The Maverick Mapmaker (Stop Tyranny at Work)

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I Really Don't Care If Your Company Dies
Short-termism Deserves Irrelevance. In the Future of Work, AI Management and Leadership Should Do More than Optimize for the Next Quarter.
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Jurgen Appelo
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When Do I Get My Networked Agentic Organization (NAO)?
I Want a Team of AI Agents—Even If They Haven’t Arrived Yet. Looking Forward to Combining Agentic AI with Networked Organizations.
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Jurgen Appelo
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This Is Not a Manifesto But a Call for Harmony
The Revenge of Agile: From Amazon to Patagonia and from Jira Tickets to Judgment Day. The Future of Work Is Agentic AI and Networked Organizations.
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Jurgen Appelo
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THIS Is What Comes After "Agile Is Dead"
In the Future of Work, Agile Agents Are the New Agile Frameworks. Think Algorithmic Management Combined with Agentic Leadership.
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Jurgen Appelo
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22 Conundrums in a Future of Work with AI
The Critical Questions AI Leadership Must Face as AI Reshapes Work, Power, and Purpose. There's a Lot to Do for the Networked Organizations of the…
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Jurgen Appelo
Why Bother? The Future of Learning.
In the age of AI, what’s the point of learning anything? There are no knowledge workers in the future or work. The knowledge of the entire world is…
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Jurgen Appelo
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Kanban Must Evolve in the Age of AI
Why Linear Workflow Visualization Is Doomed in an AI-Driven World. AI Management and Leadership Must Recognize Nonlinearity.
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Jurgen Appelo
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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. Love it or hate it, the future of work is with AI, not…
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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. So Much for Agentic AI (for now).
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Jurgen Appelo
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When Methods and Frameworks Fail—the Challenge of Cognitive Overload
Forget about showing complicated models. AI leadership is about answering the questions, "Why should I care?" "What's in it for me?" and "How do I…
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Jurgen Appelo
Fluent in AI or Clueless About People?
A CEO, a Memo, and the Sound of Screaming Creatives. (Agentic leadership is more than just rushing forward into the future of work.)
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Jurgen Appelo
The Red Queen Says No to AI Agents
So, when are we going to get true agentic AI? The paradox is that AI increases uncertainty, which breaks autonomous AI agents.
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Jurgen Appelo
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