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by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
January 2026
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 21m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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PREFACE

If you’re reading this book, you already know that modern project management matters. You’ve seen it drive strategy, innovation, and growth—and you’ve likely seen poor project management tank even the most promising initiatives.

But what if I told you that many project failures aren’t really about project management at all? In fact, some of the biggest reasons projects fail can’t be traced to missed deadlines or flawed Gantt charts. They stem from something more profound—from leadership blind spots and organizational structures that were never designed to support a world powered by projects.

That’s what drove me, in 2019, to introduce a more disruptive shift—the concept of the project economy. It wasn’t just about doing projects better. ...

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ISBN: 9798892790611