The truth is painful but simple: the technology doesn't fail; the underlying data...
Ash Srivastava - August 10, 2026
The truth is painful but simple: the technology doesn't fail; the underlying data foundation does. Bain & Company, in it's four-part series from Roadmap to Reality: Phasing Agentic AI into Production (Eric Sheng, Roger Zhu, Brendan O., Dale P., and @Kevin Zhang) laid the definitive law of modern digital transformation: Governance, Trust, and the Data Foundation are completely inseparable.
You simply cannot govern what you cannot structure, and you cannot build a trusted system on top of data chaos.
If your organization has spent years accumulating massive data debt, a smarter algorithm will only scale that liability faster.
You must aggressively fix your underlying data foundation first.
Stop chasing shortcuts—do the hard foundational engineering work required to unlock true value.
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