The first thing to go in a job search isn’t your skills. It’s your certainty. Here’s what I learned from a few months of unexpected reflection, rejection, and re-alignment. 🧠 Introduction A few months ago, I found myself unexpectedly job hunting.I took some time to visit family in South Africa — and while it gave…
When you’ve been in the game long enough—whether in tech, business, or life—you earn the right to call yourself experienced. But what if the real power lies not in what you already know, but in how willing you are to see the world as if you don’t? Marc Benioff, the founder of Salesforce, calls this…
There’s a quiet power in sitting down to write, even when the destination is unclear. I don’t write because I have all the answers — I write because I don’t.More often than not, it’s the act of writing that helps me figure out what I really think, as the words begin to take shape on…
There’s a quote in The Choice that lingers long after the page turns: “We can’t change what happened—but we can choose to find the gift in our lives.” It’s the kind of truth that hits differently depending on where you are in life. When I picked up Edith Eger’s memoir, I wasn’t just looking for…
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me..” Over a decade ago, I came across this list, and it instantly struck a chord. Written by Regina Brett, a columnist from Cleveland, Ohio, she originally published these “45 Life Lessons” after turning 50 — reflections on love, loss, joy, parenting, faith,…
Experiencing the Salesforce Agentforce World Tour firsthand this week in Sydney was inspiring. Seeing cutting-edge AI in action and how Salesforce is shaping the future of customer engagement reinforced what I already knew—AI is a game-changer. Having been directly involved in the pilot program, I’ve witnessed Agentforce evolve, unlocking new possibilities for businesses. Now, as…
Most of what I write on pauldobinson.com is grounded in the safe terrain of technology, sport, and business. But sometimes, something personal lingers long enough to demand reflection. This post is one of those. It’s different. And I hesitated to write it. Because it’s about fairness. About identity. About systems built with good intent, which—over…
From Team Lunches to Trust: Simple Ways to Boost Wellbeing & Drive Growth in 2025 📈 As an expat living in Australia with a background in the tech and Salesforce ecosystem—and a keen interest in sports psychology and team dynamics—the World Happiness Report 2025 immediately resonated with me. It offers a data-driven perspective on how…
“Where was the caring in leaving children without meals? Where was the excellence in serving food unfit for purpose?”
Just off a Qantas flight that felt more “Spirit of Squeezed Sardine” than “Spirit of Australia,” I couldn’t shake the disconnect between my lived experience and the airline’s stated values of safety, caring, integrity, and excellence.
As I’ve been reading Joe Aston’s The Chairman’s Lounge, that disconnect has come into sharper focus. The book doesn’t just explain what’s gone wrong—it reveals how the pursuit of EBITDA and adjusted earnings has gradually reshaped Qantas into something unrecognisable.
My review explores the flight, the facts, and the bigger question facing all businesses:
👉 What happens when financial metrics trump human experience?
💭 Read it now on pauldobinson.com.
🗣️ “Everyone had an opinion. And every opinion was the same: That will never work.” ~ Marc Randolph, That Will Never Work Marc Randolph’s That Will Never Work isn’t just a nostalgic trip down memory lane—it’s a raw, unfiltered chronicle of the chaotic and exhilarating birth of Netflix. For those of us immersed in the…
