by the concept of skills in an enterprise organisation. Or rather, mapping skills that already exist in a workforce of, say, 50,000 and then working out which skills you need to acquir...","date_modified":"2026-08-27T11:58:52Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/evolution-of-thinking-from-technology-to-transformation","html_content":"

I use these Insights to capture my reflections as I try to understand what I believe are seismic changes occurring in the way we learn and work.

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I attended a first-class Gartner webinar yesterday delivered by Sabine Zimmerhansl, VP Analyst.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/eu-ai-act-article-4-flashbacks-to-the-great-gdpr-panic-of-18","title":"EU AI Act Article 4: Flashbacks to the Great GDPR Panic of '18","summary":"I attended a first-class Gartner webinar yesterday delivered by Sabine Zimmerhansl, VP Analyst.","date_modified":"2026-08-22T13:20:36Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/digital-maturity-and-the-technology-fallacy","html_content":"

Drawing upon extensive research, The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation (Kane et al., The MIT Press, 2019) offers some prescient insights.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/digital-maturity-and-the-technology-fallacy","title":"Digital Maturity and The Technology Fallacy","summary":"Drawing upon extensive research, The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation (Kane et al., The MIT Press, 2019) offers some prescient insights.","date_modified":"2026-08-17T15:21:05Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/where-does-ld-go-from-here","html_content":"

[The bulk of the analysis for this post has been generated through a Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebook using the Fosway Group's Digital Learning Realities reports 2025 and 2026. I have clearly identified my edits and contri...

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/where-does-ld-go-from-here","title":"Where does L&D go from here? ","summary":"[The bulk of the analysis for this post has been generated through a Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebook using the Fosway Group's Digital Learning Realities reports 2025 and 2026. I have clearly identified my edits and contri...","date_modified":"2026-08-13T11:44:35Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/making-365-copilot-adoption-add-value-for-smes","html_content":"

A private-sector business in the UK with 0-249 employees is considered an SME (small to medium-sized enterprise). Companies with 250+ employees is a large organisation.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/making-365-copilot-adoption-add-value-for-smes","title":"SME Digital Adoption: It Can Be Done","summary":"A private-sector business in the UK with 0-249 employees is considered an SME (small to medium-sized enterprise). Companies with 250+ employees is a large organisation.","date_modified":"2026-08-12T11:23:24Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/digital-learning-realities-2026-now-is-the-time","html_content":"

Fosway Group has today released it's 2026 Digital Learning Realities report.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/digital-learning-realities-2026-now-is-the-time","title":"Digital Learning Realities 2026: Now is the time","summary":"Fosway Group has today released it's 2026 Digital Learning Realities report.","date_modified":"2026-07-02T15:41:35Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/automate-or-augment-with-ai-how-jobs-are-changing","html_content":"

In July 2025 (revised December 2025), Microsoft Research released a very pertinent article Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations (Kiran Tomlinson, Sonia Jaffe, Will Wang, Scott Coun...

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/automate-or-augment-with-ai-how-jobs-are-changing","title":"AI applicability scores in US occupations","summary":"In July 2025 (revised December 2025), Microsoft Research released a very pertinent article Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations (Kiran Tomlinson, Sonia Jaffe, Will Wang, Scott Coun...","date_modified":"2026-06-30T15:52:23Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/ai-analysis-of-linkedin-learning-reports-2022-25","html_content":"

[This analysis has been generated by Microsoft 365 Copilot with only minor edits by me. It's not my own work. I hope you find it useful. I did.]

