How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration by Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner - Non Fiction - Paperback

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Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life’s work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg. In How Big Things Get Done, he identifies the errors that lead projects to fail, and the research-based principles that will make yours succeed:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderstand your odds. If you don’t know them, you won’t win.\u003cbr\u003ePlan slow, act fast. Getting to the action quick feels right. But it’s wrong.\u003cbr\u003eThink right to left. Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there.\u003cbr\u003eFind your Lego. Big is best built from small.\u003cbr\u003eMaster the unknown unknowns. Most think they can’t, so they fail. 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