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  • Tom Glason
  • 01 Oct 2026

25 Years of Sales Leadership rewritten by AI – Jeremy Radcliffe on balancing human touch and automation in Sale

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Jeremy Radcliffe has led revenue teams for over 25 years.

Long enough to have watched several waves of “the next big shift” come and go. In this episode, we dive into what’s actually different about this current shift and the AI era. 

 

Jeremy walks through three ways AI is reshaping the CRO role: workforce design questions that barely existed a few years ago, product and revenue converging as product usage data becomes a better predictor of growth than CRM activity, and the CRO increasingly operating as a change leader rather than a pure sales manager. He’s candid about where AI has genuinely changed his own day-to-day thinking, and equally candid about which parts are just hype and won’t stick in the long run. 

📚 Episode Chapters:

02:15 – The evolving role of CRO in the age of AI
05:30 – AI’s impact on day-to-day operations
07:30 – Navigating AI hype vs reality
11:00 – Balancing automation and human touch
12:30 – The future of SDRs in an AI-driven world
24:00 – Lessons from a fractional CRO

🎧 Continue listening…

Make sure you listen to Natalie Johnson on what it really takes to win in the US

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Co-founder & CEO, QStory

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Communications & Business Operations Lead Senseforce

“ScaleWise coaching had a big impact right from the start, helping us to execute a much more effective marketing strategy whilst implementing best practices throughout our sales & marketing funnel. ”

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