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About Jake Knapp
Jake Knapp is the author of "Make Time" and the New York Times bestseller "Sprint".
Jake spent ten years at Google and Google Ventures, where he created the design sprint. He has coached over 150 companies on the process, including teams at Slack, Uber, the New York Times, and LEGO. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and sons.
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
“Sprint offers a transformative formula for testing ideas that works whether you’re at a startup or a large organization. Within five days, you’ll move from idea to prototype to decision, saving you and your team countless hours and countless dollars. A must read for entrepreneurs of all stripes.” —Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup
From three partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at more than a hundred companies.
Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What’s the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? What will your idea look like in real life? How many meetings and discussions does it take before you can be sure you have the right solution?
Now there’s a surefire way to answer these important questions: the sprint. Designer Jake Knapp created the five-day process at Google, where sprints were used on everything from Google Search to Google X. He joined Braden Kowitz and John Zeratsky at Google Ventures, and together they have completed more than a hundred sprints with companies in mobile, e-commerce, healthcare, finance, and more.
A practical guide to answering critical business questions, Sprint is a book for teams of any size, from small startups to Fortune 100s, from teachers to nonprofits. It’s for anyone with a big opportunity, problem, or idea who needs to get answers today.
“If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book.”—Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit
Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, "The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!" or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I'll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that's exactly what we do. Why?
In a world where information refreshes endlessly and the workday feels like a race to react to other people's priorities faster, frazzled and distracted has become our default position. But what if the exhaustion of constant busyness wasn't mandatory? What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention? That's what this book is about.
As creators of Google Ventures' renowned "design sprint," Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products from Gmail to YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own habits and routines, looking for ways to help people optimize their energy, focus, and time. Now they've packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days. Make Time is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, it offers a customizable menu of bite-size tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles.
Make Time isn't about productivity, or checking off more to-dos. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. Making time isn't about radically overhauling your lifestyle; it's about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction.
A must-read for anyone who has ever thought, If only there were more hours in the day..., Make Time will help you stop passively reacting to the demands of the modern world and start intentionally making time for the things that matter.
Aprovechando su experiencia en el diseño de productos tecnológicos, desde Gmail hasta YouTube, los autores de este libro pasaron años experimentando con sus propios hábitos y rutinas, buscando formas de ayudar a las personas a optimizar su energía, enfoque y tiempo.
Se trata de dedicar tiempo a lo realmente importante fomentando nuevos hábitos y replanteando los valores adquiridos fruto de la actividad frenética y de la distracción.
Reseñas:
Make Time es un manifiesto encantador, una guía amigable que nos ayudará a encontrar la concentración y la energía en nuestro día a día.
"El método Make Time es un manifiesto excelente, así como una guía audaz para crear tú mismo hábitos que perduren. Si quieres conseguir más en la vida (sin volverte loco), lee este libro."
CHARLES DUHIGG, autor de los éxitos de ventas The Power of Habit y Smarter Faster Better
"Demasiado a menudo nos atascamos con las obligaciones diarias y apenas tenemos tiempo para lo que más nos importa. En este poderoso libro, Jake Knapp y John Zeratsky nos explican cómo mediante pequeños cambios en tu vida diaria puedes dedicar más tiempo a las personas y a las actividades que te dan energía y te satisfacen. Es una lectura esencial para cualquier persona que quiera llevar una vida más feliz y más exitosa."
GRETCHEN RUBIN, autor de los éxitos de ventas The Happiness Project y The Four Tendencies
"Como alguien que está obsesionado con el tiempo y en cómo emplearlo sabiamente, me encantó este libro, divertido y útil a la vez. No se trata del típico libro de productividad."
EV WILLIAMS, fundador de Medium y cofundador de Twitter
"Te reto a que no puedes terminar de leer este libro sin que tengas en la cabeza nuevas ideas que te harán más feliz y/o más eficaz a la hora de conseguir lo que quieres en la vida. Es inteligente, divertido y está lleno de propuestas probadas."
DAN HEATH, coautor de los éxitos de ventas The Power of Moments y Switch
"El tiempo es el ingrediente principal del trabajo creativo. Tiempo para concentrarse, tiempo para experimentar, tiempo para dominar las competencias creativas. El método Make Time nos ofrece estrategias para encontrar reservas de este bien tan preciado. Se trata de una guía excelente para tomar el control a la hora de diseñar tu vida."
TIM BROWN, CEO de IDEO y autor de Change by Design
Creado por Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky y Braden Kowitz, tres socios de Google Ventures, SPRINT es un método único e infalible de 5 días para solventar problemas empresariales complicados y conseguir que la viabilidad de un proyecto se implante rápidamente.
Probado con éxito en más de 100 ocasiones.
Tanto los emprendedores como los directivos tienen que enfrentarse todos los días a dilemas importantes: ¿Dónde hay que poner las prioridades y por dónde hay que empezar?, ¿cuántas reuniones son necesarias para dar con la solución más adecuada?
