Niels Pflaeging
@nielspflaeging.bsky.social
Citizen, leadership philosopher, management exorcist, author of 12 books, entrepreneur, inventor. BetaCodex founder www.betacodex.org. Founder at Red42 www.redforty2.com and qomenius www.qomenius.com. Publisher at http://betacodexpress.com
If you haven't read this article on the death of Sprints (the most popular article on the Red42 Substack so far), then you should do so now! nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
Sprints were never a path to agility & flow: They were just another wrong turn
In software development, adopting Sprints was never a path to agility and flow: It was yet another wrong turn
nielspflaeging.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If you haven't read this article on the death of Sprints (the most popular article on the Red42 Substack so far), then you should do so now! nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
On 10 December, Agile Maine will host an interactive webinar session about the brand new Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) approach. It's free of charge and free of access to everybody interested in software development that works! www.tickettailor.com/events/agile...
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
On 10 December, Agile Maine will host an interactive webinar session about the brand new Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) approach. It's free of charge and free of access to everybody interested in software development that works! www.tickettailor.com/events/agile...
Read this week's new article on the Red42 web magazine: "Meet Ernst Weichselbaum, the world's foremost philosopher of time-orientation". And subscribe to our web mag - free of charge: nielspflaeging.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Read this week's new article on the Red42 web magazine: "Meet Ernst Weichselbaum, the world's foremost philosopher of time-orientation". And subscribe to our web mag - free of charge: nielspflaeging.substack.com
Watch our conversation about "What would Ohno-san do?" - the 1st-ever book of quotes of the remarkable Taiichi Ohno (1912 - 1990), of Toyota Production System fame. The book is available everywhere now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcX...
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Watch our conversation about "What would Ohno-san do?" - the 1st-ever book of quotes of the remarkable Taiichi Ohno (1912 - 1990), of Toyota Production System fame. The book is available everywhere now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcX...
Tune in now (Midday CET) or watch the recording later:
A conversation about "What would Ohno-san do?" - the first-ever book of quotes of Toyota maverick Taiichi Ohno (1912 - 1990)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcX...
A conversation about "What would Ohno-san do?" - the first-ever book of quotes of Toyota maverick Taiichi Ohno (1912 - 1990)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcX...
What Would Ohno-san Do? Book discussion 🔴 BetaCodex LIVE #77
YouTube video by BetaCodex Network
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December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Tune in now (Midday CET) or watch the recording later:
A conversation about "What would Ohno-san do?" - the first-ever book of quotes of Toyota maverick Taiichi Ohno (1912 - 1990)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcX...
A conversation about "What would Ohno-san do?" - the first-ever book of quotes of Toyota maverick Taiichi Ohno (1912 - 1990)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkcX...
Today's new article on the Red42 web magazine tells the story of Ernst Weichselbaum, philosopher and practitioner-pioneer of consistently Time-Orientated Work Systems. It's the most comprehensive account of Ernst's work I have written so far in English.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/meet-ernst...
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/meet-ernst...
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today's new article on the Red42 web magazine tells the story of Ernst Weichselbaum, philosopher and practitioner-pioneer of consistently Time-Orientated Work Systems. It's the most comprehensive account of Ernst's work I have written so far in English.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/meet-ernst...
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/meet-ernst...
Not to miss: A free webinar on Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) - hosted by Agile Maine! www.tickettailor.com/events/agile...
Date: Wed Dec 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
For more on TOSD: www.timeoriented.dev
The TOSD BetaCodex Network research paper: betacodex.org/white-papers...
Date: Wed Dec 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
For more on TOSD: www.timeoriented.dev
The TOSD BetaCodex Network research paper: betacodex.org/white-papers...
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Not to miss: A free webinar on Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) - hosted by Agile Maine! www.tickettailor.com/events/agile...
Date: Wed Dec 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
For more on TOSD: www.timeoriented.dev
The TOSD BetaCodex Network research paper: betacodex.org/white-papers...
Date: Wed Dec 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
For more on TOSD: www.timeoriented.dev
The TOSD BetaCodex Network research paper: betacodex.org/white-papers...
