219 — The GP Book Club: Remote (Office Not Required)

Nov 3, 2020

Back in 2013, Basecamp's Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson published Remote (Office Not Required), a beautifully concise insight into how remote working had shaped their business.

Seven years and one global pandemic later, remote working has become a lot more common. But are we making the most of the opportunities that remote working presents?

In this edition of The GP Book Club, Ross G is joined by Gemma and Owen to share their thoughts.

We discuss:

• a brief overview of the book's main points
• the advantages of remote work for businesses and employees
• how the way organisations communicate during the pandemic is shaping reactions to remote working.

Show notes

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Remote: Office Not Required, is available on Amazon: amazon.co.uk/Remote-Required-David-Heinemeier-Hansson/dp/0091954673 

In What I Learned This Week, Owen shared FiveThirtyEight's 2020 US presidential election poll tracker. You can find it online at: projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/ 

Gemma recommended the book The Making of the English Landscape, by WG Hoskins. It's available from Amazon at: amazon.co.uk/Making-English-Landscape-Classics-Library/dp/1908213108 

Ross shared his observations on the romantic sounding 'winter halo', described on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22%C2%B0_halo 

Connect with our speakers

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter:

• Ross Garner @RossGarnerEW
• Gemma Towersey @GemmaTowersey
• Owen Ferguson @OwenFerguson