Megaproject Leaders

Edited by Nathalie Drouin, Professor, Department of Management, École des Sciences de la Gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM), Canada and Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, Shankar Sankaran, Professor, School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Design, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Alfons van Marrewijk, Professor of Construction Cultures, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, Adjunct Professor of Project Management, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway and Ralf Müller, Professor of Project Management, Department of Leadership and Organization, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

‘The management of megaprojects is one of the most fascinating themes in project management. We witness an increasing amount of research and publications dedicated to megaprojects -- but the research documents a criminal negligence of the key people that drive, shape and influence the success or failure of megaprojects. This new book makes a fundamental difference. It focuses on the key people, who jointly manage successfully very complex megaprojects.’

• Contents:Author biographies ixForeword by Jeffrey K. Pinto xviiAcknowledgements xixSECTION I INTRODUCTION1 What is done through the lens of megaproject leaders’ life stories 2Nathalie Drouin, Alfons van Marrewijk, ShankarSankaran and Ralf Müller2 A biographical research approach 12Alfons van Marrewijk, Shankar Sankaran, Ralf Müllerand Nathalie DrouinSECTION II THE BIOGRAPHICAL LIFE STORIES3 3 instead of 24 – complete closure of the A40 motorway 21Yvonne Schoper4 Storytelling from the authentic leader of High Speed 2(HS2) Ltd. infrastructure megaproject in the United Kingdom 47Natalya Sergeeva and Andrew Davies5 Transformation2 : leading a megaproject turnaround 62Bernard Naughton and Harvey Maylor6 Developing a partnership in the Schiphol–Amsterdam–Almere megaproject 84Alfons van Marrewijk7 The Gotthard Base Tunnel: the work of a century 101Nathalie Drouin and Ralf Müller8 The project owner and the project manager: the M4motorway connecting Sydney from the west to the east 119Daphne Freeder, Shankar Sankaran and Stewart Clegg9 The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa:a labour of love and learning 139Daphne Freeder, Shankar Sankaran and Stewart Clegg10 Childhood experiences and personality meet opportunity:the formative development of a megaproject innovator 150John Steen11 Incheon Bridge, South Korea: the actualization ofa landmark envisioned a century ago 166Maude Brunet12 The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge and its project leader 181Qian Shi and Chao Xiao13 Attention and mindfulness: a tale of two megaprojects 201Linzhuo Wang and Fangwei Zhu14 Megaproject leadership in the developing world: an Indianperspective 215Ashwin Mahalingam15 How to lead an urban megaproject: lessons from the Canada Line 232Nathalie Drouin16 Hydro-Québec megaprojects: learnings from a leader 248Nathalie DrouinSECTION III INSIGHTS AND CONCLUSIONS17 Insights from personal perspectives 270Ralf Müller, Alfons van Marrewijk, Nathalie Drouin andShankar Sankaran18 Conclusions and reflections: what have we learnt aboutmegaproject leaders? 288Shankar Sankaran, Alfons van Marrewijk, NathalieDrouin and Ralf MüllerIndex 298