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Books like It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
The best books like It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work are Rework, Remote: Office Not Required, and Deep Work. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is about organizational culture, work-life balance, management. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Rework
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Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business
Rework is Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson's deliberately provocative argument against most conventional wisdom about building a business.
Both dig into productivity.
Read the summary → - Remote: Office Not Required
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Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business
Remote was published in 2013, years before the pandemic forced the question on most organizations.
Shares organizational culture and management with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Read the summary → - Deep Work
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Deep Work is Cal Newport's case that the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is becoming both rarer and more valuable, and that people who cultivate it will thrive while everyone else stays stuck in shallow busywork.
Both dig into productivity.
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- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown · Self-help
Essentialism is Greg McKeown's argument that the way most people approach work and life — saying yes to almost everything — is a slow form of defeat.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Shares organizational culture and management with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Read the summary → - High Output Management
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Andrew S. Grove · Business
High Output Management is Andrew Grove's manual for how managers at any level should think about their work.
Shares management and productivity with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Read the summary → - Nine Lies About Work
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Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall · Business
Nine Lies About Work challenges nine assumptions that dominate how organizations are designed and managed — assumptions Buckingham and Goodall argue are not just wrong but actively harmful.
Shares organizational culture and management with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Read the summary → - Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras · Business
Built to Last is Jim Collins and Jerry Porras's six-year research project into what separates companies that endure for decades from those that simply perform well for a season.
Shares organizational culture and leadership with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Read the summary → - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace · Business
Creativity, Inc.
Shares organizational culture and leadership with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Read the summary → - Dare to Lead
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Brené Brown · Business
Dare to Lead is Brené Brown's application of her research on vulnerability and courage to the specific context of leadership.
Shares organizational culture and leadership with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Read the summary → - Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture
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Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture
Kim S. Cameron and Robert E. Quinn · Business
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture introduces the Competing Values Framework, a model Cameron and Quinn developed at the University of Michigan for assessing and intentionally changing organizational culture.
Shares organizational culture and leadership with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Read the summary → - Free to Focus
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Michael Hyatt · Business
Free to Focus is Michael Hyatt's productivity framework for high-achieving professionals who feel perpetually busy but not meaningfully productive.
Shares productivity and leadership with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
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Books like It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work: quick answers
What are the best books like It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work?
The best books like It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson are Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Deep Work by Cal Newport, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity by Frank Slootman, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work, such as organizational culture, work-life balance, management.
What should I read after It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work?
A natural next read after It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work is Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Both dig into productivity. Other strong choices are Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Deep Work by Cal Newport, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.
What books are similar to It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson?
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work centers on organizational culture, work-life balance, management. Books with a similar feel include Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Deep Work by Cal Newport, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity by Frank Slootman, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
