Consulting Firms
The deliverable isn’t the scarce resource anymore. The question is what you build around it.
Your clients can get AI analysis on their own. The model is already shifting. A full day with your senior team and you leave with 2–3 new offerings for what replaces it.
The pressure consulting firms are facing right now.
Analysis Commoditization
Clients are running their own market analysis, competitive research, and strategic planning with AI.
Staffing Model Compression
AI tools are replacing junior consultant capacity, compressing your staffing model from the bottom.
Proposal Competition
Other firms are repositioning around AI-augmented offerings and taking proposals that used to be yours.
A 10-week project that now takes six is a 30–40% cost reduction, and clients know it. Business Insider reported in March 2026 that AI is “changing the pyramid” — clients now demand individuals who add value and have industry experience, not slide decks. McKinsey redirects $12 million per month in consultant capacity from research to higher-value work through internal AI. Sequoia Capital mapped management consulting as a $300–400 billion opportunity (the largest on their list) and noted that no startup has cracked it yet. Their annotation: ‘Best candidates TBD.’ That gap is temporary. The firms codifying their expertise into repeatable platforms have a head start, but that advantage narrows every quarter.
Assessment
See how your firm compares.
8 minutes. You get an assessment showing where your firm has real commercial gaps, how you compare to peers in your vertical, and a report you can take to your next partner meeting.
See Where You StandWhat firms like yours are designing in the Workshop.
Every engagement is different. Your team’s domain expertise shapes the output. These are the kinds of offerings consulting firms leave with, specified and priced. Your team or an implementation partner builds and tests them with named clients.
AI-augmented strategic advisory retainer
Ongoing access to senior judgment. AI handles the research; your partners handle the decisions. Priced on access rather than hours.
Rapid market entry assessment
AI-powered market analysis delivered in days instead of months. Fixed-fee, with strategic recommendations from senior consultants.
Implementation monitoring service
AI tracks execution of strategic recommendations in real-time. You intervene when it matters. Subscription model.
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$15,000
Fixed fee. A full day with your senior team. 2–3 new offerings your team or an implementation partner builds and tests.
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