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Mentioned in 13 episodes

How Big Things Get Done

Book • 2023

Mentioned by

Christopher Mims

Oliver Cummings

Jason Schroeder

Mentioned in 13 episodes

Mentioned by

Will Larson

as an amazing book on mega projects.

The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Mentioned by

Christopher Mims

, referencing its core principle of 'going slow to go fast' in the context of AI development.

Are AI Agents the Future of Business? Salesforce Is Betting $8 Billion on It

Recommended by

John Cutler

for its insights into the principles of successful megaprojects.

104: John Cutler - How to Turn Team Chaos into Strategy

Mentioned by

Tim Harford

in relation to megaprojects and the Sydney Opera House.

Cautionary Tales of the Sydney Opera House

Quoted by Stuart in his report, stating that project failures begin at the outset.

Why HS2 is a disaster

Mentioned by the podcast host as the author of a book about building megaprojects.

Why California's high speed rail was always going to blow out

Recommended by

Luca Dellanna

for project management, but relevant to everyone.

#117 - Building Antifragile Organizations Through Daily Action with Luca Dellanna

Recommended by

Harry Max

as an excellent book on how big things get done.

Mentioned by

Andrew Hill

as one of the other books on the Book Award shortlist, about huge mega projects that go wrong.

Intelligent failure with Amy Edmondson | from Behind the Money

Mentioned by

Srini Rao

in relation to the concept of speed and project completion.

Best of 2024: Andrew McAfee | The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset That Drives Extraordinary Results

Mentioned by

Kate Hanneman

as a challenging but insightful book about achieving large-scale change.

57. Environmental sustainability in radiology with Reed Omary, Kate Hanneman & Leteisha Stam

Mentioned by

Eric Cloward

while discussing the concept of "thinking slow and acting fast".

314 - Think Slow, Act Fast: How to Plan and Win

Recommended by

Tom Gilb

, it contains a database of 16,000 projects and statistics on project failure rates.

BONUS Tom Gilb: Building True Engineering Culture and Delivering Value Through Evolutionary Methods

Mentioned by Tom when discussing project planning and prioritization methods.

096: Estuarine vs Multiverse Mapping

Recommended by

Kyle Nitchen

to learn more about current practices of project management.

154. 7 Archetypes Of Effective Project Managers - Kyle Nitchen

Recommended by

John Cutler

as a guide to managing mega projects.

Best of 2024 #4 – Agile vs. Waterfall: Stop Practicing Agile Theater w/ John Cutler

Mentioned by

Oliver Cummings

when discussing bias and overcoming instinctive loss aversion.

100. Professor Amy C. Edmondson - Psychological safety: how boards have the best conversations to make the best decisions

Mentioned by

Jason Schroeder

to explain the principles of lean construction and how they can be applied to smaller projects.

Ep.1192 - Airport Thinking—When Do We Leave?

Recommended by

Jacob Stedman

as a good read on gigaprojects.

EP.240 Jacob Stedman, CEO, Blykalla

Mentioned by Tom as a book they reviewed in a podcast episode.

100: Done 100 Thing!

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