Lauren Silvers, GTM Programs Lead at Ironclad, joins the show to share a bold, future-focused vision for revenue operations: one that’s deeply buyer-centric, AI-assisted, and system-aware. Drawing from her talk at RevOpsFest NYC, Lauren explores how changing buyer behavior, signal-based selling, and enablement-rooted RevOps are reshaping how GTM teams operate. It’s a masterclass in where the function is going—and what to do now to keep up.We cover:- Why current sales processes frustrate modern buyers- How to reduce context-switching and tool overload for reps- What “buyer GPTs” and signal clusters mean for the future of sales- How to orchestrate actions based on signal intent—not funnel stages- Where AI already solves CRM hygiene (and why most teams still don’t use it)- How to operationalize customer-verifiable outcomes- What a 247% pipeline lift looks like when RevOps actually quarterbackLauren Silvers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurensilvers/ Pipeline Visibility Cheat Sheet: https://www.getweflow.com/content/pipeline-visibility-cheat-sheet⁠Janis on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/janiszech ⁠⁠ ⁠ Phillip on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippstelzerChapters: (00:00:00) Meet Lauren & Her Talk at RevOpsFest (00:03:15) What Buyer-Centric Actually Means (00:06:00) How Buyer Behavior Is Evolving (Fast) (00:09:40) Tool Sprawl, Friction & the Case for System Change (00:13:30) AI, CRM Hygiene & What’s Already Solved (00:16:45) Signal-Based Selling vs. Funnel Thinking (00:21:00) How Intercom Built Signal Clusters That Drove +247% Pipeline (00:25:30) How to Simplify Action for Reps Without Dumbing It Down (00:29:00) Customer-Verifiable Outcomes (CVOs) in Practice (00:34:00) The Reality of Change: Culture, Systems, and Trust (00:38:30) Lauren’s Book Rec: In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust