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Jurgen Appelo is a writer, speaker, trainer, entrepreneur, illustrator, developer, manager, blogger, reader, dreamer, leader, freethinker, and… Dutch guy.

Since 2008 Jurgen writes a popular blog at www.noop.nl, that covers topics including Agile management, software engineering, business improvement, personal development, and complexity theory. He is the author of the book Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders, which describes the role of the manager in Agile organizations. And he wrote the little book How to Change the World, which describes his new supermodel for change management. He is also a speaker who is regularly invited to talk at business seminars and conferences around the world.

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Dare to Improve Your Conference

I have been talking about better conferences several times, but I’ve decided to stop doing that. A recurring theme at the DARE conference in Antwerp was:

Dare to be the change you want to see.

I want people to organize better conferences. Therefore, in order to find out what makes a great conference, I have decided to help the organizers.

An Event with a Purpose

Many conferences are organized...

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	Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Change the World: Change Management 3.0 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jurgen Appelo wrote a new blog post Dare to Improve Your Conference I have been talking about better conferences several times, but I’ve decided to stop doing that. A recurring theme at the DARE conference in Antwer... Read more of this blog post »
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Jurgen Appelo rated a book 1 of 5 stars People CMM: A Framework for Human Capital Management by Bill Curtis read in June, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Absolutely horrible machine-like approach to people management. Flies in the face of all scientific insights into human systems.
Jun 18, 2013 09:23am · see review
Jurgen Appelo rated a book 4 of 5 stars Lend Me Your Ears: All you need to know about making speeches and presentations by Max Atkinson read in June, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very good, diverse common-sense advice for public speakers.
Jun 18, 2013 09:22am · see review
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Jurgen Appelo rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #6) by Steven Erikson read in June, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jurgen Appelo rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers by Philip M. Rosenzweig read in June, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Every management consultant, speaker and writer should read this.
Jun 05, 2013 12:03pm · see review
Jurgen Appelo rated a book 3 of 5 stars Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization by Glenda Eoyang read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Common (or uncommon) sense, well presented as a simple method. But I missed the more sophisticated complexity concepts.
May 31, 2013 05:58am · see review
Jurgen Appelo rated a book 3 of 5 stars Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School by Richard Branson read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A bit repetitive, and no new insights. But still plenty of good advice.
May 21, 2013 04:01am · see review