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/ai-analysis-of-linkedin-learning-reports-2022-25","title":"LinkedIn Learning Workplace Learning Reports 2022-25 ","summary":"[This analysis has been generated by Microsoft 365 Copilot with only minor edits by me. It's not my own work. I hope you find it useful. I did.]","date_modified":"2026-06-24T10:22:14Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/trying-to-understand-the-future-of-work","html_content":"

Five shifts are redefining the role of L&D, and they’re happening faster than most organisations realise.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/trying-to-understand-the-future-of-work","title":"Trying to understand the future of work","summary":"Five shifts are redefining the role of L&D, and they’re happening faster than most organisations realise.","date_modified":"2026-05-29T16:53:14Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/ai-questions-i-would-ask","html_content":"

If I were in a job interview, this is the question I would ask the panel at the end.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/ai-questions-i-would-ask","title":"AI questions I would ask","summary":"If I were in a job interview, this is the question I would ask the panel at the end.","date_modified":"2026-05-06T10:06:39Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/reflections-on-learning-technologies-2026","html_content":"

The Learning Technologies Exhibition & Conference never fails to deliver, and 2026 was no different.

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I've drawn the material for this blog post from YouTube, Google Search, MS Copilot and quite a lot of reflection and re-reading.

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At the risk of giving away my age, I've been reflecting on some of the technological changes I've experienced during my career.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/gen-ai-for-the-masses","title":"Gen AI for the masses","summary":"At the risk of giving away my age, I've been reflecting on some of the technological changes I've experienced during my career.","date_modified":"2026-03-31T13:16:43Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/one-pane-of-glass---docebo-and-365talents","html_content":"

Two days ago, I dropped into an excellent customer-focused demo webinar of the new Docebo-365Talents offer. It was delivered by Scott Peacock and Vidhi Abbi of Docebo and Léa Riaudel of 365Talents.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/one-pane-of-glass---docebo-and-365talents","title":"'One pane of glass' - Docebo and 365Talents","summary":"Two days ago, I dropped into an excellent customer-focused demo webinar of the new Docebo-365Talents offer. It was delivered by Scott Peacock and Vidhi Abbi of Docebo and Léa Riaudel of 365Talents.","date_modified":"2026-03-27T11:49:52Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/ai-and-learning-systems-in-march-2026","html_content":"

Fosway Group has just published the 2026 AI Market Assessment for Learning Systems, part of it's AI Insights series.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/ai-and-learning-systems-in-march-2026","title":"AI and Learning Systems in March 2026","summary":"Fosway Group has just published the 2026 AI Market Assessment for Learning Systems, part of it's AI Insights series.","date_modified":"2026-03-26T13:16:32Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/making-better-lms-buying-decisions","html_content":"

The release of Fosway Group's 2026 Learning Systems Fosway 9-Grid in February was supported by a webinar delivered by David Wilson and Fiona Leteney on 19th March.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/making-better-lms-buying-decisions","title":"Making better LMS buying decisions","summary":"The release of Fosway Group's 2026 Learning Systems Fosway 9-Grid in February was supported by a webinar delivered by David Wilson and Fiona Leteney on 19th March.","date_modified":"2026-03-20T11:52:39Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/ai-skills-for-your-people","html_content":"

The latest iteration (v3) of the AI Skills for Business Competency Framework was published on 9 March.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/ai-skills-for-your-people","title":"AI skills for your people","summary":"The latest iteration (v3) of the AI Skills for Business Competency Framework was published on 9 March.","date_modified":"2026-03-17T11:15:02Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/what-are-our-digital-learning-realities-today","html_content":"

The Fosway Group's excellent and informative research output is the go-to source for anyone involved in strategic planning or procurement for L&D, digital learning or workforce development and planning.

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/what-are-our-digital-learning-realities-today","title":"What are our digital learning realities today?","summary":"The Fosway Group's excellent and informative research output is the go-to source for anyone involved in strategic planning or procurement for L&D, digital learning or workforce development and planning.","date_modified":"2026-03-13T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/productivity-gains-with-microsoft-copilot","html_content":"

It’s not 'human in the loop'. It’s 'AI in a human process'

","url":"https://sivico.co.uk/insights/f/productivity-gains-with-microsoft-copilot","title":"Productivity gains with Microsoft Copilot","summary":"It’s not 'human in the loop'. It’s 'AI in a human process'","date_modified":"2026-03-11T11:26:25Z"}]}