The Brutal Truth About Agentic AI and Integration Debt
The agentic enterprise looks neat on stage. Inside real organisations, it’s messier. Here’s why integration debt, interface collapse, and “agentic debt” will define who wins in 2026.
Australia’s Productivity Crisis: The Billion-Dollar Flaw in Federation
Australia is facing a productivity crisis, and part of the problem lies in a federation model designed in 1901 that no longer fits the nation we have become. Duplication across states in IT, housing, and approvals is costing us billions every year. We would never accept this level of overhead in business — why should we in government?
Salesforce in Crisis? CRM Exposed in the Age of AI
Salesforce faces stock dips, layoffs, and doubts over Agentforce adoption — but CRM isn’t dead. The real challenge is exposed: dirty data, old orgs, and unclear strategies. Learn why clean data, orchestration, and a layered approach across customers, partners, and builders are the key to surviving the Age of AI.
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Filtered Out: How AI Decides You’re Too Old for the Job
Ageism is the one bias none of us can avoid. It shows up in restructures, where experience is traded out for cost savings. Now it’s being automated, with AI quietly rejecting older candidates before a human even sees their CV. The irony is that every leader applauding this ‘efficiency’ will one day face the same system themselves.
How to Scale AI Without Starting From Scratch: Lessons From APIs
Too many AI projects are built fast, but not smart. This post breaks down what the API era got right and how reuse, orchestration, and structure can help you scale AI without blowing the budget.
Is Salesforce Data Cloud Worth It? Debunking the Myths
Salesforce Data Cloud has sparked a lot of conversation, confusion, and curiosity. Is it just another CDP? A pricey data lake? Or something more? In this post, I unpack the most common myths and explain what Data Cloud really is, how it works with Agentforce, and whether it’s worth considering for your business.
🐟 Pacific Blue-Eyes, AI, and the Over-Engineering Trap
I stumbled across a beautifully simple idea the other day: placing native fish like Pacific Blue-eyes into rain barrels that collect overflow from water tanks to stop mosquitoes breeding. It’s a classic Aussie summer dilemma: you want to store rainwater for your garden, but standing water becomes a mozzie nursery. And with climate change and…
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Hidden Potential – Growth Isn’t Linear (And That’s the Point)
A Book Review of “Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things” by Adam Grant One of the best books I’ve read recently is Hidden Potential by Adam Grant. It’s sharp, well-researched, and full of ideas that challenge the way we think about talent, success, and how people actually grow—not just in business, but in…
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Why I Write (and Why I Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission)
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…
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There Must Be a Better Way: Moving Beyond Labels in a Data-Rich World
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…
