Bent Flyvbjerg
Prof. Bent Flyvbjerg “How Big Things (Should) Get Done”
Cleaning up with Michael Liebreich, 2023
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Learn why large projects almost always go off the rails – and how to keep them on track.
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In this episode of Cleaning Up, host Michael Liebreich interviews the Danish economic geographer Bent Flyvbjerg on the implications of the net-zero transition of Flyvbjerg’s research into megaproject management. Their conversation covers the challenges of managing large, complex projects, heuristics for reducing risk, and insights into the plausibility of specific renewable energy technologies.
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About the Speaker
Bent Flyvbjerg, a Danish economic geographer, is the author of numerous volumes on megaproject management, including How Big Things Get Done. Michael Liebreich has served for decades in the area of energy and climate finance as venture capitalist, entrepreneur and executive.
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