# What 22,000 Projects Reveal About Success and Failure

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Podcast: [The Shift Code](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shift-code-7230009)
Published: 2026-05-05T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of The Shift Code Podcast, host Pierre Le Manh is joined by Alexander Budzier, Fellow in Management Practice at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, to share insights on what project success actually means and why traditional metrics fail to capture it. What You’ll Learn: What truly separates successful projects from slow-motion failuresWhy the best leaders focus on building systems rather than giving firebrand speechesHow projects can succeed spectacularly on one ...

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