Season 1, Episode 3

AI Consulting: Why Clients Are Shifting from Knowledge to Outcomes

with Ryan Larcom20 min

Ryan Larcom: Managing Director, Alloy Partners.

Summary

As AI makes knowledge easier to access, clients are placing more value on outcomes, decisions and execution than on slide-based insight. Ryan Larcom, who has worked as a consultant, a corporate innovator and a client, argues that trust and translation are what matter most, and looks at how the leverage model and apprenticeship must change.

Key insights

  1. Knowledge is commoditising; outcomes are what clients buy.
  2. Trust and translation are durable consulting advantages.
  3. The pyramid and leverage model are being reshaped.
  4. Apprenticeship for junior consultants needs rewriting.
  5. Enterprise adoption speed is limited by behaviour, not technology.

Full transcript

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