(1) Get BIG things done: #LEGO fix
Think slow, act fast
#Megaprojects are late bc not enough time spent planning (minimize uncertainty, shrink risk).
#FrankGehry’s #Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened on time & under budget: experimenting w/designs & models for 2 yrs.
Big things doesn’t mean Gehry poring over blueprints. You could just play w/LEGOS.
“A block of LEGO is a small thing, but by assembling more than 9k of them, you can build 1 of the biggest sets LEGO makes.” -Dr. #Flyvbjerg #WSJ
(2) Get BIG things done: #LEGO fix
Find the LEGO that simplifies your work & makes it #modular.
“#Modularity: a clunky word for the elegant idea 💡 of big things made from small things…you’ll see it everywhere…#software, #subways, #hardware, #hotels, #officebuildings, #schools, #factories, #hospitals, #rockets, #satellites, #cars, #appstores.
They’re all profoundly modular, built w/a basic #buildingblock. They can scale up like crazy…” E.g., #Tesla’s gigafactories, #Apple’s HQs, wedding cake.
(3) Get BIG things done: #LEGO fix
#Weddingcake as #modulardesign: #bake one layer, then another. Then stack - just like LEGOS.
#GodtfredKirkChristiansen ran LEGO 1957-1973, when the business founded by his father patented the LEGO block. LEGO was known for its 265 toys, but he wanted to concentrate its resources & create a #system around 1 toy: unique, lasting, could be developed into a wider range, easy to play with, produce & sell.
LEGO’s bricks were #modular. Its business would be, too.
(4) Get BIG things done: #LEGO fix
LEGO picking the plastic brick in the 1950s as the centerpiece of its business = a fitting #corporatestrategy: LEGO turned a small thing into something much bigger.
“That’s the question every project leader should ask: What is the small thing we can #assemble in large numbers into a big thing?What’s our LEGO?”
-#BentFlyvbjerg, #Oxford economist.
0.5% of big projects: delivered on budget. Dr. #Flyvbjerg’s lessons on why they succeed, are the LEGO fix.
Renee