Best of Recent Book recommendations from Twitter threads

Two books we highly recommend;

1. The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management by @BentFlyvbjerg (editor)

Success in megaproject management is typically defined as projects delivering the promised benefits on budget and on time. If, as the evidence indicates, approximately 1–2 out of ten megaprojects are on budget, 1–2 out of ten are on schedule, and 1–2 out of ten are on benefits, then approximately 1–8 in a thousand projects is a success, defined as on target for all three. Even if the numbers were wrong by a large margin the success rate would still be dismal. This serves to illustrate what may be called the “iron law of megaprojects:” Over budget, over time, under benefits, over and over again (Flyvbjerg 2011). Best practice is an outlier, and average practice a disaster, in this interesting and very costly area of management.

2. Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital by @KClausing

Third, we need to create a common foundation of facts on which to build a lively public debate, generating better policy decisions. Due to the Internet, our news and information systems have changed dramatically in recent years. This offers the advantage of easier access to a wealth of information from around the globe. Yet there are also serious downsides. The personal tailoring of news information and the spread of misinformation (also known as “fake news”) have caused large groups of the public to live in widely disparate realities.