In Shape Up, Ryan Singer shares the methodology that he and his colleagues at Basecamp use to 'ship work that matters'. The book presents itself as a guide for software developers, but what lessons does it hold for L&D?
On this week's episode of The Good Practice Podcast, Ross D is joined by Owen, Nicola and Ross G for the third in our series of bimonthly 'book club' episodes. We discuss:
our general impressions of the book the differences between Basecamp's approach and other product development methodologies key takeaways for L&DShow notes
All of Basecamp's books, including Shape Up, can be downloaded for free on their website: https://basecamp.com/shapeup
The macOS app Owen mentioned was 'Alfred': https://www.alfredapp.com/
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You can listen to This American Life's Pulitzer-winning episode, 'The Out Crowd', on their website: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/688/the-out-crowd
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