Cover of De logica van het leven in de logistiek, by Gertjan Antonisse
De logica van werk:

The Logic of Life in Logistics

Book 1 · Pause

Does the picture we hold of our work match the work itself?

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What this book is

Not a manual. A mirror.

This is not a manual, not a method, not a vision of the future. It is a warning and a mirror: what happens when organisations optimise systems they no longer truly understand, and accelerate that optimisation with technology they understand just as little. The book is written in Dutch.

The red button is at the centre. In Book 1 it is the button that does not do what you expect: not faster, but still. The moment you stop the automatic momentum, long enough to see what is really happening.

Because when we apply technology to work we do not understand, it accelerates the problems while making them invisible. A system rarely derails through mistakes. More often through good intentions without oversight.

The core question

Does the picture we hold of our work match the work itself?

Not an operational question. An existential one.

The trilogy

Three books, one movement.

De logica van werk:

Three books under one name. The spiral marks the logic of work as it keeps unfolding: from pause, to emergency stop, to reset.

  1. Book 1 · PauseOut now

    Stopping the automatic momentum. Seeing what is happening before steering it.

  2. Book 2 · Emergency StopIn progress

    Hitting the emergency stop before the chaos becomes permanent. No longer automating what is not understood.

  3. Book 3 · ResetPlanned

    Rethinking Lean from the start. Making everything visible, instead of everything faster.

About the author
Portrait of Gertjan Antonisse

Gertjan Antonisse

Gertjan Antonisse has over 35 years of experience in logistics, technology, and process improvement. He started on the shop floor and later worked on the automation of logistics operations, helping organizations build systems that support how people actually work, rather than forcing people to adapt to the system.

That combination of hands-on experience, systems thinking, and technological insight shapes his core belief: real improvement doesn’t start with more control, but with better observation. Not just looking at numbers, but at rhythm, patterns, and what happens between people in everyday work.

In The Logic of Life in Logistics, Gertjan shows how organizations get stuck when they optimize on paper, and how progress becomes possible when they learn to listen to the system itself. His work invites a different conversation about logistics, leadership, and the relationship between people, processes, and technology.

Alongside his work in logistics, he explores the role of AI, not as a replacement for human intelligence, but as a way to strengthen human insight.

Read

Begin with the pause.

Book 1 is out. It asks for no agreement, only attention: to stop for a moment, and see whether the picture still holds.

Read Book 1