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138938How Big Things Get Donehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/how-big-things-get-done-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1602704/5bef17e6-63aa-46e4-bcc3-9ff0995d7571.jpg?v=638338450366400000387387MXNPenguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupInStock/Audiolibros/139258How Big Things Get Done387387https://www.gandhi.com.mx/how-big-things-get-done-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1602704/5bef17e6-63aa-46e4-bcc3-9ff0995d7571.jpg?v=638338450366400000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20239780593629536_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9780593629536_<p>The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scalefrom home renovation to space explorationby the worlds leading expert on megaprojects.</p><p>Important, timely, instructive, and entertaining.Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prizewinning author of <em>Thinking, Fast and Slow</em></p><p>Nothing 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 Yorks skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apples iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months.</p><p>These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Bostons 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 Californias high-speed rail project soared from 33 billion to 100 billonand wont 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?</p><p>Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the lifes work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed the worlds leading megaproject expert. In <em>How Big Things Get Done</em>, 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:</p><p><strong> Understand your odds.</strong> If you dont know them, you wont win.<br /><strong> Plan slow, act fast.</strong> Getting to the action quick feels right. But its wrong.<br /><strong> Think right to left</strong>. Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there.<br /><strong> Find your Lego.</strong> Big is best built from small.<br /><strong> Be a team maker.</strong> You wont succeed without an us.<br /><strong> Master the unknown unknowns.</strong> Most think they cant, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can.<br /><strong> Know that your biggest risk is you.</strong></p><p>Full 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, <em>How Big Things Get Done</em> reveals how to get any ambitious project doneon time and on budget.</p>...(*_*)9780593629536_<p>One of <em>The Economist</em>s Best Books of 2023</p><p>The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scalefrom home renovation to space explorationby the worlds leading expert on megaprojects.</p><p>Nothing 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 Yorks skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apples iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months.</p><p>These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Bostons 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 Californias high-speed rail project soared from 33 billion to 100 billonand wont 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?</p><p>Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the lifes work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed the worlds leading megaproject expert. In <em>How Big Things Get Done</em>, 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:</p><ul><li><em>Understand your odds</em>. If you dont know them, you wont win.</li><li><em>Plan slow, act fast</em>. Getting to the action quick feels right. But its wrong.</li><li><em>Think right to left.</em> Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there.</li><li><em>Find your Lego</em>. Big is best built from small.</li><li><em>Be a team maker</em>. You wont succeed without an "us."</li><li><em>Master the unknown unknowns</em>. Most think they cant, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can.</li><li><em>Know that your biggest risk is you.</em></li></ul><p>Full 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, <em>How Big Things Get Done</em> reveals how to get any ambitious project doneon time and on budget.</p><p><strong>For a visual representation of the charts and graphs mentioned throughout, as well as Appendix A and B, please be sure to download the Bonus PDF accompanying this program.</strong></p>...9780593629536_Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Groupaudiolibro_8c3ea3f8-f7dc-349b-9ca3-f742deda8bfd_9780593629536;9780593629536_9780593629536Bent FlyvbjergInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2023-02-07T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group