Ahora ya disponemos de un método seguro para responder a estas cuestiones cruciales: el Sprint. El diseñador Jake Knapp creó este proceso de cinco días en Google, donde los sprints se empleaban para todo tipo de proyectos, desde el Google Search hasta Google X. En Google Ventures empezó a trabajar con Braden Kowitz y John Zeratsky y los tres han conducido más de cien sprints con empresas del sector de la telefonía móvil, del comercio electrónico, la sanidad, las finanzas y otros.
Como guía práctica para resolver importantes problemas empresariales, Sprint puede resultar muy útil para todo tipo de equipos de cualquier dimensión, desde pequeñas startups hasta grandes empresas multinacionales, desde equipos de profesores a empresas sin ánimo de lucro. Se trata de un libro para cualquiera con una oportunidad, idea o problema que necesite una respuesta rápida.
La opinión de los expertos:
«Lea este libro y siga sus consejos si quiere desarrollar productos mejores y más deprisa.»
Ev Williams, fundador de Medium y Twitter
«Sprint ofrece una fórmula transformadora para testar ideas, muy útil tanto si se aplica a una startup como a cualquier gran organización. En tan solo cinco días, podremos pasar de una idea inicial al prototipo y la decisión final ahorrándonos un montón de horas y dinero. Una lectura obligatoria para emprendedores de cualquier tipo.»
Eric Ries, autor de El método Lean Startup
«Todos los directivos que conozco están preocupados por lo mismo: ¿Nos estamos moviendo lo suficientemente rápido? Sprint nos ofrece un método paso a paso para resolver problemas de envergadura y avanzar en lo que realmente importa con rapidez. Un sprint es la cura para los males de la empresas en un mundo que va cada día más rápido.»
Beth Comstock, vice-presidenta de General Electric
Como inovar? Por onde começar? Como formar uma boa equipe? Que forma terá uma ideia quando for colocada em prática? São muitas as perguntas que martelam na cabeça de quem precisa tirar ideias do papel, mas já existe um caminho infalível para responder a todas elas rapidamente: o sprint.
Método criado pelo designer Jake Knapp no período em que ele trabalhava no Google, era usado para tudo na empresa, do aperfeiçoamento do mecanismo de buscas ao Google Hangouts, com o foco em desenvolver e testar ideias em apenas cinco dias. Knapp se juntou mais tarde a Braden Kowitz e John Zeratsky no Google Ventures, braço da companhia dedicado ao investimento em novos negócios, e juntos eles conduziram e completaram mais de cem sprints em empresas de telefonia, e-commerce, saúde, finanças e muito mais.
Sprint serve para equipes de todos os tamanhos, de pequenas startups até os maiores conglomerados, e pode ser aplicado por qualquer um que tenha uma grande oportunidade, problema ou ideia e precise começar a trabalhar já.
Dafür gibt es eine geniale Lösung: Sprint. Die ist ein einzigartiger, innovativer und narrensicherer Prozess, mit dem sich die härtesten Probleme in nur fünf Tagen lösen lassen – von Montag bis Freitag. Der Entwickler Jake Knapp entwarf diesen Prozess bei und für Google, wo er seither in allen Bereichen genutzt wird. Zusammen mit John Zeratsky und Braden Kowitz hat er darüber hinaus bereits mehr als 100 Sprints in Firmen aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen durchgeführt.
Der Sprint-Prozess bietet praktische Hilfe für Unternehmen aller Größen, vom kleinen Start-up bis hin zum Fortune-100-Unternehmen. Die Methode ist auch für alle anderen bewährt, die vor einem großen Problem stehen, schnell eine Idee testen oder einfach eine Möglichkeit schnell ergreifen wollen.
Book One is about a man that I admired and respected and our struggle to have another union represent the workers in our company and throughout the telephone industry. Our quest took us from a grassroots movement to an NLRB election date only to have the rug pulled out from under us by the AFL-CIO.
Joe Ratti was the local president of CWA Local 2590 representing around 1,300 employee’s of the Installation Department for Western Electric Company when I met him. Joe was fighting an uphill battle against the union trying to improve our benefits and wages and found out we were not only fighting Ma Bell but the union that represented us.
Our venture took us from writing letters, submitting petitions and being supported under the table by other unions to being given access to 40 union offices across the country, our own office in Philadelphia, all travel and expenses paid and election date set by the NLRB for an election to decertify the telephone workers from the CWA in the state of Michigan. We were not only opposed by the union but also by AT&T. The only thing that stopped us was a merger of two large unions.
Even though we did not reach our goal I feel that through Joe’s efforts changes were made to acquire better benefits, get a cost of living included in our contract and bring about vested pensions throughout the telephone industry.
Joe passed away in December of 2004. Telephone workers across the country owe a lot to this ‘Little Big Man.’
It has been thirty-five years since this transpired. Not being good at names some may not be accurate and some of the dates may be off. The story overall is based on fact as it happened.
Book Two was added on to tell the history of Ma Bell (The Telephone Industry) and a few of the many stories about those I worked with.