{"product_id":"how-big-things-get-done","title":"How Big Things Get Done","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHow Big Things Get Done\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, with examples ranging from a Jimi Hendrix studio to the Sydney Opera House.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Entertaining . . . There are lessons here for managers of all stripes.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEconomist, Financial Times, CEO Magazine, Morningstar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Porchlight Business Book Award, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Schroders Business Book of the Year Award, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eInc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNon-Obvious Book Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 fail. Why?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow Big Things Get Done\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Understand your odds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e If you don’t know them, you won’t win.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Plan slow, act fast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Getting to the action quick feels right. But it’s wrong. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Think right to left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Find your Lego.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Big is best built from small.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Be a team maker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e You won’t succeed without an “us.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Master the unknown unknowns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Most think they can’t, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Know that your biggest risk is you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of vivid examples ranging from the building of the Sydney Opera House, to the making of the latest Pixar blockbusters, to a home renovation in Brooklyn gone awry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow Big Things Get Done\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals how to get any ambitious project done—on time and on budget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"EnglishBookHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47698542559486,"sku":"99","price":1700.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0788\/9616\/9214\/files\/How-Big-Things-Get-Done-EnglishBookHouse-2605571.jpg?v=1768475119","url":"https:\/\/kitabfaroosh.com\/products\/how-big-things-get-done","provider":"Kitab Faroosh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}