How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
Rigid plans with fixed definitions of success limit our options and invite failure. Whether it’s planning Carl’s daughter’s education or an interplanetary mission, adjustments are natural and necessary.
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One shift that can help us all is to change our minds about planning. Like search, planning is a literacy that’s not taught in school, and yet it’s a key to success in life and work. We plan events, trips, families, sites, systems, companies, and cities. We do it all the time but make the same mistakes. First, we procrastinate. We fear complexity,
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Many yearn for neat narratives, perfect prototypes, or bulletproof decks that placate stakeholders. But in this quest for tidy consensus, the work can stagnate, spinning its gears in the muck of groupthink and subtle fear. Forward progress is made when you trust the raw feeling that something is worth trying and ... See more
Many yearn for neat narratives, perfect prototypes, or bulletproof decks that placate stakeholders. But in this quest for tidy consensus, the work can stagnate, spinning its gears in the muck of groupthink and subtle fear. Forward progress is made when you trust the raw feeling that something is worth trying and ... See more
Projects routinely start with answers, not questions.
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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration
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