Simon Hudson | MVP

Rolling Out SharePoint Skills Files You have got your head around Skills Files and event created some using the Starter Kit. Now you want to get it out there so the benefits happen at scale. This article gives you some simple guidance.

Rolling out SharePoint Skills Files isn’t a tech project; it's a Knowledge Management corporate activity. This guide walks through a simple phased rollout that builds effective Skills Files and then iterates and expands.

SharePoint Skills Files Starter Pack Having already published an introductory article on the upcoming #SkillsFiles feature in #SharePoint (and how they will provide context for #AI to drive #governance, #process and #content management) I felt a need to provide some practical tools. Hence this starter pack.

Having already published an introductory article on the upcoming #SkillsFiles feature in #SharePoint (and how they will provide context for #AI to drive #governance, #process and #content management) I felt a need to provide some practical tools. Hence this starter pack.

Microsoft’s Skills Files: A Game Changer for AI in Organizations #SharePoint is getting Skills Files - markdown instructions that tell #AI how your organisation works. From a KM perspective, this is gold dust: consistent, contextual, and a practical way to encode organisational meta-knowledge. Let's dive deeper #M365 #Copilot

Microsoft’s Skills Files: A Game Changer for AI in Organizations

#SharePoint is getting Skills Files - markdown instructions that tell #AI how your organisation works. From a KM perspective, this is gold dust: consistent, contextual, and a practical way to encode organisational meta-knowledge.…

Small prophets.
#BBC
Absolutely fantastic.

Finally, it passes to the Technology agent which makes decisions about model-driven vs canvas-app.

When all have been accepted (or tweaked) it creates the #PowerApp complete with wireframe screens, components and code.

This will need visual design input to develop an appropriate UI (2-10 hours)

Process agent generates a set of processes and something that look like a Power Automate flow for the app flow.

Once approved it passes control to the Data agent, which builds the data tables (in #Dataverse).

In #PowerApps (make.powerapps.com) start with 'Create a plan' and describe the need.

This will use the Requirements agent to identify different actors in the app, e.g. Employee, Manager, Administrator, and defines their roles and likely interactions.

This then is passed to a Process agent

#AI 'bends the curve' between low code & Pro code.
To create an app builder prompt
1. Describe the business problem, not the app
2. Clearly define the users and their roles
3. Explain the core process end-to-end
4. Call out key data you care about
5. Keep the first prompt simple, then iterate

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Hull Community Energy Event Join us in Hull to hear and learn from experts and communities delivering community energy and green power.

This interesting event is coming up in #Hull in about 6 weeks for those interested in the #energy transition, renewables and climate change (an if you aren't that's... a shame)

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-commu...

The Sustainable Ferriby event will follow about 4 weeks later.

#Netzero #Yorkshire

Batteries, mining and cobalt; the real story Like almost every other physical thing we use, the raw materials come from somewhere. Humans mine gigatonnes of materials from our planet every year, often with significant environmental impacts. In some cases there is a human cost too. In their fight against the inevitable transition to renewable energy there are those who criticise renewables for also relying on mined materials. It's a crass argument, but tricks, confuses or convinces enough people to be a problem.

Batteries, mining and cobalt; the real story

Like almost every other physical thing we use, the raw materials come from somewhere. Humans mine gigatonnes of materials from our planet every year, often with significant environmental impacts. In some cases there is a human cost too. In their fight…

Much obliged. I want to use the image, but try to always provide sources lest I be as important witless as the denier FUDwit trolls 😐

Cheers

Have you got a link to the source data please?

Modern Wind Turbines; a carbon story Wind turbines play a pivotal role in clean energy transition. However there are those that suggest they create more carbon and consume more energy than they release. The numbers tell a different story

Modern Wind Turbines; a carbon story

Wind turbines play a pivotal role in clean energy transition. However there are those that suggest they create more carbon and consume more energy than they release. The numbers tell a different story

UK backs biggest English onshore windfarm in a decade among 190 green energy projects Government also offers contracts for record number of solar schemes as it aims to create clean electricity system by 2030

The latest UK #renewables auction awarded 190 projects. Collectively these #renewables will produce enough energy for 16 million homes, over half the UK total.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Contracts were awarded to 157 new #solar farms, 28 new #onshore windfarms and 8 #offshore windfarms

The Psychology of Denial Opposing a bad idea is reasonable, denying readily provable facts is something else entirely. What makes a small proportion of people stridently deny climate change? We look at the psychology that …

The Psychology of Denial

Opposing a bad idea is reasonable, denying readily provable facts is something else entirely.

What makes a small proportion of people stridently deny #climatechange?

We look at the psychology that drives them...

ferribysustainability.co.uk/2026/02/08/t...

The Psychology of Denial Opposing a bad idea is reasonable, denying readily provable facts is something else entirely. What makes a small proportion of people stridently deny climate change? We look at the psychology that drives them.

The Psychology of Denial

Opposing a bad idea is reasonable, denying readily provable facts is something else entirely. What makes a small proportion of people stridently deny climate change? We look at the psychology that drives them.

Britain has saved £147.5bn due to wind power since 2010 While factions of the country remain adamant that clean energy is costing taxpayers unnecessarily, new evidence shows the transition is actually reducing costs.  Research conducted by University Colle...

It's worth posting this again
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#Wind power saved the UK over £100 billion since 2010. That's over £280 per household per year.

#Netzero is already making people's lives better

The #UK is the first G7 country to phase out coal power.
This excellent @CarbonBrief interactive.carbonbrief.org/coal-phaseou... chart shows the shift from #coal to #gas to #renewables. The decrease in demand. Peak #nuclear.

The energy transition is happening, for those with eyes to see.

Also from the #UK Warm Energy Plan, this gentle condemnation of #Hydrogen technology,
"Our plan concentrates on proven technologies that can be deployed at scale... As hydrogen is not yet a proven technology for home heating, a role would come later and likely be limited"

Equally, #UK homes are not built for record summer temperatures. Overheated homes also pose health risks.

Warm Homes Plan This plan sets out how we will cut energy bills and upgrade homes.

"Living in a cold home significantly affects mental & physical health."
In 2021 the #NHS spent ~£900M treating illness related to living in cold or damp homes.

The #UK Warm Homes Plan offers £15Bn investment in #insulation, #solar, #battery & #heatpump technology.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

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The UK recognises the importance of renewable energy, we are protecting the environment and bringing energy prices down. Reform will stop all that as they feed the greed of their fossil fuel masters.
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I also dislike use of they.
I'd much prefer a proper non binary third person pronoun.
I'd like to use 'ye'
It's an easy word, flies well and has been used as a (second person) pronoun for centuries before falling out of favour.

he/she/ye

Some say #EV sales are in decline. Not according to the data.

It's fascinating that #Germany maintains massive sales despite their manufacturers trying to slow to transition.
Well done #Turkey in becoming the 4th largest European market.

Thanks to @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social for the chart

Yep, it's cold, so lots of heating on driving prices up.

The current storm conditions mean #wind is generating twice as much electricity as #gas.
The imports-exports are interesting too. 9GW coming from France, but half of that is being exported.

Sadly, no sun today.
#Renewable #Energy

Greenland tensions harden Europe’s push for energy independence Nine countries agree to build joint offshore wind projects and cables in the North Sea

The North Sea is officially becoming Europe’s green engine.

10 countries just signed a historic pact to build 100GW of offshore wind - enough for 143m homes

A new subsea "supergrid" will connect nations directly, securing energy independence and 90k+ jobs

www.ft.com/content/e9c9...

In fact China has more installed wind power than the next 15 put together according to this