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The Fleet of Theseus: Handling Your Career Identity Crisis
Your professional identity should be a saga, not a single story
Mar 13
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Jurgen Appelo
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Autism Is My Superpower—Oops, I'm on the Spectrum
How late autism diagnosis explained a lifetime of superpowers (and a bit of kryptonite)
Mar 9
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Jurgen Appelo
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Value Stream Examples—From Signal to Impact
Why Almost Every Value Stream Example You Know Is Wrong
Mar 6
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Jurgen Appelo
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Which AI Should I Use? A Guide for Solopreneurs (2026)
Benchmark scores won’t tell you which AI to use.
Mar 4
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Jurgen Appelo
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February 2026
You Paid for My Coffee. Can I Buy You 30 Minutes?
Celebrating 100 posts by doing the one thing I should've done from day one: listening.
Feb 28
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Jurgen Appelo
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Teamwork Is a Scam
Solopreneurs, Managers and Many Creatives Already Knew This
Feb 27
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Accelerometer Method
Use the accelerometer mindset to 10x your workflows, one at a time
Feb 25
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Jurgen Appelo
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AI Has Ruined Our Ignorance
I Did Something Dumb and I'm Proud of It
Feb 23
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Jurgen Appelo
21
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Your Leaders Are Sleepwalking Into the Gorge
AI Productivity Theater in 2026: Leadership Must Wake Up
Feb 18
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Jurgen Appelo
18
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The Snare of the Slopreneur
AI slop entrepreneurs have no moat, but someone has to explore the new tech
Feb 16
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Jurgen Appelo
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AI Raised the Bar for My Keynote Presentations
Building quality presentations in the age of AI takes more work, not less
Feb 13
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Jurgen Appelo
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Stop Chasing AI Tools
Technostress and FOBO: The Nervous System Problem Behind AI Tool Overload
Feb 11
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Jurgen Appelo
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