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AI rewires consulting
AI is changing everything about consulting, from how consultants do client work to how employees are trained, promoted, and measured.
TL;DR
- Consulting firms are integrating AI into their business, including client projects, employee training, promotion, and performance measurement.
- Companies are hiring more technical talent and building AI tools and agents.
- A new role of 'forward-deployed engineers' is emerging, specializing in customizing AI tools for clients.
- AI agents are automating tasks, shrinking project teams, and shifting work to smaller human-supervised groups.
- Consulting firms are increasingly building software and hiring engineers, aiming to operate more like tech companies.
- AI startups are emerging as competitors, offering faster and cheaper strategy work, research, and analysis.
- There is a race to hire engineers and train existing staff in AI across major consulting firms.