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A review by hvertti
The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated by Roland Huntford
4.0
This book should be an obligatory reading for anyone involved with Project Management. It is a perfect example of how two very different leaders approached the same challenge.
Almost every business and management buzzword will come to mind at one time or another while reading this book: self-directed team, innovation, communication, micromanagement, et cetera. Anyone who has ever worked in a development project will find himself in familiar territory and will march along both expeditions, thinking they know the outcome in advance. However, the final chapters prove that the human heart, whether we are talking about an individual or the masses, is even more unpredictable and treacherous than the polar ice cap.
Almost every business and management buzzword will come to mind at one time or another while reading this book: self-directed team, innovation, communication, micromanagement, et cetera. Anyone who has ever worked in a development project will find himself in familiar territory and will march along both expeditions, thinking they know the outcome in advance. However, the final chapters prove that the human heart, whether we are talking about an individual or the masses, is even more unpredictable and treacherous than the polar ice cap.