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

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.

An episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)" was published on April 27, 2023 and runs 42 minutes.

April 27, 2023 ·42m · Freakonomics Radio

Summary

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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