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The Future of Consulting

The Future of Consulting

The consulting industry is heading for the same seismic disruption that transformed travel agencies over the past two decades.

The Future of Consulting

The consulting industry is heading for the same seismic disruption that transformed travel agencies over the past two decades.

The Four Tensions of Sociotechnical Systems

The Four Tensions of Sociotechnical Systems

Every team faces the same fundamental question: How do you balance freedom with coordination, spontaneity with discipline, performance with agility, and self-actualization with shared purpose?

The Four Tensions of Sociotechnical Systems

Every team faces the same fundamental question: How do you balance freedom with coordination, spontaneity with discipline, performance with agility, and self-actualization with shared purpose?

My 18-Month Battle With Expert Hallucinations

My 18-Month Battle With Expert Hallucinations

After 18 months of failed treatments and contradictory advice, I discovered something shocking: expert hallucination isn't limited to artificial intelligence.

My 18-Month Battle With Expert Hallucinations

After 18 months of failed treatments and contradictory advice, I discovered something shocking: expert hallucination isn't limited to artificial intelligence.

You Cannot Please Everyone

You Cannot Please Everyone

The outrage over AI-assisted writing is nothing more than performative nonsense that exposes people as the snobbish critics nobody asked for.

You Cannot Please Everyone

The outrage over AI-assisted writing is nothing more than performative nonsense that exposes people as the snobbish critics nobody asked for.

The Stochastic Parrot vs. the Sophistic Monkey: I Trust AI More Than Most Humans

The Stochastic Parrot vs. the Sophistic Monkey:...

AI systems already outperform the average person in logic, humility, and basic coherence—yet our technophobia prevents us from acknowledging this.

The Stochastic Parrot vs. the Sophistic Monkey:...

AI systems already outperform the average person in logic, humility, and basic coherence—yet our technophobia prevents us from acknowledging this.

The Ten Commandments of Viability in AI

The Ten Commandments of Viability in AI

The AI bubble will likely burst. And when it does, only those who've built with foresight and integrity will survive the correction.

The Ten Commandments of Viability in AI

The AI bubble will likely burst. And when it does, only those who've built with foresight and integrity will survive the correction.

Jurgen Appelo

"Maintenance is how the universe curbs productive people."