"Empiricism" - it's code for Disdain for Theory, sadly. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/common-non...

Join me in Serbia on 07 November at Regional Scrum Gathering Belgrade! Watch an invitation clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOHV... Registrations: agile-serbia.rs/conference/r...

"Theory FOR Practice, not theory OR practice!" - Rijon Erickson and I just had a lovely conversation about theory, practice, reality, experience, progress and innovation! Watch the 74th episode of BetaCodex LIVE on the #BetaCodexNetwork website or on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD44...

"Get those 3.5% and change the world" - A brand new article of mine is available on "Transforming organizations for good. Fast": nielspflaeging.substack.com I think it offers fresh insights about the dynamics of change that aims at "overcoming the system".

Read my new article about the forthcoming Time-Oriented Software Development approach. It's a powerful new addition to the agile playbook - beyond Scrum, beyond Kanban, beyond Lean, beyond agile scaling! betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/time-orien...

Meld dich jetzt an zum "Fast-Umsonst-#BetaCodex-Arbeitstag" - meinem Diskurs-Format für Kolleg:innen, Kund:innen, Beta-Interessierte und all jene, die Beta in die Praxis bringen wollen! Infos zum Format gibt's auf der Red42-Website: www.redforty2.com/product-page...

Akzeptanzfixiertheit ist der Grund dafür, dass Change-Initiativen nicht vom Fleck kommen, dass Veränderungsarbeit stecken bleibt oder versandet. Akzeptanzfixiertheit blockiert gemeinsames Vorankommen! Ein neuer Artikel von mir! www.linkedin.com/pulse/f%25C3...

In Utah, it appears that one MAGA scumbag killed another MAGA scumbag.

Always an excellent gift option: "What would Deming do?" - the handy book with #Deming quotes! www.redforty2.com/product-page...

Lean hat eine Zukunft. Aber nur, wenn wir Lean als Systemüberwindung begreifen! Ein aktuelles Video von mir auf LeanBase: leanbase.de/academy/lern...

In a video I published today, I talk about the highly influential management movement that lasted from the 1950s to the 1980s. It inspired everyone in management & organizational development, and produced a mind-boggling amount of research & insight. betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/a-trilogy-...

My new article deals with "disdain for theory" - a zeitgeisty phenomenon that has been infesting communities like #Lean, #Agile, and #OrganizationalDevelopment for years or decades, but that's also rampant in the #management community at large and in parts of academia. nielspflaeging.substack.com

A pretty cool article of mine about Organizational Development and Jack Reacher. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/to-succeed...

Sign up to the Red42 web magazine! It's free of charge, and you will get an email newsletter whenever new content is published. nielspflaeging.substack.com

Read my brand new (and pretty serious) essay about "Disdain for Theory" - a rather common phenomenon today! Full article: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/common-non...

Watch “Empower, Delegate... Decentralize!” - the 73rd episode of the BetaCodex Network video podcast with Rijon Erickson and myself. Full episode: www.youtube.com/live/e6rXYSM...

Jetzt anmelden zu meinen knackig-konkreten Online-Events im Herbst in Zusammenarbeit mit Lean Knowledge Base! 2 Formate, insgesamt 4 Termine - jedes Ticket nur EUR 25,00! Zeitorientierte Unternehmensführung lnkd.in/eyJZYtu4 Die Zukunft der Lean-Transformation lnkd.in/eRDD2Wrp

Watch the new episode of BetaCodex LIVE, on "Empowerment, Delegation and Decentralization", why they are not the same, and what you can do with each! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6rX...

No, people are NOT the problem. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/the-toxic-...

This Thursday: #Online, in #German, 2 hours duration, lots of insight & discourse on #LeanTransformation that actually works! Sign up now! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Remember: Sales departments should never have existed. An article: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sales-depa...

Don't have a sales department. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sell-more-...

Check out the Red42 web magazine "Transforming organizations for good. Fast"! It offers unique, no-bullshit content on contemporary #leadership and management, organizational development and change. nielspflaeging.substack.com

Get rid of sales departments - get rid of THIS. Read the full article "Sales departments should never have existed" here: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sales-depa...

