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#238: AI has changed RevOps - here's where it failed, and how to fix it (Pasha Irshad)
55 minutes Posted Jul 19, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Cutting Through The AI Noise Without Losing The Plot00:55 Welcome Back: Rev Ops With Pasha Irshad02:48 The Hardest Thing About Rev Ops Right Now06:03 Chasing Tools Versus The Business Fundamentals07:47 Why Revenue Is An Architecture Problem, Not A Sales Problem09:33 Rev Ops Full Circle: Back To Commercial Management14:24 Why Reps Default To Broken Habits Under Pressure17:14 How Misaligned Incentives Break Sales And Marketing20:41 Can Rev Ops Actually Fix This Or Just Champion It32:22 One Source Of Truth That Everyone Muddies36:12 Who Really Owns Deciding If An Account Is In Market42:29 What It Takes To Get Back To Human Conversations49:00 Cool Things Built With Claude Code And AI52:36 Wrap Up And ThanksS08 E38 The B2B Playbook #b2b #b2bmarketing #revops #revenueoperations #gotomarket #b2bsaas #gtmengineering #crm #hubspot #demandgeneration
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In this video, I sit down with rev ops expert Pasha and Adem to unpack why revenue is really an architecture problem, not a sales problem. We get into cutting through the AI noise, why your CRM ends up as a record of optimism, and what it actually takes to get sales, marketing, and success working as one unit.We cover:→ Why the hardest part of rev ops today is separating what's real from the AI hype→ How stacking tools and methodologies on a broken operating system only compounds the mess→ Why your CRM fills up with inflated pipeline and deals that advance on optimism→ How misaligned incentives pull sales, marketing and success in different directions→ The simple cataloging questions most teams still never ask their buyersIf you are a founder, rev ops leader or B2B marketer drowning in tools and dashboards but still can't get clean data or a straight answer on which accounts are actually in market.Tune in and learn:→ Why revenue is an architecture problem and what that changes about how you build your systems→ Where AI genuinely helps in the sales motion and where it just makes better spam→ How to spot the difference between real alignment and another meeting that changes nothing→ Why marketing was never equipped to decide who's in market, and who should own it instead→ Practical, bite size AI use cases that actually move the needle without a 90th operating system-----------------------------------------------------🔗 Links + CTAs-----------------------------------------------------🎓 Join our Demand Generation Program: https://theb2bplaybook.com/demand-generation-course🧠 Learn how to drive revenue across your organisation with CRO School: https://theb2bplaybook.com/cro-school💼 Need help running your own LinkedIn Thought Leadership Ads? https://theb2bplaybook.com/linkedin-ads-agency-----------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIBE to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theb2bplaybookSUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: https://theb2bplaybook.com/newsletterGET the latest CONTENT: https://theb2bplaybook.com/-----------------------------------------------------Timestamps:00:00 Cutting Through The AI Noise Without Losing The Plot00:55 Welcome Back: Rev Ops With Pasha Irshad02:48 The Hardest Thing About Rev Ops Right Now06:03 Chasing Tools Versus The Business Fundamentals07:47 Why Revenue Is An Architecture Problem, Not A Sales Problem09:33 Rev Ops Full Circle: Back To Commercial Management14:24 Why Reps Default To Broken Habits Under Pressure17:14 How Misaligned Incentives Break Sales And Marketing20:41 Can Rev Ops Actually Fix This Or Just Champion It32:22 One Source Of Truth That Everyone Muddies36:12 Who Really Owns Deciding If An Account Is In Market42:29 What It Takes To Get Back To Human Conversations49:00 Cool Things Built With Claude Code And AI52:36 Wrap Up And ThanksS08 E38 - The B2B Playbook #b2b #b2bmarketing #revops #revenueoperations #gotomarket #b2bsaas #gtmengineering #crm #hubspot #demandgeneration