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Why 199 of 200 Projects Fail: The Iron Law That Dooms Even the Smartest Ideas (#268)

2025-09-23 · 18 min · episode 268 · 15 entities

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What do kitchen renovations, Olympic Games, and nuclear power plants have in common? Most of them fail — spectacularly. World-renowned expert Bent Flyvbjerg explains why 199 out of 200 big projects go over budget, over time, and under expectations — and what the rare successful ones do differently. From Pixar films to the Empire State Building, learn the principles that separate disasters from triumphs.