Book Review #19 ReWork
The book written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, not a very attractive book to my standard on the first glance but after I flip through couple pages I said to myself , these guys are creatively crazy I wish I manage my company like them
The people who wrote the book founded some king of an operating software I don’t know much about but I’m guessing it’s something similar to a simplify version of SAP. Since tech savvy and me are on the opposite side of the universe, I’m not gonna go though the detail of what they sale but what I want to talk about is their working philosophy which is the core of this book
The other very good thing is that these guys manage a small company (I think they have like 15 people) which in terms serves what most people need at this moment. Most of us didn’t manage avery big company, some of us still having trouble manage ourselves not to mention a company. Therefore, when reading Jack Welch on how he turn GE up side down and re-organize everything, sometimes we found ourselves thinking “well you know, the method is awesome but in terms of application to my company is close irrelevant.”
Bottom line is , big company doesn’t manage like small company
The philosophy behind managing these things are vastly different
People
Motivation
Resources
etc
This book is for adventurous manager who denied status quo and pack with extreme hunger for success while ready for any craziness that might pop around the corner.
I’m not gonna spoil any of the book’s detail becuase it will be better for your to read and absorb it by yourself but I can tell that if you manage a small company or even manage a group of small people like your own team of some sought, this book is not to miss.
After I read it, I bought another 4 copies for directors which hopefully they find it as interesting as I do. I also put this in the bookshelf that’s closet to me becuase someday soon I will want to read it again
The book remind me of one quote from the great Steve Jobs
“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”
This is 9.5/10 book, what are you waiting for!!
Cheers
Tab
