The Calm Company

We are thrilled that our friends at Basecamp, Jason & David, have recently released their new book called It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work.

I wanted to give you a look into the ethos of the book, and hope you’ll take the time to pick it up.

• Chaos should not be the natural state at work. Anxiety isn’t a prerequisite for progress. Sitting in meetings all day isn’t required for success. These are all perversions of work — side effects of broken models and follow-the-lemming-off-the-cliff worst practices. Step aside and let the suckers jump.

• Calm is profitability.

• Calm is protecting people’s time and attention.

• Calm is reasonable expectations.

• Calm is about 40 hours of work a week.

• Calm is ample time off.

• Calm is smaller.

• Calm is a visible horizon.

• Calm is meetings as a last resort.

• Calm is contextual communication.

• Calm is asynchronous first, real-time second.

• Calm is more independence, less interdependence.

• Calm is about sustainable practices that can run for the long-term.

By the end of the book you’ll understand it all.