Jason Fried is the Co-founder and CEO of 37signals, the software development firm behind Basecamp (a project management app), and HEY (an inbox and calendar app).

In this episode, Jason dives into what 25 years of business has taught him. He shares his advice for hiring staff, getting meaningful insight from reference checks, and why you should always hire a candidate who is the better writer.



Resources and links:
37signals website
Basecamp website
HEY website
Jason Fried’s website



Connect:
Simplifying Complexity on Twitter
Sean Brady on Twitter
Sean Brady on LinkedIn
Brady Heywood website

Jason Fried is the Co-founder and CEO of 37signals, the software development firm behind Basecamp (a project management app), and HEY (an inbox and calendar app).
In this episode, Jason dives into what 25 years of business has taught him. He shares his advice for hiring staff, getting meaningful insight from reference checks, and why you should always hire a candidate who is the better writer.
 
Resources and links:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://37signals.com/">37signals website</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://basecamp.com/">Basecamp website</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.hey.com/">HEY website</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://world.hey.com/jason">Jason Fried’s website</a></li>
</ul>
 
Connect:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://twitter.com/BHComplexity">Simplifying Complexity on Twitter</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://twitter.com/BradyHeywood">Sean Brady on Twitter</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-brady-11a95427/">Sean Brady on LinkedIn</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bradyheywood.com.au/">Brady Heywood website</a></li>
</ul>

Simplifying Complexity is a podcast about the underlying principles of complex systems. On the show, we explore the key concepts of complexity science with expert minds from around the world. Each episode focuses on an interview where we break down a specific concept in detail.

Simplifying Complexity is a podcast about the underlying principles of complex systems. On the show, we explore the key concepts of complexity science with expert minds from around the world. Each episode focuses on an interview where we break down a specific concept in detail.

Simplifying Complexity is a podcast about the underlying principles of complex systems.

Simplifying Complexity

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In conversation with Jason Fried

In our last two episodes with Professor Jennifer Dunne, the Vice President for Science at the Santa Fe Institute, she explained food webs with a focus on her work in the Gulf of Alaska.

In this episode, Jennifer discusses how fossil records are helping researchers reconstruct food webs from half a billion years ago and the insights we can glean from comparing ancient food webs to modern ones.



Connect:


Simplifying Complexity on Twitter


Sean Brady on Twitter


Sean Brady on LinkedIn


Brady Heywood website

In our last two episodes with Professor Jennifer Dunne, the Vice President for Science at the Santa Fe Institute, she explained food webs with a focus on her work in the Gulf of Alaska.
In this episode, Jennifer discusses how fossil records are helping researchers reconstruct food webs from half a billion years ago and the insights we can glean from comparing ancient food webs to modern ones.
 
Connect:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://twitter.com/BHComplexity">Simplifying Complexity on Twitter</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://twitter.com/BradyHeywood">Sean Brady on Twitter</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-brady-11a95427/">Sean Brady on LinkedIn</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://www.bradyheywood.com.au/">Brady Heywood website</a>
</li>
</ul>

The diets of half-a-billion-year-old species

Today we're joined again by Dmitri Tymoczko, Professor of Music at Princeton University. Last time, Dmitri discussed the underlying principles that make music sound ‘good’.

In this episode, Dmitri explores the integration of music theory into improvisational and algorithmic music. He discusses how modern technology allows musicians to blend traditional and improvisational elements with algorithms to create something completely different from the music of the past.



Resources and links:


Dmitri Tymoczko’s website


Mad Musical Science website



Connect:


Simplifying Complexity on Twitter


Sean Brady on Twitter


Sean Brady on LinkedIn


Brady Heywood website

Today we're joined again by Dmitri Tymoczko, Professor of Music at Princeton University. Last time, Dmitri discussed the underlying principles that make music sound ‘good’.
In this episode, Dmitri explores the integration of music theory into improvisational and algorithmic music. He discusses how modern technology allows musicians to blend traditional and improvisational elements with algorithms to create something completely different from the music of the past.
 
Resources and links:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://dmitri.mycpanel.princeton.edu/whatmakesmusicsoundgood.html">Dmitri Tymoczko’s website</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://www.madmusicalscience.com/">Mad Musical Science website</a>
</li>
</ul>
 
Connect:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://twitter.com/BHComplexity">Simplifying Complexity on Twitter</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://twitter.com/BradyHeywood">Sean Brady on Twitter</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-brady-11a95427/">Sean Brady on LinkedIn</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://www.bradyheywood.com.au/">Brady Heywood website</a>
</li>
</ul>

Four pieces of music

Today we’re joined by Dani S. Bassett, J. Peter Skirkanich Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and Perry Zurn, Visiting Associate Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University and Provost Associate Professor of Philosophy at American University.

In today’s episode, Dani and Perry explore the concept of curiosity.



Connect:


Simplifying Complexity on Twitter


Sean Brady on Twitter


Sean Brady on LinkedIn


Brady Heywood website

Today we’re joined by Dani S. Bassett, J. Peter Skirkanich Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and Perry Zurn, Visiting Associate Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University and Provost Associate Professor of Philosophy at American University.
In today’s episode, Dani and Perry explore the concept of curiosity.
 
Connect:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://twitter.com/BHComplexity">Simplifying Complexity on Twitter</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://twitter.com/BradyHeywood">Sean Brady on Twitter</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-brady-11a95427/">Sean Brady on LinkedIn</a>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
<a href="https://www.bradyheywood.com.au/">Brady Heywood website</a>
</li>
</ul>

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