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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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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 191 min read
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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 291 min read
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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 261 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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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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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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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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Bayer's DSO initiative as promoted by CEO Bill Anderson comes with all the right intentions. With the right methods, it is both realistic and feasible
Source: DSO page on the Bayer Global website This week, Bayer CEO Bill Anderson published a new article in Fortune , talking about ...
Mar 15, 20245 min read
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