Consulting Weekly is your fast, focused weekly update on the world of management consulting, generated with AI. In just a few minutes, we cover the latest moves at top firms, new thought leadership reports, industry shifts, and who’s stepping into key roles. Whether you're a consultant, client, or just consulting-curious, this is your insider brief on the business of consulting.
Megaprojects and Market Moves: Accenture’s Bold Play & BCG’s Riyadh Expansion
On the Consulting Industry Weekly Podcast: We unpack Accenture’s launch of its new Construct service targeting megaprojects, review BCG’s expansion in Riyadh amid surging Saudi demand, and analyse the shake-up at Roland Berger’s Financial Services practice. Plus, we cover Deloitte’s record partner payouts, McKinsey’s 100-person anniversary hike, and more industry insights you can’t afford to miss. Subscribe now and stay ahead of the curve.
4 Sept 2026
The AI Revolution Reimagining the Consulting Industry
The modern consulting industry is undergoing a profound structural evolution as autonomous AI agents take over routine research, data analysis, and traditional management frameworks. This technological shift is putting immense pressure on legacy billing models and traditional project costs, leading major firms to witness declining stock prices and increased competition from global IT providers. To remain relevant, industry leaders are mandating more in-office collaboration for junior staff to foster irreplaceable human skills like empathy, leadership, and conflict resolution.
Organizations are also emphasizing a leadership mindset shift, where mental agility and a curiosity-driven partnership with technology become more valuable than historical experience. Consequently, the sector is moving away from pure analytical tasks toward a future centered on guiding complex transformations and providing high-level human expert judgment. Meanwhile, strategic divestments and acquisitions highlight a broader trend of firms reorganizing to prioritize digital solutions and core business functions.
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17 Jul 2026
Beyond the Slide Deck: How AI is Dismantling the Traditional Consulting Model
In this episode, we explore how professional services are fundamentally redesigning work around AI. We examine internal tools like McKinsey’s Lilli, which synthesizes proprietary knowledge, and BCG’s Deckster, which automates research and presentations.
A major shift is the decline of PowerPoint; McKinsey is replacing traditional decks with live, AI-assisted websites that compress the standard "week-one answer" into an "hour-one answer." This automation of junior tasks is disrupting traditional hourly billing, pushing the industry toward outcome-based fees. Finally, we address how firms like Accenture are pivoting toward purposeful AI adoption that delivers measurable business value.
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