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FranklinCovey On Leadership

Bent Flyvbjerg: How Big Things Get Done

FranklinCovey On Leadership

FranklinCovey

Management, Business

4.6215 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Episode 284 | The role power, dynamics, and psychology play in project management is profound according to Danish economic geographer Bent Flyvbjerg. He discusses the crucial elements of successful projects, the pitfalls that lead to failures, and the importance of combining optimism with realism to navigate big ventures effectively. Flyvbjerg encourages leaders to think slow and act fast, while building a culture of continuous learning and precision in forecasting. • The Unofficial Project Manager: Everyone manages projects at some point, but leaders especially have an important role in guiding projects as unofficial project managers. A Guide for Leaders— http://pages.franklincovey.com/the-unofficial-project-manager-a-guide-for-leaders-p.html

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0:00.0

We welcome back to Franklin Covey's podcast on leadership with Scott Muller, that's me

0:15.2

on your host and interviewer each week where now for over five years and nearly 300 episodes

0:20.4

I've had the enormous privilege and honor of sitting in this chair on this set that

0:24.1

changes about once a year where we interview a different person, thought leader, business

0:29.0

titan, celebrity, survivor of trauma, researcher, someone that has done some hard work on making

0:36.1

you a better leader.

0:38.6

Franklin Covey is the world's most trusted leadership firm and I am privileged to each

0:42.6

week have these great conversations invested in helping to build your leadership competency.

0:47.3

It might be making you a more agile thinker, a better project manager, more responsible

0:52.5

for a disciplined and high performance culture, how to be a more trusted leader.

0:57.5

You name it every week, we try to bring to you some of the world's most profound thinkers,

1:01.8

researchers and thought leaders to invest in not just you but also in ourselves as well.

1:07.5

I'm also the author of the multi-volume series from HarperCollins called Master Mentors,

1:12.9

Volume 1 and Volume 2 are now out in paperback, print, digital and video book where each

1:18.6

year I publish a new volume featured on 30 guests that I think have delivered a transformational

1:24.0

insight, love to have you pick up a copy of Master Mentors, Volume 3 releasing soon.

1:29.2

Our guest today is my favorite economic geographer.

1:32.8

His name is Ben Flubier, he is a dain that also teaches around the world of universities,

1:38.8

he's joining us today from Oxford where he is a residence as a professor, he's the author

1:43.4

or editor of numerous books including his most recent release, How Big Things Get Done,

1:50.6

the surprising factors that determine the fate of every project from home renovations

1:56.5

to space exploration and everything in between, Ben, welcome to on leadership.

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