The Sales History Podcast

Will AI Kill the Sales Profession - What History Tells Us

Todd Caponi Season 5 Episode 2

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Is AI coming for the sales profession? Will "everything change"? Turns out, history can help us predict the future of the sales profession in the face of the rise of AI.

Because, as I read all of the commentary, they mostly all say the same thing…
…the same thing as was said throughout history every time there was either (a) a significant shift in the world of business, or (b) a significant downturn.

In this episode, I attempt to answer the question, "Will AI kill the sales profession? What history tells us..."

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The Transparency Sale - the first book, (ironically) named one of the top 100 sales books of all time.

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