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Course Description
This course explains why pipeline volume often hides revenue risk and how deal behavior reveals outcomes earlier than bookings. It introduces deal velocity, probability decay, and customer fit as predictive signals rather than sales metrics. Readers learn to distinguish activity from contribution and understand sales intelligence as an input to forecasting and system-level confidence. Sales becomes interpretable, not anecdotal.
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Intelligence
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4
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Active
Seeing outcomes before deals close
Pipeline volume often looks reassuring — until it isn’t. This course examines why activity, coverage and bookings can hide outcome risk, and how sales intelligence shifts focus from effort to probability.
We explore deal velocity, qualification depth, segment behavior and downstream performance to understand which deals are likely to grow, retain and contribute meaningfully over time. Sales intelligence reframes success as contribution, not closure.
This course positions sales as a leading input into forecasting confidence, margins and customer outcomes — not just bookings.
You will learn:
- Why pipeline volume hides risk
- How velocity predicts outcomes
- What it means to focus on deals that grow
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Course 1: The revenue visibility problem
Lesson 1.5: Visibility before velocity
Lesson 1.5: Visibility before velocity
Lesson 1.4: When execution stops being the bottleneck
Lesson 1.4: When execution stops being the bottleneck
Lesson 1.3: The myth of revenue surprises
Lesson 1.3: The myth of revenue surprises
Lesson 1.2: Why more data created less confidence
Lesson 1.2: Why more data created less confidence
Lesson 1.1: Why revenue leadership became a visibility problem
Lesson 1.1: Why revenue leadership became a visibility problem
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Course 10: The modern CMO toolkit
Lesson 10.5: Marketing as a revenue intelligence leader
Lesson 10.5: Marketing as a revenue intelligence leader
Lesson 10.4: From volume to predictability
Lesson 10.4: From volume to predictability
Lesson 10.3: Campaign revenue forecasting
Lesson 10.3: Campaign revenue forecasting
Lesson 10.2: Customer selectivity starts in marketing
Lesson 10.2: Customer selectivity starts in marketing
Lesson 10.1: Why marketing is accountable for revenue quality
Lesson 10.1: Why marketing is accountable for revenue quality
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Course 11: The modern CS leader toolkit
Lesson 11.5: How CS improves forecast confidence
Lesson 11.5: How CS improves forecast confidence
Lesson 11.4: Customer success as revenue protection
Lesson 11.4: Customer success as revenue protection
Lesson 11.3: Predictive churn and expansion readiness
Lesson 11.3: Predictive churn and expansion readiness
Lesson 11.2: Beyond health scores
Lesson 11.2: Beyond health scores
Lesson 11.1: Why churn is never sudden
Lesson 11.1: Why churn is never sudden
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Course 12: The modern CEO toolkit
Lesson 12.5: What calm leadership looks like
Lesson 12.5: What calm leadership looks like
Lesson 12.4: Designing growth instead of chasing it
Lesson 12.4: Designing growth instead of chasing it
Lesson 12.2: Predictive steering vs reactive correction
Lesson 12.2: Predictive steering vs reactive correction
Lesson 12.1: Why reactive leadership no longer works
Lesson 12.1: Why reactive leadership no longer works
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Course 13: The path to Strategic AI
Lesson 13.5: What Strategic AI really means
Lesson 13.5: What Strategic AI really means
Lesson 13.4: When intelligence compounds
Lesson 13.4: When intelligence compounds
Lesson 13.3: Seeing direction instead of status
Lesson 13.3: Seeing direction instead of status
Lesson 13.2: Why prediction beats speed
Lesson 13.2: Why prediction beats speed
Lesson 13.1: From hindsight to foresight
Lesson 13.1: From hindsight to foresight
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Course 14: Designing outcomes with foresight
Lesson 14.5: From forced moves to designed paths
Lesson 14.5: From forced moves to designed paths
Lesson 14.4: From forecasts to levers
Lesson 14.4: From forecasts to levers
Lesson 14.3: Choosing how you want to grow
Lesson 14.3: Choosing how you want to grow
Lesson 14.2: Seeing the full decision surface
Lesson 14.2: Seeing the full decision surface
Lesson 14.1: Why today’s decisions are underpowered
Lesson 14.1: Why today’s decisions are underpowered
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Course 15: Designing AI as a corporate cabability
Lesson 15.7:
