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Des Moines Public Library business book pick: “How Big Things Get Done,” by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner

Why you should read it: Turning big visions into realities is one of the most difficult skills, but also one of the most rewarding sensations when it happens. Understanding what distinguishes those triumphs from failures is the life’s work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg. In his latest book, he works to identify the errors and decisions that led big projects to failure. This book serves as a lesson plan for projects big and small, and managers of all stripes.