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Future of Work

I Found My Job-to-Be-Done
I'm ready to switch from exploration to execution.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Calm Down, Doomers. There Is No Sign of Cultural Decline.
From Cambrian explosions to infinite Blue Oceans: the "End of Creativity" is a hallucination.
 • Jurgen Appelo
The Business Model Canvas Graveyard
AI Is Making Visual Templates Obsolete
 • Jurgen Appelo
The Future of Consulting
Business consultancies face the same dramatic disruption as travel agencies.
 • Jurgen Appelo
My 18-Month Battle With Expert Hallucinations
A cautionary tale of how both AI and human experts can be completely wrong
 • Jurgen Appelo
From Zero to Substack Bestseller
My Seven-Month Journey to 100 Paying Subscribers
 • Jurgen Appelo
The Stochastic Parrot vs. the Sophistic Monkey: Why I Trust AI More Than Most Humans
In a world drowning in human bias and misinformation, artificial intelligence offers surprisingly reasonable answers.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Office Hours /w Jurgen Appelo (October 17th)
A recording from Jurgen Appelo and Alex Pawlowski's live video
 • Jurgen Appelo and Alex Pawlowski
1:02:08
The Ten Commandments of Viability in AI
Your Survival Guide for When the AI Bubble Bursts
 • Jurgen Appelo
How to Cope with Uncertainty About the Future
Stop worrying about strategy. Start developing your options. Don't make a plan; make a platform.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Enough with the Playbooks and Frameworks!
Influencers obsess over playbooks and frameworks, but the biggest wins happen when you start messy.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Why Ravens May Rule the Future of Work
M-Skilled Workers Are Becoming the Ultimate Orchestrators in an AI-Driven World
 • Jurgen Appelo
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