Tag: Panama Canal
🌍 The Canal That United Oceans and Stakeholders Alike – The Panama Canal and the Art of Project Stakeholder Management
1. A Dream Too Big to Belong to One Nation In the late 19th century, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific wasn’t just an engineering dream — it was a geopolitical obsession.Every great power wanted control of that maritime shortcut. When the French began the project in 1880, optimism ran high. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the mastermind…
💰 Digging Through Debt – Cost Lessons from the Panama Canal
1. The Dream That Sank in Debt In the late 19th century, the world was obsessed with conquering geography. Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America promised global dominance — politically, commercially, and militarily. The French, led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, began construction in 1881. Flush with the success of the Suez Canal,…
