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Your Leaders Are Sleepwalking Into the Gorge
AI Productivity Theater in 2026: Leadership Must Wake Up
Feb 18
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Jurgen Appelo
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Between Criticism and Bliss
The world doesn't get better through complacency.
Dec 23, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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It's Not Always Cold in the True North
AI demands radical honesty about company values, mission, and principles in the future of work.
Nov 19, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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You Cannot Please Everyone
Those who criticize AI-assisted writing are snobbish fools failing to grasp the idea of a target audience.
Oct 24, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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Enough with the Playbooks and Frameworks!
Influencers obsess over startup playbooks and business frameworks, but the biggest wins happen when you start messy.
Sep 29, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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Why Ravens May Rule the Future of Work
M-Shaped Professionals Are Becoming the Ultimate Orchestrators—Beyond the Generalist vs Specialist Divide
Sep 22, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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Using the System Against Itself
A Community-Driven Pattern Language for Designing Networked Agentic Organizations in the Age of AI
Sep 1, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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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.
Jun 29, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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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.
Jun 19, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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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.
Jun 12, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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Finding Purpose in the Chaos
Why embracing uncertainty—and wandering aimlessly for a while—might be exactly what your business needs.
Jun 4, 2025
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Jurgen Appelo
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