{"product_id":"how-big-things-get-done-the-surprising-factors-that-determine-the-fate-of-every-project-from-home-renovations-to-space-exploration-and-everything-in-hardcover","title":"How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBent Flyvbjerg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDan Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Why do big projects go wrong so often, and are there any lessons you can use when renovating your kitchen? Bent Flyvbjerg is the 'megaproject' expert and Dan Gardner brings the storytelling skills to \u003ci\u003eHow Big Things Get Done\u003c\/i\u003e, with examples ranging from a Jimi Hendrix studio to the Sydney Opera House.\"--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Entertaining . . . There are lessons here for managers of all stripes.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eEconomist, Financial Times, CEO Magazine, Morningstar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Porchlight Business Book Award, the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award, and\u003cb\u003e the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInc.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Non-Obvious Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York's skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple's iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Boston's \"Big Dig\"? Almost every sizeable city in the world has such a fiasco in its backyard. In fact, no less than 92% of megaprojects come in over budget or over schedule, or both. The cost of California's high-speed rail project soared from $33 billion to $100 billon--and won't even go where promised. More modest endeavors, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly stall out. But why do some projects fail? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderstanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life's work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed \"the world's leading megaproject expert.\" In \u003ci\u003eHow Big Things Get Done\u003c\/i\u003e, he identifies the errors in judgment and decision-making that lead projects, both big and small, to fail, and the research-based principles that will make you succeed with yours. For example: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Understand your odds.\u003c\/b\u003e If you don't know them, you won't win.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Plan slow, act fast.\u003c\/b\u003e Getting to the action quick feels right. But it's wrong. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Think right to left\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Find your Lego.\u003c\/b\u003e Big is best built from small.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Be a team maker.\u003c\/b\u003e You won't succeed without an \"us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Master the unknown unknowns.\u003c\/b\u003e Most think they can't, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Know that your biggest risk is you.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of vivid examples ranging from the building of the Sydney Opera House, to the making of Pixar blockbusters, to a home renovation in Brooklyn gone awry, \u003ci\u003eHow Big Things Get Done\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how to get any ambitious project done--on time and on budget.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBent Flyvbjerg\u003c\/b\u003e is the first BT Professor at Oxford University and the VKR Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, an economist, and \"the world's leading megaproject expert,\" according to global accounting network KPMG. He has consulted on over one hundred projects costing $1 billion or more and has been knighted by the Queen of Denmark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRisk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFuture Babble\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-author of \u003ci\u003eSuperforecasting\u003c\/i\u003e (with Philip E. 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