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Why Viability Overrides Agility
Viability versus agility reveals why long-term business survival matters more than speed
Jan 28
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Jurgen Appelo
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Calm Down, Doomers. There Is No Sign of Cultural Decline.
From Cambrian explosions to infinite Blue Oceans: the "End of Creativity" is a hallucination.
Dec 15, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Future of Consulting
Business consultancies face the same dramatic disruption as travel agencies.
Nov 13, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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Don't Panic!—The AI Job Apocalypse Is Coming (But Humans Will Always Have Work)
With AI stealing jobs, we need to prepare for the Great Automation Event.
Jul 17, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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From DAO to NAO
How combining human autonomy with AI agency is creating the next evolution of networked organizations and the future of work.
Jun 10, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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Are CEOs Stupid? Or Just Stubborn?
Why employees resist AI when leadership funds surveillance tech instead of building trust.
Jun 7, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Rise of the Network Agentic Organization (NAO)
What's Next for Teal, DAOs, Holacracy, unFIX and RenDanHeYi? Agentic AI Combined with Networked Organizations. A Killer Combo.
May 29, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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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…
May 11, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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Kanban Must Evolve in the Age of AI
Why Linear Workflow Boards Fail in an AI-Driven, Nonlinear World
May 5, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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