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Energy TransitionInnovationIoT

Energy Management Has a Terrible User Experience Problem

We built an entire industry around EPEX prices, EMS platforms, load balancing algorithms, and smart connectors. And somehow...
Robbrecht van AmerongenJul 29, 2026Jul 30, 2026
AgenticArtificial IntelligenceLeadershipSoftware EngineeringSpec Driven Software Engineering

Spec-Driven Agentic Software Engineering Is Not Vibe Coding. Here Is the Difference.

Most teams using AI coding agents are not doing agentic software engineering. They are doing expensive prompt guessing...
Robbrecht van AmerongenJun 23, 2026Jun 23, 2026
AgenticAICritical ThinkingLeadership

Are You Already Running Performance Reviews With Your AI Agents?

AI agents are moving beyond experiments, demos and internal productivity tricks. They are starting to support important business...
Robbrecht van AmerongenJun 19, 2026Jun 20, 2026
AgenticAIArtificial IntelligenceSoftware Engineering

Your AI is not your colleague. Stop treating it like one.

This article is about the alternative. Not the safe, boring alternative. The rigorous one. The approach that makes...
Robbrecht van AmerongenJun 16, 2026Jun 18, 2026
AgenticAICritical ThinkingLeadership

AI productivity does not come from watching better answers appear

Most organisations are not short of AI tools. They are short of better ways to organise work around...
Robbrecht van AmerongenJun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026
Critical ThinkingCultureLeadershipManagement

When the Person Who Keeps Everything Running Announces He’s Moving to Spain

Every company has one. The person who keeps critical systems alive through a combination of institutional memory, personal...
Robbrecht van AmerongenJun 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026
AgenticAIArchitectureInnovationSoftware Engineering

AI Coding Tools Are Only Exposing Your Weak Software Engineering Discipline

AI Coding is the end of pretending your engineering process is mature. The pitch versus the reality Every...
Robbrecht van AmerongenJun 1, 2026Jun 14, 2026
Artificial IntelligenceDigital TwinInnovationIoT

The Timeline Paradox: Decoupling Industrial IoT Data from Physical Assets

How modular data architecture and open standards put asset owners back in control There is a structural issue...
Robbrecht van AmerongenMay 28, 2026Jun 14, 2026
AILeadershipSoftware Engineering

How AI gives you back control over your software and your profits

AI driven software engineering frees companies from the constraints of SaaS software licences, but only with the right...
Robbrecht van AmerongenMay 18, 2026Jun 14, 2026
Digital TransformationEnergy TransitionEuropeanInnovation

When Siemens Energy Must Choose: Your AI Data Center or the Grid That Powers It

The energy transition has a bottleneck that rarely makes headlines. Not a shortage of wind turbines or solar...
Robbrecht van AmerongenMay 7, 2026Jun 2, 2026
Critical ThinkingDigital TransformationDigital TwinEnergy TransitionInnovation

The Power Grid Does Not Know What You Know

The Dutch electricity grid is congested. That diagnosis is no longer controversial. What remains poorly understood is why...
Robbrecht van AmerongenApr 28, 2026Jun 2, 2026
Critical ThinkingLeadershipManagementPersonal Growth

Why People Avoid Responsibility at Work; And What It Costs Your Organisation

Everyone has a colleague who has mastered the art of not being responsible for anything. Deadlines passed? “The...
Robbrecht van AmerongenApr 26, 2026Jun 14, 2026
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Thinking

How AI Makes Ignorance Sound Intelligent (And How to Spot It)

There is a Latin-derived word for the habit of giving opinions beyond your competence: ultracrepidarianism. It refers to...
Robbrecht van AmerongenApr 2, 2026May 28, 2026
Critical ThinkingInnovationLeadershipManagement

The Scary Takeover: The Day Your AI Tool Became Your Boss

We love talking about AI transformation. Keynotes, roadmaps, pilots, proof-of-concepts. Big words, bold ambitions. Every conference has a...
Robbrecht van AmerongenMar 28, 2026May 31, 2026
Digital TransformationDigital TwinEnergy TransitionEuropeanInnovationIoTSovereignTSO / DSO

TenneT, The Backbone of the Economy Under Strain, But Cannot Be Allowed to Break

What TenneT’s 2025 Annual Report Tells Us About the Dutch High-Voltage Grid: the Backbone on Which Our Digital...
Robbrecht van AmerongenMar 12, 2026Aug 16, 2026
AgileDigital TransformationInnovation

Your Innovation Pilots Are a Graveyard.

Time to Stop, Bury them with a distinct Ceremony. Most innovation pilots in large organisations are not experiments....
Robbrecht van AmerongenFeb 27, 2026Jun 1, 2026
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