A practical starting point for leaders
Lesson 15.7:
A practical starting point for leaders
Lesson 15.6:
Control, governance and decision leverage
Lesson 15.6:
Control, governance and decision leverage
Lesson 15.4:
Why “build vs buy” is the wrong question
Lesson 15.4:
Why “build vs buy” is the wrong question
Lesson 15.3:
Agents are your workforce, not features
Lesson 15.3:
Agents are your workforce, not features
Lesson 15.2:
Why most AI strategies fail quietly
Lesson 15.2:
Why most AI strategies fail quietly
Lesson 15.1:
Why fragmentation repeats itself at every scale
Lesson 15.1:
Why fragmentation repeats itself at every scale
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Course 2: Revenue as a system
Lesson 2.5: Designing revenue instead of managing it
Lesson 2.5: Designing revenue instead of managing it
Lesson 2.3: Local optimization breaks global outcomes
Lesson 2.3: Local optimization breaks global outcomes
Lesson 2.2: Fragmentation is the real alignment problem
Lesson 2.2: Fragmentation is the real alignment problem
Lesson 2.1: Revenue is a system, not a funnel
Lesson 2.1: Revenue is a system, not a funnel
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Course 3: Financial intelligence
Lesson 3.5: When finance becomes predictive
Lesson 3.5: When finance becomes predictive
Lesson 3.4: Financial signals as early warnings
Lesson 3.4: Financial signals as early warnings
Lesson 3.3: Why timing matters more than precision
Lesson 3.3: Why timing matters more than precision
Lesson 3.2: Confidence, variance and uncertainty
Lesson 3.2: Confidence, variance and uncertainty
Lesson 3.1: Forecasting beyond point estimates
Lesson 3.1: Forecasting beyond point estimates
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Course 4: Sales intelligence
Lesson 4.5: Sales intelligence as an input to forecasting
Lesson 4.5: Sales intelligence as an input to forecasting
Lesson 4.4: Predicting revenue contribution, not bookings
Lesson 4.4: Predicting revenue contribution, not bookings
Lesson 4.3: Focusing on deals that grow — and don’t churn
Lesson 4.3: Focusing on deals that grow — and don’t churn
Lesson 4.2: Deal velocity and outcome probability
Lesson 4.2: Deal velocity and outcome probability
Lesson 4.1: Why pipeline volume hides risk
Lesson 4.1: Why pipeline volume hides risk
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Course 5: Marketing intelligence
Lesson 5.5: Marketing as an intelligence function
Lesson 5.5: Marketing as an intelligence function
Lesson 5.4: Predicting downstream revenue effects
Lesson 5.4: Predicting downstream revenue effects
Lesson 5.3: Campaign impact over time
Lesson 5.3: Campaign impact over time
Lesson 5.2: Customer selectivity as a growth strategy
Lesson 5.2: Customer selectivity as a growth strategy
Lesson 5.1: Why volume metrics lie about growth
Lesson 5.1: Why volume metrics lie about growth
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Course 6: Customer intelligence
Lesson 6.5: Customer intelligence as revenue protection
Lesson 6.5: Customer intelligence as revenue protection
Lesson 6.4: Customer value over time
Lesson 6.4: Customer value over time
Lesson 6.3: Predicting expansion readiness
Lesson 6.3: Predicting expansion readiness
Lesson 6.2: Trajectories matter more than health scores
Lesson 6.2: Trajectories matter more than health scores
Lesson 6.1: Why churn is never sudden
Lesson 6.1: Why churn is never sudden
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Course 7: Cross-functional intelligence
Lesson 7.4: Timely clarity and decision leverage
Lesson 7.4: Timely clarity and decision leverage
Lesson 7.3: When intelligence compounds
Lesson 7.3: When intelligence compounds
Lesson 7.2: Where truth forms: at the intersections of the revenue system
Lesson 7.2: Where truth forms: at the intersections of the revenue system
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Course 8: The modern CFO toolkit
Lesson 8.4: Forecasting as a system
Lesson 8.4: Forecasting as a system
Lesson 8.3: Variance as a signal, not a failure
Lesson 8.3: Variance as a signal, not a failure
Lesson 8.2: Confidence matters more than accuracy
Lesson 8.2: Confidence matters more than accuracy
Lesson 8.1: Why forecasting became a leadership problem
Lesson 8.1: Why forecasting became a leadership problem
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Course 9: The modern CRO toolkit
Lesson 9.5: The CRO’s new advantage: foresight and focus
Lesson 9.5: The CRO’s new advantage: foresight and focus
Lesson 9.4: Focusing on deals that grow and retain
Lesson 9.4: Focusing on deals that grow and retain
Lesson 9.3: Customer selectivity in sales
Lesson 9.3: Customer selectivity in sales
Lesson 9.2: Why pipeline volume hides revenue risk
Lesson 9.2: Why pipeline volume hides revenue risk
Lesson 9.1: The impossible CRO job
Lesson 9.1: The impossible CRO job