You are interested in leadership, self-organization, decentralization, contemporary organizational development and transformation? Then subscribe now to "News from the Beta World" - the BetaCodex Network's free web magazine. New articles every week!
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You are interested in leadership, self-organization, decentralization, contemporary organizational development and transformation? Then subscribe now to "News from the Beta World" - the BetaCodex Network's free web magazine. New articles every week!
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
My co-editor Stefan Schmeing and I are happy to share the good news: “What would Ohno-san do?”, our carefully researched and beautifully designed little book of 160+ quotes straight from the great Taiichi Ohno is now available everywhere! www.redforty2.com/product-page...
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My co-editor Stefan Schmeing and I are happy to share the good news: “What would Ohno-san do?”, our carefully researched and beautifully designed little book of 160+ quotes straight from the great Taiichi Ohno is now available everywhere! www.redforty2.com/product-page...
Planning processes in companies don't require fixing.
They should be abolished.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/stop-annua...
They should be abolished.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/stop-annua...
Stop annual planning, scrap budgeting, put an end to all target-setting
There is an alternative that works for all kinds of companies. Its name is Relative Targets
nielspflaeging.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Planning processes in companies don't require fixing.
They should be abolished.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/stop-annua...
They should be abolished.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/stop-annua...
Read my new article on the BetaCodex Network web magazine "News from the Beta World", about why and how (!) to escape the Agile maelstrom. For good. betacodexnetwork.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Read my new article on the BetaCodex Network web magazine "News from the Beta World", about why and how (!) to escape the Agile maelstrom. For good. betacodexnetwork.substack.com
I updated the research projects page on the BetaCodex Network website. Check out what research is currently being undertaken and get involved as well!
betacodex.org/research-pro...
betacodex.org/research-pro...
The BetaCodex Network: Current projects & members
Articulating, publishing, elaborating, and sharing Beta-related content are core aspects of the network, where everyone can contribute as a "researcher."
betacodex.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I updated the research projects page on the BetaCodex Network website. Check out what research is currently being undertaken and get involved as well!
betacodex.org/research-pro...
betacodex.org/research-pro...
‘All that is necessary for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing.’
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
‘All that is necessary for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing.’
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal
Forget Sprints. They were always part of the problem, and not part of the solution.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
Sprints were never a path to agility & flow: They were just another wrong turn
In software development, adopting Sprints was never a path to agility and flow: It was yet another wrong turn
nielspflaeging.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Forget Sprints. They were always part of the problem, and not part of the solution.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
Our fantastic colleague Ernesto R. Corona and I recorded a bit of content around Time-Oriented Software Development in Spanish. It was fun to cover this, conversation-style, as part of the TOSD launch campaign in Spanish. Watch the conversation on TOSD here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbub...
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Our fantastic colleague Ernesto R. Corona and I recorded a bit of content around Time-Oriented Software Development in Spanish. It was fun to cover this, conversation-style, as part of the TOSD launch campaign in Spanish. Watch the conversation on TOSD here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbub...
Read the brand new article on the BetaCodex web magazine!
betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/in-each-co...
betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/in-each-co...
In each country or region, TOSD is going to be kicked off with a public conference. Here's why
From Bochum to Buenos Aires, Time-Oriented Software Development arrives through a 1-day event that unites experts, practitioners and those curious about TOSD. Our conferences are a counteroffer
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Read the brand new article on the BetaCodex web magazine!
betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/in-each-co...
betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/in-each-co...
Don't lose faith in the possibility of Beta transformation, everywhere! There are good reasons why the big movements of the past failed and why so few companies are transforming yet. Read about it in this week's article of mine on the BetaCodex Substack: betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/what-went-...
Fads & failure: What went wrong with TQM, Lean and Agile?
None of the big management movements of the last decades delivered on its promises. Losing faith in transformation would still be a mistake
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Don't lose faith in the possibility of Beta transformation, everywhere! There are good reasons why the big movements of the past failed and why so few companies are transforming yet. Read about it in this week's article of mine on the BetaCodex Substack: betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/what-went-...
