<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sergey Völker — Blog</title><description>AI Enablement &amp; Program Manager in Berlin. Program management, organizational change, and AI adoption. Co-author of &quot;AI Implementation for Managers&quot;.</description><link>https://sergeyvoelker.com/</link><item><title>From AI experimentation to AI transformation</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7468179776814505985-yGgh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7468179776814505985-yGgh</guid><description>An HBR read I recommend — and the micro-productivity trap: AI deployments that boost individual productivity but never show up in the company&apos;s results.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reports of Agile&apos;s death are exaggerated</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7466005454268162048-6PJq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7466005454268162048-6PJq</guid><description>But you will probably attend a daily-standup funeral. Why the agentic SDLC isn&apos;t Agile&apos;s guillotine moment — we&apos;re mixing up mindset with tooling. From a conversation with Pranav at Plandek.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hands-on Cursor workshop with our engineering teams</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7431956132103077888/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7431956132103077888/</guid><description>Running practical workshops with colleagues from Cursor as part of LucaNet&apos;s agentic AI rollout.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five Rules That&apos;ll Save Your 2025</title><link>https://medium.com/never-stop-writing/five-rules-thatll-save-your-2025-e357ebec60ea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/never-stop-writing/five-rules-thatll-save-your-2025-e357ebec60ea</guid><description>Last year I worked with over 100 people. None of them needed a complete overhaul — they needed to stop doing five things.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Ideas 2026: the most significant AI shift</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7406947563058331648-3YUP</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7406947563058331648-3YUP</guid><description>My contribution to LinkedIn News Europe&apos;s #BigIdeas2026: what will be the most significant AI shift we&apos;ll see in 2026?</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Controls the Story?</title><link>https://medium.com/the-springboard/who-controls-the-story-8c8ee7589e46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/the-springboard/who-controls-the-story-8c8ee7589e46</guid><description>Harari&apos;s latest book on human agency and alien intelligence.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Don&apos;t optimize steps. Remove them.</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7377216614167035904-C4ZE</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7377216614167035904-C4ZE</guid><description>AI that writes emails faster still leaves you running — just with better shoes. My rule for a real AI productivity boost.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How&apos;s Life? I&apos;m Experimenting</title><link>https://baos.pub/hows-life-i-m-experimenting-1ce49df5a4ed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://baos.pub/hows-life-i-m-experimenting-1ce49df5a4ed</guid><description>Practicing lessons learned from Anne-Laure Le Cunff.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LucaNet AI Summer School — 200+ daily participants</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7364536808044474369-l6i1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7364536808044474369-l6i1</guid><description>LucaNet&apos;s first AI Summer School: 200+ colleagues in a digital classroom over two weeks — employee-led sessions, hands-on workshops, and open discussions on AI risks and best practices.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI Boot Camp №1 — completed</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7354393723180376064-72sw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7354393723180376064-72sw</guid><description>LucaNet&apos;s first AI Boot Camp: 100 people, two full days in our Bucharest hub — developers, designers, product, QA, and delivery managers, hands-on.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tennis and Essentialism</title><link>https://baos.pub/tennis-and-essentialism-6a8c587dcbed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://baos.pub/tennis-and-essentialism-6a8c587dcbed</guid><description>On people, their minds, and priorities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AWS, AI, and Cloud Computing</title><link>https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/aws-ai-and-cloud-computing-b5c6b60988e5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/aws-ai-and-cloud-computing-b5c6b60988e5</guid><description>Insights about the AI future from AWS CEO Matt Garman — outcomes over hype.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why You Keep Going?</title><link>https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/why-you-keep-going-30b38c7f20c7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/why-you-keep-going-30b38c7f20c7</guid><description>Part #5 of &apos;Beyond coffee — discovering what drives us&apos;: in the end, it&apos;s dreams that carry us past the obstacles.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Agile Dead. SaaS Next?