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|  | Authors: Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Publisher: Crown Business
Category: Book
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Rating:  219 reviews
Sales Rank: 288
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307463745
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780307463746
ASIN: 0307463745
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
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Condition: May have minor signs of shelf wear.
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 This Book Went Viral in My Office August 19, 2010
T. Lauer
A friend highly recommended this book so I bought it. I then gave it to one colleague, who gave it to another and so on. Then, a few applicable topics were summarized and sent out to the whole company in an email. This book is so viral it might as well have an Oprah Book Club sticker on the front.
Every topic won't work for every person or organization. But the overall message and fresh perspective on how to (re-)look at the business world is compelling.
Basically OK August 19, 2010
gersteni (California)
This is a pretty easy read - it took me about three hours to read it all. If you already read Signal v Noise you won't find anything new. If you run (or want to run) a small business then it's probably worth a read, you will find some things to think about and improve how you run things.
 Rework is the book Jerry McGuire would write for all us poor slobs. August 14, 2010
M. McDonald (Chicago, IL United States)
Rework by Jason Fried provides an energetic and alternative view on the nature of work in the modern world. The book is written in a series of fast paced sections around particular imperatives. In many ways the book is a cross between Tom Peters, Seth Godin and the Clue Train Manifesto. It is more like the mythical book Jerry McGuire wrote at the start of the movie in an effort to save his professional soul.
The result is a type of manifesto that has already attracted a lot of attention and reviews. The book is targeted at people looking to break their chains and start their own companies and some of the apparent paradoxes associated with running a successful company. The imperatives concentrate on things you should do and avoid providing a nice overview of new styles of work.
Its understandable that a book that reminds people that work does not have to be drudgery in the cubicle dungeon is pretty popular. This book plays to that pop work culture with pithy imperatives that are about the size of a blog post and the author does run a blog. They include imperatives such as:
Ignore the real world
Planning is Guessing
Time is No Excuse
Failure is not a right of passage
You get the picture.
Rework is entertaining, thought provoking and a quick read. Much of the advice you have seen elsewhere, just in a new skin. So, if you are looking for how to make all of this work for you, in your environment, there is little help.
There are many imperatives and naturally some of them contradict each other, which leads you to view the book as more mind candy and motivation than a set of ideas that you should put into practice.
Some will say that I am asking too much of this book and others may be thinking that I do not get it. I get it and have sought to build a work environment and teams around many of these imperatives. However, recognizing books limitations is part of doing a good review.
As a practical and actionable business book this is about a two star book, as a manifesto for change is a four star book - hence the three star review. Recommended for people that need to recharge and rethink what they are doing and how you do it.
One thing, the book is a tacit advertisement for the author's software company. Nothing too in your face and given the book is written from the author's ten years of experience which makes him about the same age as the Jerry McGuire character - experienced enough to know some things and yet still idealistic.
The question is how is Jerry doing now, 14 years after his movie came out.
You had me at "We have something new to say ..."
Short & to the point August 14, 2010
Joshua Saul
When I read the first three chapters, I was tempted to just skip the rest of the work and avoid downloading it. Some of the concepts presented by the authors challenge "conventional knowledge". Due to the fact that the chapters are well written and structured, I decided to keep reading. I do not agree with the entire content of this work. However, it makes you reflect on the authors' experience and how you should question some of your old "mantras". Overall it is a good book and I do recommend it.
Common sense or contrarian? August 14, 2010
Ilya Grigorik (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Depending on your viewpoint, Rework is either a collection of contrarian essays, or common sense mixed with good business practice. Really, I think its both - you just have to figure out which is which, depending on your own context. The authors often intentionally provoke the reader with a controversial viewpoint, but offer little in terms of actually weighing on both sides short of "it worked for us". Take it for it is - an opinion - and then it is an enjoyable read.
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