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Competition inside an organization: Is it good or bad?

Whether internal competition is useful, constructive and appropriate depends on the level on which we let it happen, and wether it is actively…

Jul 8 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

June 2025

To get unstuck, first renounce that obsession with acceptance

The overwhelming share of change efforts in organizations is doomed right from the start. The problem is not people

Jun 23 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

Time-orientation may be the Lean movement's last chance to revitalize itself

Turning towards time is an opportunity to step up the lean game everywhere. It could hold the key to transforming the business world, as intended by…

Jun 11 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

Slave to the Rhythm: BetaCodex Network research paper No. 24 has arrived

It's about time, rhythm, flow, lean and transformation

Jun 10 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

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To succeed in organizational development, take a leaf out of Jack Reacher's book

Change is tricky if you approach it badly. An Amazon TV show offers some great advice on how to get change right

Jun 9 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

The curse of the Double Axis Chart

Thinking in four quadrants is the perfect crime

Jun 3 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

May 2025

Nobody gives a shit about profits

W. Edwards Deming had a point

May 30 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

4:21

Transform any company, fast. Regardless of size

How can we produce intended change quickly, easily, reliably and without tears? How do we get organizational transformation worth the name to stick…

May 30 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

Authoritarian, Democratic, Laissez-faire: Lewin's leadership styles are not what they appear to be

Two of the "styles" have nothing to do with leadership, or even decency

May 24 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

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

May 19 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

Change Management (1992-2018): An obituary

Change Management lived a short, but fulfilled life, passing away at the tender age of 26. Some claim it was much, much older, though

May 17 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

Flat hierarchies: They are just another step in the wrong direction

Organizations should not be flat, but decentralized. For a simple reason

May 14 •

Niels Pflaeging | Red42

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