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9 Best Articles in 2021

Jason Fried

Changes at Basecamp

Jason Fried

5 min read · Apr 26th · At Basecamp, we treat our company as a product. It's not a rigid thing that exists, it's a flexible, malleable idea that evolves. We aren't stuck with what we have, we can create what we want. Just as…

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danielstillman.com

Your next meeting should be silent

danielstillman.com

3 min read · Apr 20th · Your next meeting should be silent Here’s how to change the conversation Meetings can be completely sidelined in the first 30 seconds. There’s one in every group: the guy who opens his mouth first.…

company culture

leadership

productivity

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This silence, paradoxically, allows us all the same amount of time to speak our mind….except we’re doing it in our heads first, and on a shared canvas second. Everyone’s voice can be heard equally in this way.

People respond instead of think.When someone shares their first thoughts and opinions on a particular idea, we frame what we say next based on a response to what the first person said. We agree or we don’t. We offer a “Yes and…” or a “No, but…”

Fast Company

10 questions to ask in a job interview that will really expose a company’s culture

Fast Company

3 min read · Apr 8th · Spoiler alert: “What’s the culture like here?” is definitely NOT one of them.

company culture

career

interview

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What is your ideal person for this role?

Tell me about someone you are proud of. This is going to let you know which behaviors and skills they value. You can also learn their attitude towards developing people and celebrating success along the way.

usefyi.com

11 Best Practices for Working Remotely

usefyi.com

~19 min read · 2019-09-03 · Here are 11 ways to ensure you succeed at remote work in spite of its challenges. You’ll find tips and best practices from people who are working remotely.

work

future of work

organizations

Remote

You should be working asynchronously (async)

Remote

7 min read · 2019-10-24 · Async work is a way to organize how to get stuff done with less interruptions and higher efficiency based on very simple concepts.

work

organizations

productivity

Vox

Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture

Vox

9 min read · From 2017 · The Swiss understand work-life balance in a way Americans completely miss.

company culture

switzerland

schweiz

Harvard Business Review

What the “Best Companies to Work For” Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

10 min read · 2019-12-12 · A survey of top-ranked workplace cultures.

work

organizations

leadership

The Verge

Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away

The Verge

20+ min read · 2019-12-05 · Away promised a company culture of travel and inclusion, but former employees say CEO Steph Korey uses the company values to get people to work harder and longer.

organizations

brand

culture

First Round

Speed as a Habit - First Round Review

First Round

~12 min read · From 2015 · All things being equal, speed will determine whether your company succeeds or not. Here's how to make it core to your culture.

teams

startups

speed

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The Burnout Conversation Is A Corporate Tool To Turn Your Suffering Into Marketing

ez.substack.com

8 min read · Jul 13th · A smart comment by Brian Sounders on yesterday’s article made a really good point around the four-hour workweek - that the idea of addressing burnout, mental health and wellness/mental health issues…

mental health

career

company culture

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These “extra days off” and “mental health resources” do not solve the problem. If you’re slammed with work, you can’t take the days off because you need to get the work done. No amount of talking to a tele-therapist will finish those iMeet logs, Excel files and PowerPoint decks all on the same damn projects that you’re stressed out of your mind trying to get done by deadline.

The cause of burnout is usually too much work, and the solution to too much work is to make sure they have more time to do their work or add more people so that they have less work to do. It’s a symptom of someone being overwhelmed by the tasks they’re receiving or the way they’re receiving the tasks, and is - that’s right folks! - regularly caused by bad management and organizational mechanisms.