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The Third Loop
Triple-Loop Learning Is the One Job You Can't Delegate to AI
Jul 9
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Jurgen Appelo
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Why Do Corporations Still Exist in the Age of AI? (Part 2)
No, AI Won't Kill the Traditional Firm (Yet)
Jun 30
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Jurgen Appelo
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Why Do Corporations Still Exist in the Age of AI? (Part 1)
No, AI Won't Kill the Traditional Firm (Yet)
Jun 26
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Jurgen Appelo
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Is the Age of AI a Golden Era for Neurodivergent Workers?
The ADHD Context-Switching Myth—and What AI Changes for Autism
May 11
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Org Chart Is Choking Your Craft
As the Org Chart Is Dying, the Team of One Is What Replaces It
May 6
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Jurgen Appelo
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Forget Downsizing. Try Widesizing.
AI shrinks corporate headcount while spawning millions of tiny firms. Welcome to the barbell economy.
Apr 13
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Advisory Board Squeeze
How AI and tighter governance are shrinking the space for advisory boards
Apr 3
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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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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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