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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
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November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Today Rijon Erickson and I had a conversation with special guest Sebastian Kubsch, CTO at Pradtke, about Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD). Watch the video now and learn about the future of software development - beyond Waterfall, beyond Sprints! www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3N_...
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Time-Oriented Software Development concept overview poster has arrived! Get your copy, get some for your team, your company, your executives, your change agents! www.redforty2.com/shop?Categor...
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Check out "agile that deserves the name": Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD): www.timeoriented.dev
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) has arrived! Currently, organization of #TOSD conferences in Bochum and Buenos Aires is under way. We are launching our portfolio of TOSD services as we are explaining the basics of time-oriented high performance to the world.

Visit www.timeoriented.dev
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Read my new article on time-oriented organizing in software development: "Time-boxing is good. Sprints are bad".
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/sprints-we...
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The launch week of Time-Oriented Software Development is coming to a close.
Now is a good moment to read the TOSD research paper betacodex.org/white-papers... and to get acquainted with the methods for adoption we created. Check them out here: www.redforty2.com/tosd-home
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sei dabei beim 27. Fast-Umsonst-BetaCodex-Arbeitstag in Wiesbaden. Es gibt noch wenige Tickets für den Tag! Eine tolle Gelegenheit für offense Gespräch, direkten Diskurs mit mir und anderen Beta-Aficionados - über Beta in der Praxis und im Business. Jetzt anmelden! www.redforty2.com/product-page...
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD) has arrived!
Read an interview with TOSD co-creator & Pradtke CTO Sebastian Kubsch: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/time-is-th...
Read the 26th BetaCodex research paper "Introducing Time-Oriented Software Development": betacodex.org/white-papers...
October 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Time-Oriented Software Development is here! Read an interivew with TOSD co-creator and Pradtke CTO Sebastian Kubsch: nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/time-is-th...
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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October 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Read my brand new article about a Red42 client project that was accompanied by my colleague and partner @silkehermann.bsky.social:
nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/cell-expo-...
October 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The launch date of Time-Oriented Software Development (TOSD): Monday, 27 Oct 25.

Register now for the TOSD newsletter: www.timeoriented.dev
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Read my new article about the state of the Beta Universe: It puts the latest developments in Beta in perspective, outlines the current move of Beta into the domains of Lean and Agile, and explains how time-orientation has become a big new theme in Beta. betacodexnetwork.substack.com/p/the-beta-u...
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My partner-in-crime Sebastian Kubsch and I are welcoming Andreas Schlegel to the TOSD team! Visit the TOSD home page here: www.redforty2.com/tosd-home
Launch of Time-Oriented Software Development #TOSD is going to happen later this month! We are working on adding more #associates to the team.
October 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
With new content being added every week, "Transforming organizations for good. Fast" is the best way to stay updated on the Red42 work around leadership, organizational development, org design, change and transformation! It's free of charge. nielspflaeging.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Read today's new article on the BetaCodex Network web magazine!
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October 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
"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...
September 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"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".
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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...
September 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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:
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September 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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!
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September 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Always an excellent gift option: "What would Deming do?" - the handy book with #Deming quotes!
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September 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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
September 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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September 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM