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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


Red42 bringt neues Eventformat an den Start: Den Fast-Umsonst-BetaCodex-Unternehmertag
Bei diesem neuen Workshop speziell für UnternehmerInnen, GeschäftsführerInnen, Vorstände und Topmanager öffnen Silke Hermann und Claudia...
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


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 12, 20253 min read


Booklet on the laws of the BetaCodex is published in Spanish
Las leyes del BetaCodex - published by BetaCodex Press The 32-page "Laws of the BetaCodex" booklet got published in Spanish language by...
Feb 12, 20251 min read


24. März 2025: Die 26. Ausgabe des Fast-Umsonst-BetaCodex-ArbeitsTags mit Niels Pfläging
Am Montag, 24. März 2025 findet im Studio Red42 im Herzen Wiesbadens die 26. Ausgabe unseres Workshopformats mit Niels Pfläging für...
Feb 11, 20251 min read


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 19, 20258 min read


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 19, 20254 min read


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 19, 20253 min read


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 19, 20255 min read


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 19, 20257 min read


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 17, 20254 min read


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 13, 20253 min read


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 13, 20253 min read


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 13, 20252 min read


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 13, 20255 min read


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 13, 20257 min read


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 13, 20252 min read


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 13, 20251 min read


Niels Pflaeging releases new BetaCodex research on the "Relative Targets" approach
Kicking off the new year 2025 in style, Niels Pflaeging of Red42 is sharing brand new research through the BetaCodex Network in early...
Jan 5, 20252 min read
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