Jason Fried and David Heinemeier-Hansson: Rework
recommended
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As a consultancy business, we have built a library containing hundreds of books – allowing us to keep up to date with the latest business management ideas, tools and techniques and providing us with useful reference sources for use in our day-to-day work.
Many of our clients have asked us to recommend books for their own use – so we’ve decided to publish a list of those books we’ve found most useful, and we include more detailed reviews of some of our favourites.
We can guarantee that between us we’ve read all of them – so our recommendations are based on personal knowledge of the books in question. For your benefit, we’ve provided links to Amazon for each book. If you’re interested in purchasing any then click-through from the book image.
What this book is about
This book is a phenomenon. What is it? A series of very short essays on the attitudes you need to do business in today’s business environment. Biased towards software businesses, but we’d say the same principles apply everywhere. Why is it good? It cuts through the nonsense and sets out common sense, sometimes contrary to the general consensus, but thought-provoking and motivating.
How we use the book
The book is inspirational. It makes you want to get up and act upon its recommendations. We have given copies to our clients, (then we light the fuse and stand back 10 paces). It helps motivate our clients towards acting for change.
General
The authors, Jason and David, are both founders of 37Signals, a popular and successful software business, famous for offering web-based solutions with a twist. you can try their products out at www.37signals.com – they are free for single users or small teams and you can see the results of their applying their own philosophy. (We are not affiliated to 37 Signals and we don’t receive commission or other incentives for this link).
