Alt-Consulting
What Comes After the End Of Strategy Consulting As We Knew It
About​ The Book
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Alt-Consulting is a manifesto for one of the most profound shifts in the history of professional services. The book examines how Generative AI is dismantling the traditional strategy consulting model and redefining what clients value.
For decades, firms such as McKinsey, Bain, and BCG have relied on teams of analysts, long project cycles, and premium pricing. Generative AI has rewritten these rules. Work that once required weeks of research and synthesis can now be completed in hours, compressing time, cost, and value in ways that make the old consulting pyramid unsustainable.
Drawing on Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation, Utsav Bhatt shows how this mirrors the legal industry’s reinvention through Alternative Legal Service Providers, and why consulting is entering a similar era. He maps the rise of new Alt-Consulting models that are lean, AI-enabled, and partner-led, delivering high-quality strategy at unprecedented speed and affordability.
This book equips clients to demand greater value and helps consultants navigate a future where technology takes over routine work and human judgment becomes the true differentiator. It is a practical guide to reinventing how strategy is created, delivered, and valued in the age of intelligent machines.
Scott D. Anthony
Tuck Professor,
Author of Epic Disruptions
"Alt-Consulting is a provocative take on the future of strategy consulting that nicely blends ancient wisdom and practical tips. Thought provoking."
Florian Viton
VP R&D
Unilever
"Alt-Consulting captures the essence of the profound transformation now reshaping our industry. I strongly recommend Utsav’s perspectives to anyone ready to embrace what comes after consulting as we knew it."
Elliott Parker
CEO at Alloy Partners,
Author of The Illusion of Innovation
"Just as large corporations mistook efficiency for innovation, consulting firms risk making the same mistake with AI. Alt-Consulting shows how to use technology to build resiliency and rethink how strategy gets done."
Rahul Nair
Associate Partner
Bain & Company
"A clear-eyed, unsentimental autopsy of the consulting pyramid, and a field manual for surviving AI’s squeeze on trust, talent, and tradition. If you sell hours, read this. If you buy them, read it twice."
Ryan Larcom
Managing Director
Studios at Alloy Partners
"As a seasoned consultant and venture studio leader, I see Alt-Consulting as both a harbinger of AI’s disruptive potential and a guide for how our profession must evolve."
Dr. C.J. Meadows
Author, Speaker, Innovation Center Head,
Professor, SP Jain School of Global Management
"Spot-on diagnosis and projections, terrific insights & recommendations, AND an enjoyable read!"
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About The Author
Utsav A. Bhatt is a strategy consultant, entrepreneur, and author reimagining how organizations create value in the age of AI.
With more than 18 years of experience across five continents, he has advised global leaders in industries such as banking, professional services, and consumer goods on innovation, growth, and transformation. A former Associate Partner at Innosight, the firm co-founded by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, Utsav’s work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review and recognized by the Financial Times for driving breakthrough change.
He is the founder of StratOff, an Alt-Consulting model that blends partner-level expertise with the power of AI to deliver strategy with speed, clarity, and impact.
A sought-after speaker on disruptive innovation and the future of consulting, Utsav brings a rare combination of insight, practicality, and inspiration to every stage he takes.
Alt-Consulting is his first book—a bold blueprint for how consulting and leadership must evolve in the era of intelligent machines.
