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Jurgen Appelo

@jurgenappelo

Scouting Agile, AI and the Future of Work Between Hype and Doom. Radical synthesist and unabashed rule-breaker.
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Everyone’s hyping autonomous AI agents. But AI keeps making the world more unpredictable. Autonomy needs AGI—and we’re not there. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/the-red-quee…

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AI outputs aren’t hallucinations. They’re performances. Confident, convincing, and sometimes dead wrong. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/llms-are-lik…

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AI fluency might be the new literacy test for leadership. But AI fanaticism is a shortcut to oblivion. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/fluent-in-ai…

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I'm not quitting Substack and I refuse to use Grok. I'm also not ditching WhatsApp, Amazon, Google, or any of the other supposedly evil platforms. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/im-not-quitt…

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I’ve started more ventures than vacations. Some soared. Most tanked. Every one taught me something. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/confessions-…

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AI’s either going to kill us or save us—or so the loudest pundits say. Me? I argue with everyone from the inconvenient middle ground. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/youre-an-ign…

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Nobody at work cares about your frameworks. They’re already drowning in noise. They just want clear answers: āœ”ļø Why should I care? āœ”ļø What’s in it for me? āœ”ļø How do I proceed? substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/when-methods…

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ā€œOh look, another agile guy pretending to be an AI expert.ā€ šŸ™„ No. I’m just doing what Agile told us: adapt, evolve, respond to change. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/the-age-of-a…

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Your Kanban board might be lying to you. AI workflows are turning from pipelines into spaghetti monsters. It’s time we rethink how we visualize and manage work. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/kanban-must-…

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Everyone wants to automate ā€œmindlessā€ work. Not me. I need stupid, repetitive tasks—they’re therapy for my overworked brain. Sometimes dumb work is smart. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/dont-take-aw…

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Fish swim side-to-side. Dolphins swim up-and-down. Useless knowledge? Maybe. But in the age of AI, knowing ā€œuselessā€ things might be the most human skill left. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/why-bother-t…

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Strategic planners often forget that every step changes the map. The Most Dangerous Enemy of Your Strategy? Your Own Innovation.

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The future of work with AI isn’t just automation—it’s a full-blown identity crisis. 22 conundrums that’ll make your head spin (and your team rethink everything). substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/conundrums-f…

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The persistence of human jobs isn't optimistic thinking—it's economic and psychological reality. But the transition will be painful. substack.jurgenappelo.com/p/the-ai-job-a…

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"In the year 2025, nearly 100% of business professionals at a business meeting anecdotally just admitted they don’t read often. Or at all. That means, the information theyĀ doĀ get typically comes from online sources." What Happens When No One Reads—and Everyone Asks AI Instead?