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Your Leaders Are Sleepwalking Into the Gorge
AI Productivity Theater in 2026: Leadership Must Wake Up
 • Jurgen Appelo
Between Criticism and Bliss
The world doesn't get better through complacency.
 • Jurgen Appelo
It's Not Always Cold in the True North
AI demands radical honesty about company values, mission, and principles in the future of work.
 • Jurgen Appelo
You Cannot Please Everyone
Those who criticize AI-assisted writing are snobbish fools failing to grasp the idea of a target audience.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Enough with the Playbooks and Frameworks!
Influencers obsess over startup playbooks and business frameworks, but the biggest wins happen when you start messy.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Why Ravens May Rule the Future of Work
M-Shaped Professionals Are Becoming the Ultimate Orchestrators—Beyond the Generalist vs Specialist Divide
 • Jurgen Appelo
Using the System Against Itself
A Community-Driven Pattern Language for Designing Networked Agentic Organizations in the Age of AI
 • Jurgen Appelo
From Tyranny to Harmony
My Personal Proclamation for Genuine Freedom. With AI Management and Leadership Going in the Wrong Direction, Some of Us Should Be Pushing Back.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Escape Velocity—How AI Will Achieve Peak Bullshit Work
AI removes the human bottlenecks that once kept meaningless bureaucracy in check. Prepare for a future of work where AI management is all bullshit.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Drop the Framework Guides and Bullshit Manifestos
Ditch manifestos. Design behaviors. In 2025, protocols—not PDFs—drive real change in AI-powered teams. No more frameworks. Ever.
 • Jurgen Appelo
Finding Purpose in the Chaos
Why embracing uncertainty—and wandering aimlessly for a while—might be exactly what your business needs.
 • Jurgen Appelo
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