</title><link>https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/agile-dead-saas-next-f4221dedad91</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/agile-dead-saas-next-f4221dedad91</guid><description>Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella&apos;s vision for AI — and what it could mean for SaaS.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Four Questions to Stop Waiting and Start Building</title><link>https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/four-questions-to-stop-waiting-and-start-building-d1491700bc15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/four-questions-to-stop-waiting-and-start-building-d1491700bc15</guid><description>Self-reflection on why I waited to start my own business.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond Today</title><link>https://medium.com/the-daily-cuppa/beyond-today-c2a0d54f7c67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/the-daily-cuppa/beyond-today-c2a0d54f7c67</guid><description>The choice to believe in something beyond today — on dreaming as our greatest power.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Goals, Curiosity, and Critics</title><link>https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/goals-curiosity-and-critics-54b9fa6ecb7b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/goals-curiosity-and-critics-54b9fa6ecb7b</guid><description>Part #4 of &apos;Beyond coffee&apos;: clear goals, curiosity as fuel, and how to turn criticism into productive energy.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Relentless</title><link>https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/relentless-7f3672773b90</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/relentless-7f3672773b90</guid><description>Part #3 of &apos;Beyond coffee&apos;: fear, hustle, and repeat — on self-doubt and growth outside the comfort zone.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Words on Fire: Desire and Ambition Explained</title><link>https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/words-on-fire-desire-and-ambition-explained-b9dce5fb9291</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/words-on-fire-desire-and-ambition-explained-b9dce5fb9291</guid><description>Part #2 of &apos;Beyond coffee&apos;: desire and ambition — and how they differ from motivation and passion.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Keeps You Going? Motivation, Passion, and Discipline Explained</title><link>https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/what-keeps-you-going-motivation-passion-and-discipline-explained-6eac3e1f6ba9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/what-keeps-you-going-motivation-passion-and-discipline-explained-6eac3e1f6ba9</guid><description>Part #1 of &apos;Beyond coffee&apos;: how motivation, passion, discipline, and grit work together toward long-term goals.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Socks, Dragons, and a Bit of Llama</title><link>https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/socks-dragons-and-a-bit-of-llama-2fd0279ba8e3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/socks-dragons-and-a-bit-of-llama-2fd0279ba8e3</guid><description>The search for creativity — and why it&apos;s all about me.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drama Llama at Work</title><link>https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/drama-llama-at-work-a5dbba22d233</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/drama-llama-at-work-a5dbba22d233</guid><description>When conflicts get messy: acknowledge the drama first, then steer toward rational solutions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kung Fu at Work</title><link>https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/kung-fu-at-work-feff4613e091</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/kung-fu-at-work-feff4613e091</guid><description>Four ideas for conflict management (punching excluded).</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Let&apos;s Not Kill the Messenger!</title><link>https://medium.com/management-matters/lets-not-kill-the-messenger-7dc6e59ab362</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/management-matters/lets-not-kill-the-messenger-7dc6e59ab362</guid><description>Why we misjudge at work: the fundamental attribution error, and how to pause before judging.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Have a Meeting?</title><link>https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/why-have-a-meeting-734409479100</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/why-have-a-meeting-734409479100</guid><description>Make meetings matter: the power of a clear purpose.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>One Adjustment to Master Your Business Communication</title><link>https://medium.com/practice-in-public/one-adjustment-to-master-your-business-communication-068d9d1d6cbd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://medium.com/practice-in-public/one-adjustment-to-master-your-business-communication-068d9d1d6cbd</guid><description>How to write effective emails: lead with the main message instead of burying it at the end.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Choices We Had, Decision We Made</title><link>https://short.sweet.pub/choices-we-had-decision-we-made-d7f0d7a98410</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://short.sweet.pub/choices-we-had-decision-we-made-d7f0d7a98410</guid><description>Empathy lessons from Itachi Uchiha: people only see the decision you made, not the choices you had.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>