Rework with Jason Fried

Jason Fried’s new book Rework is a big hit, and I’m delighted that we managed to talk in the lead up to its launch. Jason is the one of the founders of 37Signals, creators of the very popular Basecamp project management app (along with Highrise, Backpack, and Campfire). They design useful software to help people work better – connect with people, run projects, managing stuff. (I know, because I use it!). Seth Godin says (and I’m paraphrasing), “Make everything a project – and run it through 37Signals’ Basecamp.” I agree!
What’s particularly cool is they haven’t done it by practising business as usual, but by practising business as unusual. In this interview Jason shares some of his successful and counter-intutive approaches to how to get stuff done. We talk about:

• The evolution of 37Signals – and why where you start is not where you finish
• The value of introducing “done enough” as a measure of success
• The problem with meetings – and what to do about it
• Why planning is highly overrated
• And a bunch more…

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You can pick up Rework on Amazon, follow Jason on Twitter at @JasonFried, and learn more on the 37 Signals’ website.

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Photo of Jason Fried by Sean O’Shaughnessy. Licensed under CC.