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The Advisory Board Squeeze
How AI and tighter governance are shrinking the space for advisory boards
14 hrs ago
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Tool Is Using You
The future of work rewards speed but punishes continuity for solo operators
Apr 2
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Jurgen Appelo
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Your AI Agent Stack Is Spaghetti—It Should Be Lasagna
I'm building a three-layer AI agent architecture for my one-person business
Apr 1
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Jurgen Appelo
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March 2026
Stop Balancing. Start Switching.
Eight signals for knowing when to pivot between exploration and execution
Mar 24
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Jurgen Appelo
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You Paid for My Coffee!
Can I pay you back with 30 minutes of my time?
Mar 24
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Sleepy Agent Boss
My five principles for building an AI agent orchestration architecture
Mar 18
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Barbell Economy Is Reshaping Your Career
How Big Tech and Micro-entrepreneurs Are Changing the Workforce
Mar 16
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Jurgen Appelo
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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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