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The Real AI Shift in Consulting

Accenture’s latest reset highlights a deeper truth: AI transformation in consulting is constrained less by…

Ben AppletonMay 5, 2026

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Consulting is being pushed to own the outcome – not just define it.

Consulting is being forced to move beyond advice into execution, with firms like BCG stepping…

Ben AppletonApril 30, 2026

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BCG shifts to Strategy + Applied AI

BCG describing itself as “also a software company” marks a shift from pure boardroom strategy…

Ben AppletonApril 23, 2026

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Podcast: Consulting Isn’t Dying. It’s Being Rebuilt.

Consulting is not dying. It is being rebuilt around faster delivery, tighter teams, sharper commercial…

Ben AppletonApril 16, 2026

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Global Firms, Local Constraints

Cross-border friction inside Big 4 firms is becoming a primary driver of partner moves, as…

Ben AppletonApril 15, 2026

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Consulting Is Being Stripped Back to First Principles

AI is compressing the consulting pyramid and removing the traditional advantages of information and scale.…

Ben AppletonApril 8, 2026

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Great Consultants Specialise from Day One

Generalism in consulting is a short phase, not a long-term positioning. The market rewards early…

Ben AppletonApril 1, 2026

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“How’s the Market?” – A Geopolitical Question

Consulting firms are still answering market questions with economic logic, even as geopolitics increasingly sets…

Ben AppletonJanuary 27, 2026

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Germany’s Consulting Market Is Rewiring

Germany’s consulting market isn’t contracting — it’s reallocating trust toward firms that combine judgment, sector…

Ben AppletonJanuary 20, 2026

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“We Want to Make Ourselves Better” – McKinsey

McKinsey’s internal reset is reshaping what senior consulting talent is worth. It is also changing…

Ben AppletonJanuary 15, 2026

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Organic Consulting Growth Hits the Ceiling

Organic growth is no longer sufficient to fund the next consulting operating model. Rising investment…

Ben AppletonDecember 16, 2025

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AI disruption in consulting: messy now, predictable later

AI disruption always looks cleaner in hindsight than it feels while you are living through…

Ben AppletonDecember 12, 2025

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AI and Performance: Why Firms Are Resetting How Work Gets Done

Firms aren’t replacing people with AI—they’re replacing people with colleagues who use AI well. …

Ben AppletonNovember 13, 2025

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AI Isn’t Killing Consulting – But It Is Killing the Old Hiring Model

AI is reshaping how consulting firms hire, train and promote talent. The old pyramid model…

Ben AppletonNovember 10, 2025

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From Leverage to Judgment: How AI Is Rebuilding Consulting

Bloomberg’s Project Argentum story shows ex-consultants training AI models to replicate entry-level consulting work. It’s…

Ben AppletonNovember 7, 2025

The Real AI Shift in Consulting

Consulting is being pushed to own the outcome – not just define it.

BCG shifts to Strategy + Applied AI

Podcast: Consulting Isn’t Dying. It’s Being Rebuilt.

Global Firms, Local Constraints

Consulting Is Being Stripped Back to First Principles

Great Consultants Specialise from Day One

“How’s the Market?” – A Geopolitical Question

Germany’s Consulting Market Is Rewiring

“We Want to Make Ourselves Better” – McKinsey

Organic Consulting Growth Hits the Ceiling

AI disruption in consulting: messy now, predictable later

AI and Performance: Why Firms Are Resetting How Work Gets Done

AI Isn’t Killing Consulting – But It Is Killing the Old Hiring Model

From Leverage to Judgment: How AI Is Rebuilding Consulting

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