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The Impossible Dream: How big projects get done—and why many fail

May 22, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Thinking Slow

2min

The Psychology of Teamwork in Project Management

2min

The Chinese Experiment: How Democracy Can Get Big Things Done

2min

How the Empire State Building Worked

3min

The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Real Estate

3min

The Thinking Slow Phase of Pixar Planning

2min

The Iron Law of Project Management

2min

The Different Types of Projects That Have the Most Chance of Success

4min

10.

The Unique Nature of Office Buildings

2min

11.

The Importance of Modularity in the Building Industry

3min

12.

How to Overcome Local Objection to Modular Construction

2min

13.

The Importance of Beauty in Our Lives

2min

14.

Electric Lady Studios: The Story of Jimi Hendrix

3min

15.

The Downside of Planning a Project

2min

Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg and his team studied more than 16,000 projects—from skyscrapers to high-speed rails to Oscar-winning films—to learn the secrets of their success, and some failures.

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