The Shift Code

In this episode of The Shift Code Podcast, host Pierre Le Manh is joined by Azran Osman-Rani, Group CEO and Co-founder of Naluri, to discuss how visionary leaders systematically challenge industry conventions, scale agility across global teams, and build sustainable businesses that outmaneuver incumbents.
What You’ll Learn:
How to identify genuine disruption opportunities by questioning one fundamental assumption
What it really takes to move faster than your competitors
Why killing projects matters more than starting them
How to implement enterprise agility at scale without losing strategic coherence
Why the leaders of tomorrow need the flexibility of rubber and the fortitude of steel
Azran Osman-Rani is CEO and Co-Founder of Naluri, a digital health company focused on behavior change and chronic disease management. With a background spanning aviation, media, and consulting, he brings a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare innovation. A Stanford graduate in Management Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering, Azran previously led AirAsia X as CEO, scaling it from startup to IPO in six years and pioneering low-cost long-haul travel. He later helped shape the streaming platform iflix, where he was known as the “Dragon Keeper of the Tao,” championing its unique culture. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Company and Booz Allen Hamilton. He’s also the author of 30 Days and 30 Years: The Sprint and Marathon of Breakthrough Performance. Today, Azran focuses on advancing digital therapeutics and is a leading voice at the intersection of health, technology, and business.
Episode Resources:
Azran Osman-Rani on LinkedIn
Naluri Website
Pierre Le Manh on LinkedIn
Project Management Institute Website
Project Management Institute LinkedIn

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 failures
Why the best leaders focus on building systems rather than giving firebrand speeches
How projects can succeed spectacularly on one dimension while failing on another
The “uniqueness trap” as the single biggest red flag for cost blowouts
Why investing 20–30% of the total cost in planning dramatically improves outcomes
How AI is already boosting individual productivity by 40%, but only 5% at the corporate level
Alexander Budzier is a Fellow in Management Practice at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, where he researches and teaches how to set major projects up for success. His dataset of more than 22,000 capital investment projects across 126 countries is the empirical foundation for two books published by Wiley in 2025: How to Measure Anything in Project Management, co-authored with Douglas Hubbard and Andreas Leed, an Amazon number-one bestseller in software and IT project management; and Intelligent Change: The Science Behind Digital Transformations, which draws on Oxford research to establish what actually drives success in digital programs.
His research has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, where his article on uniqueness bias, co-authored with Bent Flyvbjerg, was selected for HBR's 10 Must Reads 2026, and in leading journals across management, energy, and transport. He is CEO of Oxford Global Projects, a specialist advisory firm, advising governments and major program teams across transport, infrastructure, IT, and energy. He completed his doctorate at Oxford in 2015, having previously worked at McKinsey's Business Technology Office in Düsseldorf and Chicago.
Episode Resources:
Alexander Budzier on LinkedIn
Oxford Global Projects  Website
Pierre Le Manh on LinkedIn
Project Management Institute Website
Project Management Institute LinkedIn

In this episode of The Shift Code Podcast, host Pierre Le Manh is joined by Julia Dhar of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to discuss why most change initiatives stall, how to architect decisions that accelerate adoption, and the human behavioral science principles that separate transformation success from failure.
What You’ll Learn:
How to shift from false alignment to true agreement
Why agency matters more than involvement in change initiatives
How to architect choices that accelerate adoption
The critical difference between threat, fitness, and destiny organizational change narratives
Why process excellence is inseparable from human success
Julia Dhar is a Harvard-trained behavioral scientist and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group, where she founded and leads BCG’s Behavioral Science Lab. She has spent more than a decade applying experimental behavioral science—drawing from psychology, economics, and neuroscience—to large-scale organizational change, advising CEOs and leadership teams across industries and countries. Julia’s TED talks on productive disagreement and constructive conversations have been viewed more than 8.5 million times. She is a Forbes columnist who has written for The Financial Times and Harvard Business Review and is a member of the Aspen Institute’s Advisory Board on Social Trust, and the National Advisory Board for Disagree Better. She holds a Master's in Public Policy (MPP) from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor's degree in Economic and Social Sciences from the University of Sydney. She has worked in more than 25 countries.
Episode Resources:
Julia Dhar on LinkedIn
Boston Consulting Group Website
Pierre Le Manh on LinkedIn
Project Management Institute Website
Project Management Institute LinkedIn

In this episode of The Shift Code Podcast, host Pierre Le Manh is joined by Roger Martella of GE Vernova to dive into how a 2023 spinoff from GE transformed a legacy industrial conglomerate into a purpose-built energy technology company.
What You’ll Learn:
How to balance short-term nimbleness with long-term strategic conviction
The simplicity principle for transformation
Why service mentality unlocks innovation at scale
How to navigate policy misalignment without compromising purpose
The role of purpose in driving enterprise-wide alignment
Roger Martella is Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer, and Head of Government Affairs at GE Vernova, where he leads global efforts to address the energy trilemma: reliability, affordability, and sustainability. Previously, he served as General Counsel of the U.S. EPA, confirmed unanimously by the Senate, and as principal counsel for complex environmental litigation at the DOJ.
Episode Resources:
Roger Martella on LinkedIn
GE Vernova Website
Pierre Le Manh on LinkedIn
Project Management Institute Website
Project Management Institute LinkedIn

In this episode of The Shift Code Podcast, host Pierre Le Manh is joined by Luisa Barraza, Chief Vice President of People Experience, Organizational Development, and Transformation at Pfizer, to discuss why the human element is the foundation of enterprise agility, how to apply human-centered design and agile principles across complex organizations, and the strategic shifts required to thrive in an AI-disrupted world.
What You’ll Learn:
Why transformation fails when you lead with technology instead of people
How to apply human-centered design to internal transformation projects
Why AI projects fail at scale and how to reverse course
How to future-proof your workforce amid AI disruption
The critical rebalancing act for global corporations facing deglobalization
Why you should shift from change management to change-making
Luisa Barraza is the Vice President of People Experience, Organizational Development, and Transformation at Pfizer and an “intrapreneur” who is passionate about transforming how organizations work. Luisa has over 20 years of experience in roles across global markets and functions, including Technology, Corporate Audit, Global Marketing, Innovation, and People Experience. Her favorite part of these experiences has been leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
Episode Resources:
Luisa Barraza on LinkedIn
Pfizer Website
Pierre Le Manh on LinkedIn
Project Management Institute Website
Project Management Institute LinkedIn