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When Niels is described as a management exorcist, that is really no understatement. Right at the beginning of this extraordinarily revealing conversation, he points out where the evil is and what is going wrong in our world of organizations. Don't worry, dear listeners, you are still on the right channel, we have not changed the target audience.The struggle in so many companies and organizations and the relentless efforts of so-called management to maximize the efficiency of every unit, however small, is constantly increasing. It is becoming increasingly clear that the non-innovative and inhumane command and control structures no longer work. Instead, we should ask ourselves: have they ever done so?But what alternatives do we have, what do we know about organizations that have left the alpha control and command system or never entered it? The good news is that there are beta companies and environments, some of them even for decades. Niels and the members of the Beta Codex network are keen to make many from the few examples. When things get out of hand like this, sometimes you need a modern management exorcist (or rather an army of them) to dispel the ubiquitous evil that surrounds so many of us in our daily working lives. Can we get rid of it?Change can happen quickly. Reversals and reorientation are possible, for small, medium, large and huge organizations. When we believe what Niels says, it takes about 90 days, a lot of courage and intention.Jump in and decide for yourself.If you listen between the lines, you can hear and feel what drives Niels.Questions and issues that we have explored in-depth during this episode: What is the Beta Codex? How to change a company in 90 days to the Beta model? Are planning and budgeting a bad thing? What defines a team? Does respect still matter? Why is it that command and control structures are inhuman? What are alternative structures - and are there companies that actually work with them? How to measure performance - the right way! EXCERPTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN The big riddle or: Why the world of organization doesn’t change [03:40] What do some large organizations do differently? [06:23] Should we stop planning? [07:20] Why we prepare and what is the difference to planning [12:05] The Soviet-Style planning is still happening all around [16:24] What makes a team? [22:45] Let’s talk about vulgar business models [31:19] Beta Codex like companies [33:52] What is the Beta Codex all about? [38:12] Why the Alpha model is not working and how that affects business as we know it [40:59] What is relative performance and how you measure it? [43:43] The real role of the CEO [50:51] Links & Hint‘s for this Episode Website of Beta Codex Network The BetaCodex white paper No.10 Making Performance Work (BetaCodex10) The BetaCodex white paperNo. 11 Org Physics – Explained (BetaCodex11) Website of Niels’ consulting firm Red42 The personal Website from Niels Pfläging The Book Open Space Beta from Niels Pfläging and Silke Hermann The international bestseller Organize for Complexity from Niels Pfläging Have a look at the mentioned Dutch healthcare company Buurtzorg Find out more about the amazing Jos de Blok, Buurtzorg’s founder Lean how Ricardo Semler lead Semco to a self-organized enterprize. Visit the mentioned companies, how they work and what makes them great W. L. Gore & Associates , Handelsbanken, The Toyota Way, dm-Drogerie Markt, Southwest Airlines You can learn more about Flash Hub and Virtual Teams as a service at Flashhub.io Follow us on facebook and engage on our daily discussions. Connect with us on LinkedIN See what we go for you on our YouTube Channel Give us your feedback and ask us anything related to our shows or guests. Just drop us a message at [email protected].
