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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
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informative
medium-paced
Interesting points to reflect on, not everything can apply to everyone or all companies, but certainly worth reading or, as in my case, listening to, to identify areas that could improved in the way you manage work.
Sold short read/listen , I personally agree with what was conveyed in the book and saw it executed when there was buy in from the entire company. So while it may seem wishful thinking , a vast majority of this work is doable. This obviously wont work for every company though and I think its not worth the effort trying to force it on everyone.
Read as part of the book club for work.
I didn't like the book. There were a few good nuggets of information, but overall, the book felt like one big advertisement for BootCamp. Some of their suggestions just wouldn't work in a typical corporate situation. You can't set emails aside to read at just one time of the day or even two. If you require a response from someone to get some work done, you can't wait for them to get to their allotted time of the day for email reading, either. It's utopic. And unrealistic.
I didn't like the book. There were a few good nuggets of information, but overall, the book felt like one big advertisement for BootCamp. Some of their suggestions just wouldn't work in a typical corporate situation. You can't set emails aside to read at just one time of the day or even two. If you require a response from someone to get some work done, you can't wait for them to get to their allotted time of the day for email reading, either. It's utopic. And unrealistic.
A very simple approach to maintain things calm and easy in a crazy business world. Not bigger is better, not everything must be addressed. Nothing is more important than calm and happy people working
Very quick read full of good ideas, but short on practical steps to achieve the goal they're searching for. Many of the ideas they espouse seem like great ways to reduce stress and hopefully make more of your time at work, but often the path from where your company or team is to their goal feels almost insurmountable and sometimes like you'd need to be the CEO just to enact that sort of change.
To some extent, the entire book felt a little like an extended recruiting pitch for Basecamp (the author's company).
To some extent, the entire book felt a little like an extended recruiting pitch for Basecamp (the author's company).
Really interesting insight into the unorthodox ways in which the Basecamp founders run their businesses. Hard to imagine how to implement into most other work cultures that wouldn’t be a full and radical overhaul. Inspiring nonetheless!
I have mixed feelings about this book.
Overall, the value I received from reading the book justified the time and cost. It was a quick and easy read that prompted me to examine some of my own business practices. I'll likely reference it again in the future.
I particularly like how it challenges the status quo and encourages the reader to question the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of common business practices. The advice it dishes out is very much to the point instead of being shaded in niceties. And it was refreshing to inhabit a perspective that's contrary to the conventional wisdom that has become all too cliché and isn't always questioned as much as it needs to be.
My main criticism of the book is that it's too focused on Basecamp's story and internal practices. I think the authors could have made more of an effort to relate to a wider range of businesses and scenarios.
I've been following Basecamp since their early days and, while it's no longer my primary project management solution, I use it regularly with one of the communities that I'm involved in. I think that one of the reasons that Basecamp is so successful is because they were a very early player in this industry. They built up (and to their credit, kept) a strong customer base during a time where there were very few comparable solutions to choose from.
A similar business that recently opened its doors could easily get lost in the noise and may not even have a chance to practice many of the strategies presented in the book. Some acknowledgement of how the landscape has changed over the years and the challenges that new businesses face would have made the book more relevant to more people.
Overall, the value I received from reading the book justified the time and cost. It was a quick and easy read that prompted me to examine some of my own business practices. I'll likely reference it again in the future.
I particularly like how it challenges the status quo and encourages the reader to question the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of common business practices. The advice it dishes out is very much to the point instead of being shaded in niceties. And it was refreshing to inhabit a perspective that's contrary to the conventional wisdom that has become all too cliché and isn't always questioned as much as it needs to be.
My main criticism of the book is that it's too focused on Basecamp's story and internal practices. I think the authors could have made more of an effort to relate to a wider range of businesses and scenarios.
I've been following Basecamp since their early days and, while it's no longer my primary project management solution, I use it regularly with one of the communities that I'm involved in. I think that one of the reasons that Basecamp is so successful is because they were a very early player in this industry. They built up (and to their credit, kept) a strong customer base during a time where there were very few comparable solutions to choose from.
A similar business that recently opened its doors could easily get lost in the noise and may not even have a chance to practice many of the strategies presented in the book. Some acknowledgement of how the landscape has changed over the years and the challenges that new businesses face would have made the book more relevant to more people.