Publications by Laurens Waling
Articles and whitepapers on AI, skills-based working, the labour market, healthcare and the future of work: the full English archive, from the latest publications back to 2023.
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The publications that best capture what my thinking is about. These three are in Dutch; the full English archive follows below.
From diploma to proof, from vacancy to skill
The foundation of skills-based matching, in practice.
Read the whitepaper → Article · DutchWhy labour shortage is often an organisational issue
Scarcity is rarely a real shortage. It’s usually a visibility problem.
Read the article → Article · DutchHR as a driver of renewal in healthcare
Published by HR Professionals in de Zorg.
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Myths about the labour market
A monthly series with Wim Pelgrim on HR Morgen (2026) taking apart eight stubborn myths about the labour market, with an accompanying whitepaper. In Dutch.
“Anyone who wants to work can work”
16 April 2026, HR Morgen.
Read part 1 → Part 2“The labour market crisis is over”
8 May 2026, HR Morgen.
Read part 2 → Part 3“A diploma is proof enough”
30 June 2026, HR Morgen.
Read part 3 → Part 4“Human skills are soft and cannot be measured”
31 July 2026, HR Morgen.
Read part 4 → Part 5“AI makes entry-level jobs redundant”
27 August 2026, HR Morgen.
Read part 5 → Part 6“Flexibility is at odds with security”
30 September 2026, HR Morgen.
Read part 6 →All publications by year
The full archive: 22 articles and whitepapers from 2020 onwards, plus 4 earlier pieces from the Part-up years.
2026
- Stop the cover letter. Use AI to really see people28 September 2026
- The technology keeps getting simpler. Changing does not10 September 2026
- From fear of AI to longing for the future8 September 2026
- What if AI does not replace you, but makes your ideal working day possible?2 September 2026
- When AI reviews AI, the org chart starts to break27 August 2026
- Are you a good recruiter if your success increases the staff shortage of another care organisation?30 June 2026
- Maybe we are asking the wrong question about AI26 June 2026
- Agentic HR: Why HR is the most important department in the entire AI transformation22 June 2026
- Change begins with discomfort10 June 2026
- What are skills, actually?2 June 2026
- From hype to reality: what HR Tech Europe 2026 actually revealed23 April 2026
- Healthcare does not have a staff shortage. Healthcare has an organisation problem.30 March 2026
- AI May Be Creating More Jobs Than It Cuts. But The Real Story Is More Complex13 March 2026
- Why labour market shortage is often an organisation question3 March 2026
- Bridging the Gap Between Emerging Talent, AI and Reality27 January 2026
- AI Does Not Need More Unicorns. It Needs a Skills Infrastructure.15 January 2026
- Responsible AI Sometimes Means Moving Forward, Not Slowing Down15 January 2026
- 2026 is here. HR is no longer a function. It is stewardship and orchestration.5 January 2026
2025
- From 2025 to 2026: why the future of work is already here19 December 2025
- A week full of opportunities to explore the future of work24 November 2025
- Blog: The AI Glasses Are Here – But Are We Allowed to Use Them at Work?12 November 2025
- Let’s Stop Expecting AI to Be Perfect, and Start Learning With It3 November 2025
- UNLEASH World Paris 2025 – Where HR, AI and Human Potential Truly Converged22 October 2025
- Don’t Fear AI in HR: Trust It.9 October 2025
- From Data to Decisions: Reflections on the Global Talent Strategy & Intelligence Conference 202525 September 2025
- Beyond Skills: Why Organizations Need Capability Orchestration in the AI Era20 August 2025
- Why WeTransfer couldn’t have avoided this, but can now lead with trust17 July 2025
- AI Matching in Recruitment: Why Generic AI Isn't Enough15 July 2025
- Never waste talent again: on nerve, privilege and my mission19 June 2025
- From Hype to Policy: How AI Is Fundamentally Transforming HR in Europe3 June 2025
2024
- People Analytics & Talent Intelligence in 2025: Where Data Precision Meets Human Intuition28 October 2024
- Uncovering Hidden Talent in Your Team9 October 2024
- How AI Liberates Talent and Solves the Labor Market Shortage9 October 2024
- How to leverage the Data of Millions of Public Profiles to your advantage25 April 2024
- Combating Discrimination with AI in Recruitment31 January 2024
2023
- We are heading for collective burnout. Or is there still a way out?6 October 2023
- Labor market crisis to be solved with AI23 August 2023
- The Labor Market of the Future Knows No Permanent or Flexible Contracts31 July 2023
- Poll Result: HR Professional Believes Their Own Profession Should Look More Beyond Their Field14 June 2023
- HR professionals are not very mobile in practice6 June 2023
- Should we pause AI development for 6 months?30 March 2023
- EW: Fear of Algorithms Offers Opportunities for Innovation23 January 2023
From the Part-up years (2015–2019)
Before joining 8vance, I spent years writing about organising differently, self-managing teams, mission-driven work and the Part-up platform. Those pieces are listed here for completeness and can be read via my LinkedIn profile.
- 7 lessons on successful collaboration, from our first start-up year15 September 2016
- The Spotify for Work and the Tinder for Teams9 September 2015
- Time to swarm!2 September 2015
- Are you a collapreneur?23 July 2015
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