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Childhood experiences and personality meet opportunity: the formative development of a megaproject innovator

In: Megaproject Leaders

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  • John Steen

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Innovation in megaproject management has been important for improving outcomes in these multibillion dollar projects. The introduction of new technologies, processes and even new business models will be vital in addressing persistent cost overruns and time delays. However, innovating in this context requires careful negotiation, leadership and vision to imagine a different way of managing complexity and emergent problems. Through a biographical narrative, this chapter asks where do these managers come from and what are the seminal experiences that enable them to be institutional entrepreneurs within megaprojects? At least in the case of John Parker, being an ‘outsider’ with a creative personality, and having a wide range of project work experience are important preconditions for leading change in megaprojects.

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  • John Steen, 2021. "Childhood experiences and personality meet opportunity: the formative development of a megaproject innovator," Chapters, in: Nathalie Drouin & Shankar Sankaran & Alfons van Marrewijk & Ralf Müller (ed.), Megaproject Leaders, chapter 10, pages 150-165, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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