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title: "Episode 73: Agentic AI in 2026: Where Should Organisations Focus?"
type: episode
date: 2025-12-21
source: podcast
original_url: "https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/naveen-balani/episodes/Episode-73-Agentic-AI-in-2026-Where-Should-Organisations-Focus-e3cksg7"
summary: "Agentic AI is moving fast. Models are changing. Tools are evolving. Standards are forming. But amid all this movement, organisations are facing a deeper question: where should they actually focus? In this episode, we move beyond model intelligence and talk…"
audio_url: "https://anchor.fm/s/ffd45cec/podcast/play/112930759/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-21%2F3620988d-a5d0-f9a3-2e27-cad7e4335d41.mp3"
duration: "00:06:26"
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Agentic AI is moving fast. Models are changing. Tools are evolving. Standards are forming. But amid all this movement, organisations are facing a deeper question: where should they actually focus?
In this episode, we move beyond model intelligence and talk about behaviour, discipline, and system design. Why intelligence is now a baseline, not a strategy. Why trust is built in the messy edge cases, not the perfect demos. And why production-grade agentic AI requires intent, lifecycle thinking, restraint, and predictable behaviour under change.
A grounded conversation on how to think about agentic AI as an operating model, not a feature — and how organisations can navigate 2026 without chasing every new release.