A new article about a transformation case of ours that beautifully combines #CellStructureDesign and #RelativeTargets. The company, AWO Mönchengladbach also already uses #qomenius and #MyselfAtWork. If you are interested in Beta cases, you should take a look!
sigu-plattform.de/radikal-ande...
sigu-plattform.de/radikal-ande...
Radikal anders – Warum wir die Zukunft der Arbeit in der Sozialwirtschaft selbst in die Hand genommen haben – Plattform für Soziale Innovationen & Gemeinwohlorientierte Unternehmen
Die AWO Mönchengladbach arbeitet heute #radikalanders, denn die Organisation hat ihre Strukturen von Grund auf neu gedacht: mehr Transparenz, geteilte Verantwor
sigu-plattform.de
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A new article about a transformation case of ours that beautifully combines #CellStructureDesign and #RelativeTargets. The company, AWO Mönchengladbach also already uses #qomenius and #MyselfAtWork. If you are interested in Beta cases, you should take a look!
sigu-plattform.de/radikal-ande...
sigu-plattform.de/radikal-ande...
Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) is moving FAST. You are invited to join the movement and go time-oriented, for good. The invitation: www.timeoriented.dev
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) is moving FAST. You are invited to join the movement and go time-oriented, for good. The invitation: www.timeoriented.dev
In software development and beyond, the urgently needed renaissance of work & organizations won't come not from stuff like "better Agile", but from a mental shift foretold by Toyota, many decades ago: A shift from capacity-orientation to time-orientation.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In software development and beyond, the urgently needed renaissance of work & organizations won't come not from stuff like "better Agile", but from a mental shift foretold by Toyota, many decades ago: A shift from capacity-orientation to time-orientation.
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
The 2nd Email newsletter on Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) is out! In case you haven't subscribed to it yet or if you haven't received it, you can also view the full newsletter it here: redforty2.com/so/d5PgONiiL... Enjoy!
An update on Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD)
About three weeks ago, at the end of October, we launched TOSD to the world as a social technology that's free for all to use. A lot has happened since then. Here's a news update
redforty2.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The 2nd Email newsletter on Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) is out! In case you haven't subscribed to it yet or if you haven't received it, you can also view the full newsletter it here: redforty2.com/so/d5PgONiiL... Enjoy!
What if doing Sprints (as in most Agile environments) was more akin to Waterfall software development than you thought it was? Read the article on the Red42 web mag: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
What if doing Sprints (as in most Agile environments) was more akin to Waterfall software development than you thought it was? Read the article on the Red42 web mag: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
Hello everyone! Among the things YOU SHOULD do as someone feeling a certain association with the BetaCodex cause, you should of course be subscribed to our Substack web magazine "News from the Beta World".
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hello everyone! Among the things YOU SHOULD do as someone feeling a certain association with the BetaCodex cause, you should of course be subscribed to our Substack web magazine "News from the Beta World".
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
Fads & failure: Read my brand new article on the BetaCodex Network web mag! In the article I explain that the major management movements of the last 4 decades were missing the same crucial element, and were thus doomed to produce fads and failure. Read the article here: betacodexnetwork.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Fads & failure: Read my brand new article on the BetaCodex Network web mag! In the article I explain that the major management movements of the last 4 decades were missing the same crucial element, and were thus doomed to produce fads and failure. Read the article here: betacodexnetwork.substack.com
Just published: Read my new article "What went wrong with TQM, Lean and Agile" on the BetaCodex Network web magazine! In the article, I argue that all those major management movements of the last four decades were missing the same crucial element. betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/what-went-...
What went wrong with TQM, Lean and Agile?
None of the big management movements of the last four decades was able to deliver on its promises. To be pessimistic about transformation would be a mistake, though
betacodexnetwork.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Just published: Read my new article "What went wrong with TQM, Lean and Agile" on the BetaCodex Network web magazine! In the article, I argue that all those major management movements of the last four decades were missing the same crucial element. betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/what-went-...