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22 Conundrums in a Future of Work with AI
The Critical Questions Leaders Must Face as AI Reshapes Work, Power, and Purpose
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Jurgen Appelo
Why Bother? The Future of Learning.
In the age of AI, what’s the point of learning anything? The knowledge of the entire world is readily available at our fingertips.
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Jurgen Appelo
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Don’t Take Away My Stupid Tasks!
No one can do meaningful, intellectually demanding work every waking second. Sometimes, our brain cells demand boredom. We need to cleanse our minds.
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Jurgen Appelo
Kanban Must Evolve in the Age of AI
Why Linear Workflow Visualization Is Doomed in a Nonlinear, AI-Driven World
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Jurgen Appelo
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Top 240 AI Books (Updated 1-May-2025)
I Spend Hours Fighting Nonsense. Will You Keep Me Caffeinated?
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Jurgen Appelo
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April 2025

The Age of AI Will Reveal the True Agilists
Agile is meant to navigate uncertainty—the Age of AI will separate the winners from the losers.
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Jurgen Appelo
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Everything Looks Great When You Don't Know What You Want
AI Agents Suck at Handling the Human Experience
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Jurgen Appelo
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When Methods and Frameworks Fail—the Challenge of Cognitive Overload
Nobody Has Time for Scrum or OKRs When They Are Too Busy Context-Switching
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Jurgen Appelo
The Monster Setup Guide to Substack
Everything I Wish I Knew Before Launching on Substack
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Jurgen Appelo
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You’re an Ignorant Fool—The Law of Tragic Nuance
The thing about being a radical centrist is that you get into twice as many fights as everyone else.
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Jurgen Appelo
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Confessions of a Fearless Founder—From Crazy Bets to Safe Bets
Many Ventures, a Few Hits, One Slightly Bruised Ego
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Jurgen Appelo
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Fluent in AI or Clueless About People?
A CEO, a Memo, and the Sound of Screaming Creatives
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Jurgen Appelo
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