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Reforming Broken Systems: What the Criminal Justice Crisis Teaches Us About Automation

May 15, 20251 min read

Broken systems don’t just waste time—they destroy lives.

The U.S. criminal justice system is one of the most visible examples of institutional inefficiency and inequity. But what does it have to do with your business, or the automations you’re building?

Everything.

At SalesStak, we believe the same principles behind reform apply to building automation that actually works—and serves people, not just process.


🔍 1. Systems Should Be Just, Not Just Efficient

Defense attorneys fight daily against unfair bail practices, sentencing disparities, and racial bias. Why? Because those systems were built to optimize control, not fairness.

If your business systems only optimize for output—without safeguarding user experience, consent, or transparency—you’re recreating the same dynamics.

Automation isn’t just about speed. It’s about equity.


⚖️ 2. Reform Starts With Visibility

One of the biggest challenges in justice reform? Lack of visibility into how and why decisions get made. The same is true in agency operations.

Whether it's lead scoring, form routing, or follow-up automation, if your clients (or team) can’t see or trust how your system works, it erodes confidence.

✅ At SalesStak, we design automations with human-readable logic, documented flows, and transparency baked in.


🧠 3. The Right Tools Need the Right Values

Reform doesn’t happen through policy alone—it happens through pressure, values, and action. The same applies to automation.

  • Are you building tech that empowers or excludes?

  • Are your workflows reinforcing status, or unlocking scale?

  • Are your lead systems fair, or silently biased?


🚨 Real Reform Is Our Business Model

We help advisors, coaches, and agencies dismantle broken sales systems—and replace them with modular, fair, AI-powered workflows that scale without compromise.

Because the real goal of automation isn’t to do more.
It’s to do better.


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Marc Johnston-Roche is an AI Automation Expert and the Co-founder of SalesStak, a performance-driven AI Automation Agency helping service professionals scale with smart systems. With over 30 years in sales, finance, and digital transformation, Marc brings deep expertise in building scalable lead machines, process automation, and no-fluff growth strategy.

Marc Johnston-Roche

Marc Johnston-Roche is an AI Automation Expert and the Co-founder of SalesStak, a performance-driven AI Automation Agency helping service professionals scale with smart systems. With over 30 years in sales, finance, and digital transformation, Marc brings deep expertise in building scalable lead machines, process automation, and no-fluff growth strategy.

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