087: How big things get done (part 2)

More thoughts from How Big Things Get Done while on the way to brunch.

(You'll need to have listened to part 1 for some of the references in here.)

• The fight between data and stories
• Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady recording studio
• Sounds obvious that you should think slow act fast, but most projects don't go like that
• The political utility of sunk cost bias
• Tom dramatically underestimated how long it would take to make his Innovation Tactics Pip Deck
• Robert Caro dramatically underestimated how long it would take to write The Power Broker
• Internal forecasting vs Reference Class Forecasting, and the problem of uniqueness bias
• Forecasting and iterating a solo jazz dance workshop ... based on Ashtanga yoga
• Master Multiverse Mapping and fighting the Inherent Bigness of Ideas by asking, "how could we deliver the value to one person, right now?"
• Forecasting example: how long will kitchen remodelling take?

Linky Goodness

• How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg: https://sites.prh.com/how-big-things-get-done-book
• Innovation Tactics by Tom Kerwin: https://pipdecks.com/products/innovation-tactics
• The Power Broker by Robert Caro: https://www.robertcaro.org/the-power-broker
• Lindy Hop classes – https://swingshiftlindyhop.com/
• Master Multiverse Mapping Course: https://triggerstrategy.com/multiverse-mapping
• The Inherent Bigness of Ideas: https://shows.acast.com/triggerstrategy/episodes/065-the-inherent-bigness-of-ideas
• Trigger Strategy Group: https://triggerstrategy.com

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