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.

Every room gets the same statement. The answers say more about the organisation than about the technology.
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On paper an impossible move. In skills: 80% overlap. On the matches you miss when you only look at CVs.
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On control, safety and the tension nobody names out loud during transformations.
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Sometimes the speaker learns the most. About a nurse, a scheduling system and the limits of optimisation.
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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.
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Not every minute gained becomes valuable by itself. On the choices that decide whether automation leads to more human work.
Sample article · 8 min readFar more interesting are the questions that arise when technology, work and humanity start shifting at the same time.
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