Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
How Big Things Get Done
The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
Crown, 2023
What's inside?
Planning is crucial. But it better be the right plan.
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In this fascinating tour of flops and triumphs, megaproject expert Bent Flyvbjerg and journalist Dan Gardner delve into what went wrong — and right — in the planning and execution of a variety of projects. They lay out why the Guggenheim Bilbao came off flawlessly while the Sydney Opera House and California’s high-speed rail faced cost overruns. The book expands into other types of projects, too. Why did author Robert Caro take seven times as long as he expected to complete The Power Broker? And how on earth did Jimi Hendrix’s studio in Greenwich Village get built with no plan or budget?
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About the Authors
Bent Flyvbjerg is a professor at the University of Oxford and at the IT University of Copenhagen. He has been called “the world’s leading megaproject expert.” Dan Gardner is a journalist and the best-selling author of Risk and Future Babble.
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Poder descubrir algo de luz en el torbellino de Internet y cómo vencer el fracaso en una empresa. Además, superar un fracaso en el trabajo y debatir si es aconsejable iniciar un emprendimiento después de un tropiezo. No perder la vitalidad que implica nuevas visiones en la empresa, ver más allá de las tareas diarias, ver alternativas y dar lluvia de ideas a nuestros colaboradores para lograr el objetivo trazado.