Read Niels Pflaegings new article about "The greatest text W. Edwards Deming ever published" - now available on the Red42 Substack. Niels' latest article pays homage to one of the great minds of the 20th century: business theorist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, researcher, educator, composer and writer W. Edwards Deming. Niels highligts a short article by Mr. Deming about teaching and teachers, about higher education, scientific research and how w

Project management approaches were never particularly well-suited for large-scale software implementation projects within organizations. Take "ERP transformations", which still take 18 months, 24 months, 3 years - or forever. From a rational, time-oriented perspective, it is clear that such approaches must be deeply flawed. And they are: Project managers (and executives) assume that there is a trade-off to have between scope/quality, cost and time. "That way of thinking is ca

Dieser Sammelband vereint 18 Texte von Silke Hermann und Niels Pfläging, die sie einzeln oder im Duo veröffentlicht haben - hinzu kommt ein Interview mit Niels Pfläging. Inhaltlich wird einen bunter Blumenstrauss an Einsichten zu Organisationsgestaltung und Führung geboten. Bei aller Vielfalt der Themen und Aspekte verlieren Hermann und Pfläging jedoch nie den roten Faden aus den Augen: Stets bleiben sie konsequenter Selbstorganisation, Dezentralisierung und organisationaler