{"id":136712,"date":"2026-10-08T09:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akeron.com\/vulki\/?p=136712"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:58:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:58:42","slug":"5-key-lessons-sales-compensation-summit-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akeron.com\/vulki\/en\/5-key-lessons-sales-compensation-summit-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Key Lessons from Sales Compensation Summit 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"136712\" class=\"elementor elementor-136712\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4e4666 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4e4666\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c349aa\" data-id=\"3c349aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd80b6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd80b6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What does it really mean to future-proof Sales Compensation?<br \/><br \/>That question ran throughout <b>Sales Compensation Summit 2026<\/b>, as leaders from Sales, Finance, Compensation, Reward, RevOps, Technology and academia came together to explore the future of variable pay.<br \/><br \/>AI was inevitably a major part of the conversation, but the discussions went much further. From data and technology to Territory &amp; Quota Planning, adoption and human judgement, five themes continued to surface throughout the day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c51cf82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c51cf82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c564b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c564b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc22fe0\" data-id=\"bc22fe0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e61ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68e61ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. AI should expand what we're capable of, not just make us faster<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6d86c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f6d86c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AI can already research, analyse, model and generate at a speed that would have been difficult to imagine only a few years ago. But simply doing the same work faster isn&#8217;t necessarily where the greatest opportunity lies.<\/p><p>Julie Holmes challenged the room to consider this through her 20 | 60 | 20 approach: human preparation, AI-enabled execution and human judgement.<\/p><p>As AI raises the baseline of what people can achieve, the differentiator becomes what we do with that capability. Can we explore more possibilities? Ask better questions? Make better-informed decisions?<br \/>AI may be able to do more of the work, but human context, experience and judgement remain critical.<\/p><p><b>The opportunity isn&#8217;t simply to become faster. It&#8217;s to become better.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11760fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"11760fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98a61f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98a61f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48b54dd\" data-id=\"48b54dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4439aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4439aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. AI is only as powerful as the data behind it<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b4e84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19b4e84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For all the discussion about increasingly intelligent technology, one message surfaced repeatedly throughout the day: <strong>good AI requires good data<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Within Sales Compensation, the potential is significant. AI can help organisations analyse performance, identify patterns, model scenarios and uncover insights at a scale that traditional approaches struggle to match.<\/p><p>But sophisticated technology cannot compensate for fragmented, inaccessible or unreliable data.<\/p><p>This was also central to the conversation from <strong>Akeron, Technology Sponsor of SCS 2026<\/strong>, on the future of variable pay. As organisations look to introduce more intelligence and automation into Sales Performance Management, the foundations matter. Bringing planning, performance and compensation data together creates the context needed for technology and increasingly AI to deliver meaningful insight.<\/p><p>The future isn&#8217;t simply about adding AI on top of existing processes. It&#8217;s about creating the connected data and technology environment that allows it to add real value.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-095b61a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"095b61a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1681f68\" data-id=\"1681f68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-637523b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"637523b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02dc9a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02dc9a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Territory & Quota Planning needs to become more forward-looking<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c4658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8c4658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One question from the day was particularly difficult to shake:<br \/><strong>Why do we still call it \u201cTerritory Management\u201d when modern business doesn&#8217;t always fall neatly into territories?<br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>Customers operate internationally. Accounts overlap. Digital channels remove geographic boundaries. Buying groups span functions and locations, while organisations increasingly sell through multiple direct and indirect routes to market.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>Territory &amp; Quota Planning therefore needs to become more than an annual exercise in dividing accounts and assigning targets.<\/p><p>The bigger question is: <strong>where will the opportunity be, and how should we organise around it?<\/strong><\/p><p>The Territory &amp; Quota Planning Lab, bringing together Warwick Business School and Akeron, explored what happens when academic thinking, technology and real-world experience are applied to that challenge.<\/p><p>With better data and the right planning technology, organisations can move beyond simply looking backwards at historical performance and start modelling potential, testing different scenarios and making more informed decisions about where resources and targets should sit.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s a shift from administering territories to <strong>planning for opportunity<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-434af54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"434af54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8152a36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8152a36\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36e22ea\" data-id=\"36e22ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3bbed4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3bbed4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Successful transformation needs People, Process and Technology<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0390c34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0390c34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Technology was a major part of the SCS conversation, but so was the reminder that technology alone doesn&#8217;t create transformation.<\/p><p>The best platform in the world won&#8217;t fix an unnecessarily complex compensation plan, unclear ownership or poor adoption.<\/p><p>Successful transformation requires organisations to think about People, Process and Technology together. That means getting the design right, creating clear processes and governance, investing in training and adoption, and ensuring the technology supports what the business is actually trying to achieve.<\/p><p>It also means moving away from disconnected processes and systems. When Territory &amp; Quota Planning, performance management and incentive compensation operate as separate exercises, it becomes much harder to understand how one decision affects another.<\/p><p>This is where platforms such as <b>Vulki by\u00a0Akeron <\/b>can play a much broader role than simply calculating commission. Connecting planning, performance and compensation gives organisations greater visibility across the full performance cycle and a stronger foundation from which to introduce automation and AI.<\/p><p>Sales Compensation doesn&#8217;t belong neatly to one function either. Sales, Finance, Reward, RevOps and Technology may approach it from different perspectives, but those perspectives, and the systems supporting them, increasingly need to come together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f9374a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3f9374a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b784ec4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b784ec4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2855c2c\" data-id=\"2855c2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cb3f54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8cb3f54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Future-proofing isn't about predicting the future<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05ce58f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05ce58f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the final questions of the day asked the panel to consider <b>how we might actually be using AI in 2030<\/b>.<\/p><p>Nobody can know with certainty.<\/p><p>And perhaps that&#8217;s the most important lesson.<\/p><p>The pace of technological change makes it tempting to try to predict exactly what comes next. But future-proofing isn&#8217;t about having the perfect prediction.<\/p><p><b>It&#8217;s about being ready and capable of adapting to what comes next.<\/b><\/p><p>Technology will evolve. AI capabilities will change. Routes to market will shift. The way organisations structure teams, territories, quotas and incentives will continue to develop.<\/p><p>The organisations best prepared for that future will be those with strong foundations: trusted data, adaptable technology, effective processes and people equipped to apply judgement when the answers aren&#8217;t obvious.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e69acfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e69acfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93d11fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93d11fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f95fe0d\" data-id=\"f95fe0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9abe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f9abe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does this look like in practice?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-195ab22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"195ab22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor organisations thinking about what comes next, the challenge is now turning these conversations into action.\n\nAs Technology Sponsor of SCS 2026, <b>Akeron <\/b>is helping organisations rethink how they approach Sales Performance Management: connecting Territory &amp; Quota Planning, AI, performance and incentive compensation through one technology ecosystem, with the data foundation needed to take advantage of emerging AI capabilities.\n\nIf some of the challenges discussed at SCS sound familiar: fragmented data, manual compensation processes, disconnected planning or uncertainty around how AI could practically support your organisation, the next step doesn&#8217;t have to be another theoretical conversation.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-122e2f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"122e2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Learn more<\/b> about how Akeron is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akeron.com\/vulki\/en\/sales-performance-management\/akyba\/\">approaching the future of Sales Performance Management<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ebc717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ebc717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Read also<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.akeron.com\/vulki\/en\/beyond-faster-ai-sales-compensation-advantage\/\">Beyond Faster: What AI Means for the Next Level of Great<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c35e9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c35e9f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c95f12\" data-id=\"7c95f12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d88d5de elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d88d5de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/salescompensationsummit.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Join us at the next Sales Compensation Summit<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it really mean to future-proof Sales Compensation? 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