Odyssey 2026 insights
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A practical look at Model Context Protocol and the role of specialised agents in connecting AI systems to enterprise tools without multiplying fragile integrations.
Adit Khandelwal and Harsh Dadhich
Read the insightAn end-to-end, governed development workflow that moves from Jira requirements to design, testing and pull-request creation while retaining deliberate review gates.
Rajat Khandelwal and Nitesh Soni
Read the insightLori Williams moderated a candid conversation with five CEOs—Manpreet Singh, Sanjay Gidwani, Eran Gil, Glenn Weinstein and Chris Barbin on how judgment, context and conviction shape decisions across people, capital, growth and AI.
Lori Williams (Moderator), Manpreet Singh, Sanjay Gidwani, Eran Gil, Glenn Weinstein and Chris Barbin
Read the insightA view of Salesforce as a governed, event-driven backend: enabling people and AI systems to work through the interfaces that best serve them while retaining CRM context.
Nikita Pahilwani, Naveen Sharma and Snehasis Hazra
Read the insightA walkthrough of using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, governed tools and policy guardrails to reduce incident investigation time while protecting production systems.
Rishabh Nagar, Bhanvendra Singh Gaur and Pankaj Phular
Read the insightA partner conversation on how Global Capability Centers create value through integrated culture, customer proximity and continuous learning—not simply offshore capacity.
Chris Barbin (Moderator), Nick Peacock, Abhinav Gehlot, Eran Gil and Manish Khatri
Read the insightA live demonstration of BOT’s operating system for GCC efficiency, linking people, processes and platforms while reserving judgement for the people closest to the work.
Lisa Burton, Deepali Puri, Akshay Singh Thakur and Ayushi Sharma
Read the insightA candid discussion about moving AI beyond promising pilots: confronting total cost, data readiness, operating-model change and a real measure of business value.
Deepali Puri and Reem Seghairoun (Moderator) and Chris Barbin, Gurvendra Suri, William Fleder, Glenn Weinstein, Sanjay Gidwani
Read the insightFour personal leadership journeys revealed how pivotal choices, mentors and difficult people decisions shape a meaningful working life.
Manpreet Singh and Lisa Burton (Moderator), Reem Seghairoun, Lori Williams, Ronit Rubin, Anjali Jain
Read the insightA deeply personal reflection on endurance, connection and building support systems—framed through a solo ocean-rowing journey for mental-health causes.
Chris Barbin
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