Would companies be more successful if they had neither sales areas nor sales targets? Yes. Is selling even real? Probably not! nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sell-more-...

Assume motivation in others. It’s a safe bet. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/empowermen...

Last week's article of mine, "Sales departments should never have existed", has become the most popular publication on the Red42 web mag! Read it here: nielspflaeging.substack.com

Rediscovering ‘Mega Change’ by William Joyce, from 1999! Watch the full book review here: betacodexnetwork.substack.com

Since 2008, the BetaCodex Network has done the unexpected. Join what works!

Sign up to my forthcoming BetaCodex "Almost Free" conversation day, in Wiesbaden on 17 November! (in GERMAN) It will be the 27th edition of the workshop, with a group of just 11 people! Additional information: www.redforty2.com/betacodexarb... Registration: www.redforty2.com/product-page...

Your company has “sales targets” and a “sales funnel”? That’s akin to corporate suicide! Here’s something that nobody dares to talk about, but that you should know about the sales predicament: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sales-depa...

Laissez-faire: Today some people call it "fluid structure", instead, thinking it's some cool concept. It isn't.

I am happy to share with you that last week's article of mine, "Sales departments should never have existed", has already become the 2nd most popular publication on the Red42 web mag! Read here: nielspflaeging.substack.com

"Empowerment, delegation, decentralization: They are not the same" Read my new article on the Red42 web mag! nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/empowermen...

Subscribe to the Red42 web mag today, get tomorrow's new article delivered to your mailbox! It's free of charge. A great way to learn about leadership, organizational development, org design, change & transformation, agility, Lean and BetaCodex! Visit the website here: nielspflaeging.substack.com

Did #Lean fail? Hell no. It's just that it has hardly ever been tried! Read the article: betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/did-lean-f...

Sales departments: They are a bad idea turned structure. Here’s how to overcome #sales departments, sales targets, the drama of steering sales, and the damage that micro-management of client relationships induces. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sales-depa...

Sign up to the BetaCodex Network web magazine! It's free of charge. New content weekly, delivered to your email! betacodexnetwork.substack.com

Check out this fresh article on the BetaCodex Network web mag "News from the Beta World": It's about incentives, bonuses and profit sharing, and how to make variable pay collaboration-friendly. Enjoy! betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/variable-p...

It’s time to get rid of sales departments – for the benefit of both sellers and buyers. Decentralization, functional integration and eliminating sales targets are the way. Read this week's article of mine, “Sales departments should never have existed“: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sales-depa...

Neuer Termin - jetzt anmelden zum Fast-Umsonst-BetaCodex-Arbeitstag in Wiesbaden am Montag, 17. November 2025. Infos & Registrierung exklusiv über den Webshop von Red42: www.redforty2.com/product-page...

Everybody sells, or nobody sells. Which is why no company on earth should have a sales department. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sales-depa...

Sales departments, sales areas and "sales teams" should never have existed! My new article on the Red42 Substack is here: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sales-depa...

Just read it. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/digging-in...

This afternoon I will do an online impulse session during the "Lean & Beyond" week event (in German), about Time-Orientation in organizations. Don't miss this! leanbase.de/events/event...

Time-orientation organizing: As a concept, it emerged in earnest in the 1990s - and here I talk about 7 books that are relevant if you want to create Time-Oriented Work Systems! (Plus one book that I think you should skip). Watch the video here: betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/a-history-...

Watch the new video on "News from the Beta World"! betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/a-history-...

I am pleased to share that subscriptions to the #Red42 web magazine are picking up! Today we welcomed the 200th subscriber. Subscription is free of charge and you'll stay updated about new content! nielspflaeging.substack.com

All the trendy tools and glitzy slogans will be charades as long as responsibility for day-to-day business isn’t systematically shifted to teams on the periphery. Great leadership will remain elusive until organizations are consistently decentralized.

This week's article of mine on "Talking Beta" has been widely read, quoted and commented on by readers. It is on track to become one of the most popular articles on "Transforming organizations for good. Fast". If you haven't read this piece yet, do so now. nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/digging-in...