The New Work promise of working more efficiently and thus less through technology and self-organization is not being kept: work is not only becoming more and more tightly scheduled, but also simply: more. Call follows call, Miros are maintained, tickets are pushed forward and tasks are documented. All tools operated, all to-dos ticked off, all meetings attended. But at the end of the day, the feeling often remains: What have I actually achieved? Or even: created? This galloping processionism makes us less productive, less creative, and unhappy. A social wake-up call and contribution to the debate from the middle of the prevailing practice on how it can work better: from the 4-day week to workation, from asynchronous working to the use of AI for planning and process. The design of a new, contemporary narrative for successful work.