Insights

Observations on AI, work and movement.

Longer pieces that don’t fit on LinkedIn. One sharp observation at a time: from a conference room, a boardroom or the daily practice of 8vance. The articles below illustrate the format; in WordPress this becomes the living archive.

Live audience research on AI potential
What AI makes visible

What 300 executives answered to one question about AI

Every room gets the same statement. The answers say more about the organisation than about the technology.

Sample article · 6 min read
Laurens presenting on the transformation of work
From jobs to tasks

The baker who became an EV-charger technician (and what your organisation can learn)

On paper an impossible move. In skills: 80% overlap. On the matches you miss when you only look at CVs.

Sample article · 5 min read
Conversation during an executive roundtable
Why change gets stuck

Your strategy isn’t the problem. Your patterns are.

On control, safety and the tension nobody names out loud during transformations.

Sample article · 7 min read
Theatre hall during a keynote
What I learned on stage

The question from the room that silenced me

Sometimes the speaker learns the most. About a nurse, a scheduling system and the limits of optimisation.

Sample article · 4 min read
Lecture at Amsterdam UMC
Questions executives ask me

“Where do we start?” is the wrong first question

The better question: what do we want to be able to see that we can’t see today? On the order of skills-based change.

Sample article · 6 min read
Laurens at Recruitment Tech Event
Humanity in times of automation

AI takes over the routine. What comes back in return?

Not every minute gained becomes valuable by itself. On the choices that decide whether automation leads to more human work.

Sample article · 8 min read
Questions on my mind

I believe less and less in simple answers.

Far more interesting are the questions that arise when technology, work and humanity start shifting at the same time.

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