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Placing software development in the hands of ‘development teams‘ is a bad mistake
In this new article, Niels Pflaeging outlines why development teams are ineffective, and in fact create barriers to performance in software development. This article was published on the Red42 web mag on Substack.
2 days ago1 min read
From Toyota to TOSD: For high performance, make time the boss
Most businesses remain stuck in the industrial-age logic of capacity orientation. In complex markets, however, rhythmicity of work, flow and self-organization are vastly superior. Read Niels Pflaeging's inspiring article on the Red42 Substack!
Jan 271 min read
Free webinar: Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) with Niels Pflaeging
In this free webinar hosted by Agile Maine, Niels Pflaeging will introduce key principles of time-orientation in software development. The will be plenty of space for questions from participants Date: Wed Dec 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST Tickets www.tickettailor.com/events/agilemaine/1965537 For more about TOSD: www.timeoriented.dev The TOSD BetaCodex Network research paper: https://betacodex.org/white-papers/paper/introducing-time-oriented-software-development-26
Dec 2, 20251 min read
BetaCodex Press anounces "What would Ohno-san do?"
Taiichi Ohno (1912-1990) has rightly been called architect of the Toyota Production System: Starting in the late 1940s and well into the...
Oct 11, 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
An article on "Disdain for theory" by Niels Pflaeging
Douglas McGregor, a great practical theorist of 20th century management, 1956. Source: MIT Museum mitmuseum.mit.edu Niels Pflaeging...
Sep 8, 20251 min read
Online-Workshop "Zeitorientierte Unternehmensführung": 2x im Herbst
Zusammen mit LeanBase veranstalten wir das 2-stündige Online-Format mit Niels Pfläging im Herbst gleich zweimal. Tickets lassen sich hier...
Sep 4, 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
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
Online-Workshop "Zeitorientierte Unternehmensführung" mit Niels Pfläging: Neues Format
Am 30. Juni wird Niels Pflägings neuer Red42-Kurzworkshop "Zeitorientierte Unternehmensführung" Premiere feiern. Buchung und Anmeldung...
Jun 5, 20251 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
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
"The Power of Language": New poster in English becomes available from Red42
"The Power of Language" - a new print poster by Red42 On 16 April, Red42 is releasing a new print poster called The Power of Language ....
Apr 6, 20252 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
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