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What a lot of 37Signals-fanatical-defence and unnecessary MBA bashing. I'm a huge fan of the business 37Signals has built however Scott Olsen hit it on the hea
by petenixey 16y ago
What a lot of 37Signals-fanatical-defence and unnecessary MBA bashing.
I'm a huge fan of the business 37Signals has built however Scott Olsen hit it on the head with his critique of their advice.
37Signals do indeed suffer from a "Pernicious Lack of Perspective" and from "Strident Insistence". If you read Rework (which frankly will only take you an hour), it is a series of chapters that could each be retitled "And another thing I really like about what we do at 37Signals".
Their advice doesn't work in all cases and they seldom if ever draw examples of other companies where it does. This doesn't take from what they have achieved but it does mean they're often far too far out of their boat when shouting advice at others.
Kudos to Scott for not only making this point but also being a very good writer.
- tptacek 16y agoIt's like you want them to write a book that says "And another thing I really like about what they do at Boeing...". I'll let Jim Collins write that book, and then wait for Boeing to go out of business like Circuit City.