Fellow Digitals

Some things just work better when you’re together. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏽

Us Fellows work remotely a lot, some of us up to 100%. Which works greatly, thanks to our connective tools and spirits. Yet, sometimes a day of face to face meetings can do a lot. Happy to have had our first strategy 2026 session in person last week, once more in beautiful Amsterdam in our amazing Capital C office – a true gemstone!

And afterwards a very “gezellig” New Year’s toast with German and Dutch teams combined. (gezellig = sociable, convivial, enjoyable, comfy… there’s just no real translation to it)

Aaaand to have welcomed our new colleague, Raphaele Mienkus! Great to have you onboard!!!

Digital collaboration keeps us moving every day.

But coming together – once in a while – gives energy, focus, and that extra spark. ✨

The year may be ending, but our ideas around secure, AI-supported learning keep moving forward.

Last week we welcomed an incredible number of participants to our German webinar “Efficiently creating training courses for everyday work”, hosted by Siepmann Media | eLearning Journal. A big thank you to everyone who joined with so much curiosity — and especially to Martyna Sagel and Jana Northe from Marché Germany for their inspiring presentations.

Want to dive deeper into the topic? We’ve just published a new white paper:
📄 “5 Steps to Better Workplace Training” — link in the comments.

Wishing you an inspired and creative December!

Do you really know where your data goes when you use AI? 🤔 Most teams don’t - and that’s the problem.

We trust AI with our data because it seems easy, cheap, and efficient. But while our models keep getting smarter, we’re gradually losing control. Under the CLOUD Act, the U.S. government can demand access to data from companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google — even if that data is stored in Europe. What once felt like a convenient choice has become a matter of autonomy and trust.

Luckily, new wind is blowing through Europe. Startups like Mistral, Aleph Alpha, and Hugging Face (EU Cloud) are developing AI systems that actually live up to European values: privacy, transparency, and data minimization.

Take Mistral as an example. The company operates within European data centers, is open about its model architecture, and allows organizations to opt out of data reuse — GDPR by design. Still, it’s not a silver bullet. The potential is huge, but trust requires time, openness, and European cooperation. And that’s exactly where things are lagging — policy and practice aren’t moving at the same pace. As regulations tighten, many organizations still wrestle with one simple question: Where is our data actually stored — and who can access it?

If you’re wondering how much control you truly have, you’re not alone.

In this new blog by our Fellow Hans Koekkoek, he breaks down: 🟢why digital sovereignty is under pressure 🟢which European AI alternatives are emerging 🟢where organizations lose control today 🟢and how you can protect your data right now

Curious? Read the full article in the comments. Let’s make data trust something we build, not assume.