Audiobooks by Jason Fried

Het hoeft niet zo hectisch te zijn op het werk: Leer de kalme route naar succes en winstgevendheid

Voor veel mensen is een hectische baan heel normaal geworden. Door fysieke en virtuele afleidingen is je werkdag slechts een reeks vluchtige momenten geworden waarin je écht aan het werk kan zijn. Tel daar de onrealistische groeiverwachtingen bij op, en je hebt alle bouwstenen voor een verontrustende, hectische chaos en burn-outs. Meer uren werken is niet de oplossing. Als het constant hectisch is op je werk, is het tijd om daarmee te stoppen. Leer in Het hoeft niet zo hectisch te zijn op het werk hoe je een kalme organisatie inricht en hoe je jouw eigen werk, team of afdeling rustiger maakt. Jason Fried en David Heinemeier Hansson zijn de oprichters van Basecamp, een IT-bedrijf dat normaliter vanuit Silicon Valley alles op alles zou moeten zetten om marktaandeel te veroveren en sensationele groeicijfers wil realiseren. Maar zij hebben voor een kalme route gekozen die eveneens succesvol en winstgevend is, maar haar medewerkers, managers en oprichters niet tot workaholics en burn-outs reduceert. Kalm werken is een keuze. Het hoeft niet zo hectisch te zijn op het werk leert je hoe je zelf die keuze kunt maken.

David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (Author), Boudewijn Koenen (Narrator)

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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

In this timely manifesto, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework broadly reject the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and 'whatever it takes' are required to run a successful business today. In Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson introduced a new path to working effectively. Now, they build on their message with a bold, iconoclastic strategy for creating the ideal company culture—what they call 'the calm company.' Their approach directly attack the chaos, anxiety, and stress that plagues millions of workplaces and hampers billions of workers every day. Long hours, an excessive workload, and a lack of sleep have become a badge of honor for modern professionals. But it should be a mark of stupidity, the authors argue. Sadly, this isn’t just a problem for large organizations—individuals, contractors, and solopreneurs are burning themselves out the same way. The answer to better productivity isn’t more hours—it’s less waste and fewer things that induce distraction and persistent stress. It’s time to stop celebrating Crazy, and start celebrating Calm, Fried and Hansson assert. Fried and Hansson have the proof to back up their argument. 'Calm' has been the cornerstone of their company’s culture since Basecamp began twenty years ago. Destined to become the management guide for the next generation, It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work is a practical and inspiring distillation of their insights and experiences. It isn’t a book telling you what to do. It’s a book showing you what they’ve done—and how any manager or executive no matter the industry or size of the company, can do it too.

David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (Author), Eileen Stevens (Narrator)

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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework, are back with a manifesto to combat all your modern workplace worries and fears. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work is a direct successor to Rework, the instant bestseller that showed readers a new path to working effectively. Now Fried and Heinemeier Hansson have returned with a new strategy for the ideal company culture - what they call "the calm company". It is a direct attack on the chaos, anxiety and stress that plagues millions of workplaces and billions of people working their day jobs. Working to breaking point with long hours, excessive business, and a lack of sleep have become a badge of honour for many people these days, when it should be a mark of stupidity. This isn't just a problem for large organisations; individuals, contractors and solopreneurs are burning themselves out in the very same way. As the authors reveal, the answer isn't more hours. Rather, it's less waste and fewer things that induce distraction, always-on anxiety and stress. It is time to stop celebrating crazy and start celebrating calm.

David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (Author), Eileen Stevens (Narrator)

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Remote: Office Not Required

The “work from home” phenomenon is thoroughly explored in this illuminating new book from bestselling 37signals founders Fried and Hansson, who point to the surging trend of employees working from home (and anywhere else) and explain the challenges and unexpected benefits. Most important, they show why – with a few controversial exceptions such as Yahoo -- more businesses will want to promote this new model of getting things done. The Industrial Revolution's "under one roof" model of conducting work is steadily declining owing to technology that is rapidly creating virtual workspaces and allowing workers to provide their vital contribution without physically clustering together. Today, the new paradigm is "move work to the workers, rather than workers to the workplace." According to Reuters, one in five global workers telecommutes frequently and nearly ten percent work from home every day. Moms in particular will welcome this trend. A full 60% wish they had a flexible work option. But companies see advantages too in the way remote work increases their talent pool, reduces turnover, lessens their real estate footprint, and improves the ability to conduct business across multiple time zones, to name just a few advantages. In Remote, inconoclastic authors Fried and Hansson will convince readers that letting all or part of work teams function remotely is a great idea--and they're going to show precisely how a remote work setup can be accomplished.

David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (Author), Rebecca Lowman (Narrator)

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Rework

From the founders of the trailblazing software company 37signals, here is a different kind of business book - one that explores a new reality. Today, anyone can be in business. Tools that used to be out of reach are now easily accessible. Technology that cost thousands is now just a few bucks or even free. Stuff that was impossible just a few years ago is now simple. That means anyone can start a business. And you can do it without working miserable 80-hour weeks or depleting your life savings. You can start it on the side while your day job provides all the cash flow you need. Forget about business plans, meetings, office space - you don't need them. With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who's ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs who want to get out, and artists who don't want to starve anymore will all find valuable inspiration and guidance in these pages. It's time to rework work.

David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (Author), Mike Chamberlain (Narrator)

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