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

Nov 17 • 

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Time-struck: An entrepreneur‘s view of time-orientation in software development

André Pradtke, entrepreneur and managing director at Pradtke GmbH in Germany, shares why he is convinced that time-orientation is key to the future of…

Nov 13 • 

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October 2025

TOSD: Reinvent software development with time-orientation – beyond Scrum, Kanban or Lean

While the Agile movement struggles for relevance, a genuine alternative to waterfall, frameworks and dabbling is coming within reach

Oct 30 • 

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Introducing Time-Oriented Software Development: The 26th BetaCodex research paper is here

TOSD arrives at a time of turmoil for the Agile movement. The promise of time-orientation is to bring speed, punctuality, flow and true agility to…

Oct 27 • 

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The Beta Universe is expanding fast

A world of opportunity is opening up for those willing to bring coherent self-organization, decentralization, flow and high performance to organizations

Oct 23 • 

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An update from the BetaCodex Network: New book, new research, transformations, events and more

A lot is happening in the BetaCodex movement this autumn

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

Time-Oriented Software Development: The new kid on the agile block

TOSD promises to become a strong addition to the Agile playbook. And it's already being put to work

Sep 20 • 

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A trilogy of books on the most influential movement for progressive management from the 1950s to the 1980s

It's something like "The Lord of the Rings" in organizational development

Sep 13 • 

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August 2025

MegaChange by William F. Joyce

An outstanding book that's more than 25 years old

Aug 26 • 

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Variable pay mustn’t harm collaboration

But it often does

Aug 18 • 

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Change of times: A history of Time-Oriented Work Systems in 8 books

The concept of time-oriented organizing emerged just a few decades ago. Here are seven books about it you should read. And one you can skip

Aug 9 • 

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An update from Berlin: Niels Pflaeging reports on BetaCodex Network research

Outside Germany's New National Gallery, Niels talks about Beta research that's kicking off right now

Aug 3 • 

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