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    Sales & Commercial

    AI+ for Sales Conversations

    Sharper Questions, Better Answers, Stronger Closes

    Tier
    By skill
    Category
    Sales & Commercial
    modules
    6
    lessons
    86
    Language
    English

    Who it is for

    Experienced sales professionals — account executives, business development professionals, consultants who pitch engagements, territory managers, and founders who sell directly — who know how to sell but have not yet used AI systematically to prepare for, run, and learn from the sales conversation itself.

    What you will be able to do

    • Generate a tailored conversation brief for any significant meeting in under 20 minutes instead of 90.

    • Prepare layered discovery questions specific to the buyer and context in front of you, using the PRISM framework.

    • Anticipate and classify the four categories of buyer signal, and respond with prepared language rather than improvisation.

    • Handle the five objection types consistently using a structured playbook you build yourself.

    • Close conversations deliberately with natural language that asks for commitment without applying pressure.

    • Debrief every significant meeting so learning compounds into a personal Sales Conversation Playbook.

    • Evaluate every AI-prepared artifact with the TRUST framework, and protect commercially sensitive deal data with the AI Safety Checklist, before it reaches a buyer.

    The curriculum

    Module by module, in the order they are assigned.

    How AI Is Changing Sales Conversations

    Sales conversations are changing because AI now strengthens the work around buyer meetings while the live exchange still depends on human judgement. You map where AI adds value, avoid common preparation failures, and build a repeatable brief-and-debrief habit for real opportunities.

    Preparing Discovery Questions with AI

    Discovery preparation turns buyer context into tailored questions that reveal priorities, concerns, decision paths, and the cost of inaction. You can brief AI with PRISM, check questions with TRUST, and build a discovery library that improves every meeting.

    Reading and Responding to Buyer Signals

    Buyer signals reveal what buyers mean through tone, pauses, follow-ups, deferrals, and pushback, which matters when deals stall beneath polite surface answers. You sort signals with the Buyer Signal Map, use AI to anticipate them, and build responses while keeping live judgement human.

    Handling Objections with a Prepared Playbook

    Objection handling turns buyer pushback into information about what is blocking the deal, especially when price, timing, authority, need, or trust concerns appear under surface phrases. You leave able to classify objections, prepare AI-assisted responses, check them with TRUST, and maintain a personal playbook.

    Pitching Your Value and Asking for Commitment

    Pitching and closing turn buyer insight into a concise value narrative, verified evidence, and a clear request for commitment without pressure. Learners prepare a deal-specific case with AI, choose proof with TRUST, rehearse conversational delivery, match a closing approach, and protect sensitive terms before prompting.

    Debriefing to Build Your Sales Conversation Playbook

    Debriefing turns each sales meeting into evidence before details fade, which matters because busy sellers often lose the lesson in the next task. By the end, you can run AI-supported debriefs, build a Sales Conversation Playbook, and commit to a 30-day habit plan.

    Assessment and certificate

    The course closes with a timed final exam with a pass mark and a limited number of attempts. A pass issues a PDF certificate with its own serial, in the name of the Straits Institute for Applied AI. Cohort progress, at-risk learners and a CSV export are in the admin console throughout.

    About this course

    I already use AI for prospecting emails and research. What does this course add?

    This course focuses on the conversation itself — the meeting, the call, the discovery session — not the pipeline admin around it. You will use AI to prepare for, run, and learn from the conversation where the deal is actually won or lost, which most experienced sellers have never done systematically.

    Do I need to be technical or already good with AI tools?

    No. You need selling experience, not technical skill. Every AI use is taught as a plain prompt you can run in any common AI tool, and you evaluate the output with a simple framework before you rely on it.

    Will using AI make my conversations sound scripted or robotic?

    No. AI prepares the raw material — questions, objection responses, a value narrative — but you read the room and decide what to say. AI is a tool to help you, not replace you; you stay the boss of every conversation.

    Is it safe to put deal information into an AI tool?

    The course teaches the AI Safety Checklist — Gauge, Understand, Authority, Risk, Decide — which you run before any pricing, discount, or competitive detail enters an AI tool, so commercially sensitive deal data stays protected.

    How much time does each module take, and can I use it right away?

    Each of the six 60-minute modules ends with a hands-on artifact you keep and can use in your next real meeting: a conversation brief, a discovery-question library, a signal-response library, an objection playbook, a value narrative, and a debrief template.

    How is this different from AI+ Sales Professionals (T2-83)?

    T2-83 covers the full sales cycle with AI — research, pipeline, proposals, and admin. T3-51 goes deep on what happens in the room: preparing, running, and debriefing the sales conversation itself.

    Put this in front of a team.

    Course libraries are assigned per user, team or department, and the reporting comes back to whoever has to answer for the programme. Tell us who needs it and we will show you the console.