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Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)

Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)

Update: 2023-04-2729
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Whether it’s a giant infrastructure plan or a humble kitchen renovation, it’ll inevitably take way too long and cost way too much. That’s because you suffer from “the planning fallacy.” (You also have an “optimism bias” and a bad case of overconfidence.) But don’t worry: we’ve got the solution. 

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mahan myr

How can I find the transcript of this episode?

Jun 6th
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Joe A. Finley II

Cost overruns?! We spent $250B/yr on the military in the 1990s; we now spend nearly $800B/yr. So there's that. Make green infrastructure, not war.

May 19th
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Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)

Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)

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