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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
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
LLMs Are Like Politicians—Confidently Wrong
How to Use AIs with a Critical Mind … Six Techniques for Skeptics
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Jurgen Appelo
Substack Sucks Less Than Others (That’s Why I’m There Now)
No Ads, No Noise, No Memes, No Clickbait — Just Content That Matters
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Jurgen Appelo
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March 2025

The Red Queen Says No to AI Agents
The paradox is that AI increases uncertainty, which breaks autonomous AI agents.
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Jurgen Appelo
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AI Wrecks the Corporate Career Ladder. Give Juniors the Steering Wheel!
Corporate apprenticeship is dead in the age of AI—unless we stop asking juniors to fetch the seniors’ coffees.
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Jurgen Appelo
Ten Times the Impact with One-Tenth the People
Good luck having any impact next year when you prioritize only output or outcomes.
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Jurgen Appelo
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The AI Code Tsunami
The Floodgates Are Open and We Know What Comes Next.
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Jurgen Appelo
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