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TOSD Team updates the TOSD services & qualifications portfolio
In October 2025 this year, Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) arrived – and it's here to stay. TOSD is the world's 1st approach to software development that creates flow, rhythm, transparency, high performance and joy at work. Without the hassle, without using batches or sprints, and without steering, or command-and-control structures. A new age to digital product development has begun! his week, the TOSD Team met in Wiesbaden at Studio Red42 for the first time. TOSD
Dec 21, 20251 min read


Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) is coming
Together with Pradtke CTO Sebastian Kubsch , Red42 is preparing the launch of the Time-Oriented Software Development approach (TOSD),...
Oct 8, 20251 min read


Niels Pflaeging announces new agile approach called "Time-Oriented Software Development", TOSD
Cover of the forthcoming BetaCodex Network research paper by Niels Pflaeging and Sebastian Kubsch On 20 September, Niels Pflaeging...
Sep 22, 20251 min read


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 28, 20251 min read


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 28, 20251 min read


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 28, 20251 min read


Neuer Termin: Fast-Umsonst-BetaCodex-Arbeitstag am 17.11.2025
Am Montag, 17. November 2025 findet im Studio Red42 im Herzen Wiesbadens die 27. Ausgabe des Workshopformats mit Niels Pfläging für...
Jul 19, 20251 min read


Silke and Niels share new "OpenSpace DEV" approach with the world
In a BetaCodex Network research paper published today, Silke Hermann and Niels Pflaeging of Red42 are sharing a variety of OpenSpace...
Jul 17, 20251 min read


Renegades: A review of BetaCodex research between 2008 and 2025
In an article published today on the "News from the Beta World" web magazine, BetaCodex Network founder Niels Pflaeging looks back on 17...
Jul 7, 20251 min read


BetaCodex research paper No. 24 explores "Time-Oriented Work Systems"
BetaCodex Network research paper No. 24, "Slave to the Rhythm" Beta and Lean: It's a powerful combination. Most of what has been done in...
Jun 10, 20252 min read


Red42 launches a new line of booklets based on BetaCodex Network research papers
Five BetaCodex Network research papers (No.s 19, 20, 21, 22 and 24) have been published by BetaCodex Press and are already available for...
May 26, 20251 min read


An article by Niels Pflaeging talks about Org Design and the inevitability of decentralization
The field of org design is stuck in a conceptual dead-end: As long as it refuses to acknowledge the distinction between Periphery and...
May 7, 20251 min read


Subscribe to Red42's new Email newsletter and web presence on Substack
A few weeks ago, Red42 started a new, magazine-like web presence on the Substack platform . Niels Pflaeging curates the presence, adding...
Apr 29, 20251 min read


New BetaCodex Network paper by Niels Pflaeging: "Deming in Japan, 1950-1965"
Deming with a group of businessmen, their wives and geishas, partially left black-and-white. Photo courtesy of the Deming Institute,...
Apr 21, 20254 min read


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 17, 20251 min read


Red42 adds details on four qualification courses to its website
We just added pages on 4 qualifications to the Red42 website. These qualification formats are OpenSpace Beta Practitioner (2-day, on...
Apr 5, 20251 min read


Niels Pflaegings "BetaCodex MasterClass" returns
After an 18-month-long hiatus, BetaCodex Network co-founder Niels Pflaeging is re-launching his successful BetaCodex MasterClass format....
Apr 2, 20251 min read


Management icon Peter Block is Niels' and Rijon's guest during the 63rd episode of BetaCodex LIVE
Rijon Erickson and Niels Pflaeging spoke with bestseller author Peter Block about humanity at work, about how to change the world, and...
Mar 29, 20251 min read


Neue Termine zum Online-Workshop "Die Zukunft der Lean-Transformation"
Im April und Juni wird Niels Pfläging den Red42-Kurzworkshop "Die Zukunft der Lean-Transformation" online anbieten. Buchung und Anmeldung...
Mar 26, 20251 min read


Niels Pflaeging shares an update on the state of the Beta Universe in early 2025
BetaCodex Network founder Niels Pflaeging shares a fresh visual overview of the facets, or planets, of the Beta Universe. This conceptual...
Feb 28, 20251 min read
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