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Issue 839, Sun 12 April, 2026

Dear Escapees,

There’s a concept called the adjacent possible. Steven Johnson uses it to describe the way change usually happens: not as a giant leap into the unknown, but through the next set of possibilities opened up by where you are now. It’s a useful idea partly because it takes some of the theatre out of progress.

Most good moves do not arrive wearing a cape. They look more like a side-step, a prototype, a conversation, or a role you would not have considered a year ago but can suddenly see clearly now. That is true of work, and probably even more true of ideas. The ones that go somewhere are rarely the loudest. They tend to sit just beyond your current edge, real enough to test, persistent enough not to leave you alone.

This week’s Top 10 is full of roles in that space. Not fantasy jobs on a distant horizon, but opportunities that might make more sense than you realised if you look at them from a slightly different angle.

And sometimes the adjacent possible is not a job at all. It’s the idea that keeps showing up, the one that feels close enough to try if you stopped just thinking about it and gave it some structure. Our Startup Accelerator is built for that stage, when an idea is still early, but real enough to test. If you’ve had one of those in the background for a while, applications are open.

Apply to the Startup Accelerator here>

Happy Escaping,

Team Escape

P.S. Curious, but not sure if it’s for you? We’re running a free lunchtime Q&A if you’d like to hear more and get a feel for it. You can sign up here.

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