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  • Chapter 3 - Voyages of Discovery

  • from Part I - Guiding Principles
  • Edited by Lavagnon A. Ika, University of Ottawa, Jeffrey K. Pinto, Pennsylvania State University
  • Book:
    Cambridge Handbook of Project Behavior
    Published online:
    22 November 2025
    Print publication:
    28 August 2025, pp 58-70

  • Summary

    Over the last decade there have been significant advances in our understanding of how delivery models enable megaproject innovation. Despite this, megaprojects often misbehave and struggle to take advantage of opportunities to innovate because control and leadership practices crowd it out. In this chapter we return to Albert Hirschman and his Voyage of Discovery principle and Latitude concept of project governance. Hirschman was a major proponent of innovation and observed the importance of a spirit of enterprise during the execution of large development projects. However, he did not elaborate on how the capacity to innovate might be mobilized in specific project contexts. This chapter extends these ideas by examining the literature on megaproject capabilities and the delivery model architectures that enable innovation during megaproject execution. We then examine the literature on the complementary roles that megaproject control and leadership can play in balancing and driving innovative responses to complexity and uncertainty. We conclude that there is a need for further research in this area.