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Don’t Take Away My Stupid Tasks!
No one can do meaningful, intellectually demanding work every waking second. Sometimes, our brain cells demand boredom. We need to cleanse our minds.
Don’t Take Away My Stupid Tasks!
No one can do meaningful, intellectually demanding work every waking second. Sometimes, our brain cells demand boredom. We need to cleanse our minds.

Kanban Must Evolve in the Age of AI
Why Kanban boards need to evolve in the age of AI: linear workflow tools fail in a nonlinear, automated world where machines optimize value streams on the fly.
Kanban Must Evolve in the Age of AI
Why Kanban boards need to evolve in the age of AI: linear workflow tools fail in a nonlinear, automated world where machines optimize value streams on the fly.

The Age of AI Will Reveal the True Agilists
Discover why true agilists will thrive — and the pretenders will fall — as AI reshapes the future of work. Business agility, leadership, and transformation in an AI-driven world.
The Age of AI Will Reveal the True Agilists
Discover why true agilists will thrive — and the pretenders will fall — as AI reshapes the future of work. Business agility, leadership, and transformation in an AI-driven world.

Everything Looks Great When You Don't Know What...
AI agents suck at travel planning—too many personal nuances, zero common sense. Real-life complexity exposes the hype.
Everything Looks Great When You Don't Know What...
AI agents suck at travel planning—too many personal nuances, zero common sense. Real-life complexity exposes the hype.

When Methods and Frameworks Fail—the Challenge ...
Abstract models are tools for leaders, coaches, and consultants—not practical guidance for the average worker drowning in a tsunami of tasks, chats, and alerts.
When Methods and Frameworks Fail—the Challenge ...
Abstract models are tools for leaders, coaches, and consultants—not practical guidance for the average worker drowning in a tsunami of tasks, chats, and alerts.

You’re an Ignorant Fool—The Law of Tragic Nuance
The more information you have, the more your perspective drifts to the complex middle, from where you must defend yourself against simplistic hot takes flying in from all directions.
You’re an Ignorant Fool—The Law of Tragic Nuance
The more information you have, the more your perspective drifts to the complex middle, from where you must defend yourself against simplistic hot takes flying in from all directions.

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