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Your Hyperdrive Advantage
Solo Operators Building Clunky AI Agent Stacks Now Will Claim a Whole Market Tomorrow
Apr 7
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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
13
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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
11
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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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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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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
21
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Teamwork Is a Scam
Solopreneurs, Managers and Many Creatives Already Knew This
Feb 27
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Jurgen Appelo
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AI Has Ruined Our Ignorance
I Did Something Dumb and I'm Proud of It
Feb 23
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Jurgen Appelo
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The Tragedy of the Agents
Skills are the new patterns and practices. And that might be a problem.
Feb 2
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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
9
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