Making The Grade

The GTM Playbook that works in 2026: Amelia Scott on scaling Culture Amp from $15M to $170M without sales commission

Episode Summary

Amelia Scott scaled Culture Amp, from $15M to $170M. Now a fractional CRO, she joins us to share the leadership lessons, cultural principles and AI tools that are genuinely reshaping the GTM function today.

Episode Notes

What does it actually take to build a world-class sales culture? 

Amelia Scott knows better than most. She spent nearly seven years at Culture Amp, joining as a senior AE when the business was at $15M ARR and leaving as VP of Global Sales at $170M. 

During her tenure, she took the EMEA business from $1.5M to $40M, and learned some hard, invaluable lessons along the way about talent, culture, regional expansion and what revenue leadership actually requires.

Now working as a fractional CRO, Amelia is right at the sharp end of how AI is reshaping the GTM function. 

In today’s Making The Grade episode, she shares what she's learned across both sides of that journey, how to build sales teams without a commission structure and where AI is genuinely delivering ROI right now.
 

📚 Episode Chapters

02:10 - Culture Amp’s scaling journey 

08:50 - Scaling without sales commission  

11:30 - How to expand into multiple regions 

21:00 - The evolving role of the CRO  

28:45 - Where AI is adding value & where the gaps are