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Für mehr Veränderung, befrei' dich zuerst von deiner Akzeptanzfixiertheit
Jede und jeder von uns hat's schon versucht – und mit den besten Absichten: Stell Dir vor, Du willst in einer Organisation etwas...
Sep 164 min read
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To get unstuck, first renounce that obsession with acceptance - an article by Niels Pflaeging
"The overwhelming share of change efforts in organizations is doomed right from the start.," argues Niels Pflaeging in an article on the...
Aug 281 min read
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Empowerment, delegation, decentralization: They are not the same - an article by Niels Pflaeging
Even today, there is strong disagreement about which of the three you should place your bets on: Empowerment, delegation or...
Aug 281 min read
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Sales departments should never have existed - an article by Niels Pflaeging
Illustration: Pia Steinmann In a popular new article, Niels Pflaeging argues that sales areas were carved out of well-working businesses,...
Aug 281 min read
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The one big difference between Deming and Drucker: A new article by Niels Pflaeging
During the warm up to a joint podcast session, management icon Peter Block made a comment about BetaCodex heroes W. Edwards Deming and...
Apr 171 min read
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A letter to the BetaCodex community
Screenshot from Andrea Heym's LinkedIn article Some of you who have been in touch with the BetaCodex and the network for some time may be...
Feb 123 min read
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Work the System: Transformation, delivered
by Niels Pflaeging Over the past decades, since the 1980s at least, a number of trends, or movements have provided promising,...
Jan 198 min read
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Transform any company, fast: Five concepts
by Niels Pflaeging How can we bring about intended change quickly, easily, reliably and without tears? How do we get the organizational...
Jan 194 min read
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If it takes longer than a few months, then it's NOT A transformation
by Niels Pflaeging The OpenSpace Beta handbook, by Silke Hermann and Niels Pflaeging Until seven years ago, I would have told you (and I...
Jan 193 min read
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Abolish bonus systems: It is inevitable
The days of the sophisticated systems of variable compensation are over. by Niels Pflaeging *** Once upon a time, there was a bank that...
Jan 195 min read
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Forget the Kotter approach to change – here comes VFOT
by Niels Pflaeging The Kotter approach, sometimes referred to as Leading Change , was the best change management model of the 20th...
Jan 197 min read
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Your company has exactly the culture it deserves
From: Organize for Complexity. Illustration by Pia Steinmann Culture is part of an organization's memory. One could also say that an...
Jan 174 min read
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The toxic power of THEY: How conspiracy theories thwart progress
Illustration: Pia Steinmann We tend to think that change is hard. I wrote about that common misconception elsewhere  before. But one...
Jan 133 min read
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Contemplations on Beta Transformation
Illustration: from the Complexitools book (Pia Steinmann) Towards the end of last year, I conducted a series of client workshops for...
Jan 133 min read
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There is no ‘status quo.‘ This has consequences for change and transformation
Illustration: Pia Steinmann It would be really nice if such a thing as a "status quo" existed. Granted: There's a rock band by that name...
Jan 132 min read
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It's ‘Independence Day‘ for organizational transformation that deserves the name
Illustration: Pia Steinmann In our consulting work with Red42, my colleague Silke Hermann  and I deliver workshop sessions and...
Jan 135 min read
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A report on the practice of Beta transformation, II
About a week has passed since our current Beta transformation client "went Live" with its decentralized Cell Structure Design  at the...
Jan 137 min read
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A report on the practice of Beta transformation, I
In the OpenSpace Beta approach, two OpenSpace meetings are used. What you see in the photo is a session grid for a client's OpenSpace...
Jan 132 min read
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Change Management (1992-2018): An obituary
You may have overlooked the news back then: In 2018, or about 6 years ago, Change Management  died. It is fair to say that Change...
Jan 131 min read
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Relative Targets: New research reveals how to bring out coherent & simple alternatives to fixed targets, budgeting and plan-based steering
Check out www.relativetargets.com Since 2008, the BetaCodex Network  has promoted organizational transformation. Not transformation of...
Jan 134 min read
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