The following articles are all available through other websites and online media. We grouped into subjective categories: Foundational Beta texts – Articles by community members – Articles by others – In German – In French – In Portuguese. Please let us know about articles that you think should be added!
Foundational Beta texts
- Marvin Weisbord: Techniques to match our values
- Sumantra Ghoshal: Bad management theories are destroying good management practices
- Edgar H. Schein: Organizational Psychology Then and Now: Some Observations
- Jeremy Hope/Robin Fraser: Who needs budgets?
- Robert Sutton; Barry Staw: What Theory is Not
- Henry Mintzberg: Developing theory about the development of theory
- Chris Argyris: Teaching smart people how to learn
- Gary Hamel: First let´s fire all the managers
- Alfie Kohn: Why incentive plans cannot work
- Jan Wallander: Budgeting – an unnecessary evil
- Ralph Stacey: The science of complexity
- Russell Ackoff: Systems, messes and interactive planning
- J.C. Spender: Modern Management: Origins and development
- Paul Simon Adler: Democratic Taylorism: The Toyota Production System at NUMMI
- Jeffrey Pfeffer: Seven practices of successful organizations
- Eric B. Dent: Challenging “resistance to change”
- Tom Peters: This I believe + other manifestos by Tom Peters
- John Seddon: Watch out for the tool heads
- Niels Pflaeging/Silke Hermann/Brad Winn: OrgPhysics: Value Creation and the Three Leadership Structures
Articles by community members
- NEW Only in Beta can you ever be agile – by Stefan Willuda – on Medium
- NEW Relative Targets: Why you should stop annual planning and put an end to target-setting – for good – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- The Curse of the Double Axis Chart – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Decentralization: A natural and an inevitable feature of organizations in complexity – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Thought of the Day: new – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Differences that make a difference – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Niels Pflaeging on Taylor, Beta pioneers and Organizational Hygiene – on LinkedIn
- Niels Pflaeging on management exorcism and organizational transformation that works – on LinkedIn
- OpenSpace Beta: An invitation to transform your company in just 90 days – on LinkedIn
- Secrets of Very Fast Organizational Transformation (VFOT) – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Q&A on the book OpenSpace Beta – by Silke Hermann & Niels Pflaeging – on InfoQ
- The #HolacracyFad: Bigger questions to ask in the light of this craze´s demise – by Niels Pflaeging – on Medium – on LinkedIn
- The McGregor Paradox. The most tragic misunderstanding in the history of work & organizations – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Social Density: The key to self-organization – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- A hell of a difference! – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Complexity at work and the Superhero paradox – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Competition in organizations: Good or bad? – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Change is more like adding milk to coffee – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn – on Medium
- Org Physics: How a triad of structures allows companies to absorb complexity – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Org Physics: The 3 faces of every company – by Niels Pflaeging – on Medium
- Flat hierarchies: Just another step in the wrong direction – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- 7 reasons why the Digital Transformation is overhyped – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Leadership styles aren´t what you think they are – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Bosses vs. Leaders: Companies need neither – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Top Quotes on Organization, Complexity, Leadership & Change – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Thinking tools: Management versus Leadership – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Change your organization to support agile project work: The BetaCodex Network & model – by Niels Pflaeging/Ben Linders – on LinkedIn
- Why we cannot learn a damn thing from Toyota or Semco – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- The destructive power of target-setting: Objectives and the EU crisis – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Heroes of Leadership: “Founders” acknowledged (Part 1) – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Now to New: How to Flip Your Company to Perpetual Beta – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Management Belongs onto the Garbage Heap of History – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Stop the Quackery! A Robust Theory of Org Power & Leadership – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Bye-Bye MbO! From Fixed to Relative Performance – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Crazy. Stupid. Learning. The 2 Types of Learning and Why They Matter – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
Articles by others
From community members: In German
- Achtung Zukunft! Organisationen des Landes, dezentralisiert Euch! – by Stefan Willuda
- Unser merkwürdiges Verhältnis zur Gleichstellung in Unternehmen – by Silke Hermann
- Der Fluch der Vier-Felder-Matrix – by Niels Pfläging
- Unterschiede, die einen Unterschied machen – by Niels Pfläging
- Die agile Bewegung ist gescheitert – by Peter Proell
- Wirtschaftlicher Erfolg durch Systemüberwindung – Interview with Ernst Weichselbaum
- Bye-bye Marketingabteilung! – by Silke Hermann/Niels Pfläging
- Komplexithoden: Die Macht der Sprache – by Silke Hermann/Niels Pfläging
- Ziele werden maßlos überschätzt! – Interview from brand eins – by Niels Pflaeging/Mathias Irle
- Gute Gründe dafür, Lewinist zu sein – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Der Wandel zur agilen Beta-Organisation ist in wenigen Monaten machbar. Überall – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Empowerment und die agile Organisation – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Reden wir über Vertrieb und Ziele – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Macht halt einen Unterschied! – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- “Wenn Mitarbeiter demotiviert sind, ist das ein Spiegelbild der Verhältnisse” – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Wir brauchen mutigere Manager! Oder nicht? – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Richtige Führung ist Arbeit am System – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Change ist so wie Milch in Kaffee geben – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- “Manager sind nicht das Problem” – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- “Wir reiten ein totes Pferd namens Management” – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Komplexithoden: Impulse für Leadership in dynamischen Zeiten – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Prozessmanagement: Leider ungeil – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Komplexidee: Die Macht der Sprache – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Personalentwicklung: Eine schlechte Idee – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Don´t panic: 7 Gedanken zur Digitalen Transformation – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Warum Manager im Silicon Valley nichts lernen können – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Mitarbeitergespräche: eine Sackgasse – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Planung ist Luxus! Die Zukunft des Controlling – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Ihre Firma hat genau die Kultur, die sie verdient – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Entscheiden Sie noch – oder arbeiten Sie schon an der Organisationshygiene? – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Management ist eine Zombie-Methode! Ein Interview – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Gute Banken, miese Banken – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Boni abschaffen: Dazu gibt es keine Alternative – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Von Hier nach Neu im Jetzt – Teil 1. Bye-bye Change Management! – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Von Hier nach Neu im Jetzt – Teil 2. Bye-bye Change Management! – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Die Agile Organisation ist kein Kunststück – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
- Flache Hierarchien sind die Fortsetzung des Holzwegs – by Niels Pflaeging – on LinkedIn
From community members: In French
- Physique des organisations: comment un trio de structures permet aux entreprises d’absorber la complexité – by Niels Pflaeging/Philippe Brière – on LinkedIn
- Entretiens annuels: une impasse – by Niels Pflaeging/Philippe Brière – on LinkedIn