Episode 61: The One About AI in Consulting

AI is taking over the world. It is suddenly and urgently intruding into everything. It can think better than you, faster than you, treats your kids better and is taking your job. What is a consultant to do?

Personally I’ve been giving everything AI-related a generous dose of side-eye. I see possibilities but also a lot of danger and a more than a standard level of hype. But when it comes to consulting specifically, it seems these tools can both help and hinder our work.

Our clients have new powers, but so do we. What are the impacts on the consulting industry?

Oliver and Phil and I sat down to discuss.

In this episode:

  • Is AI a threat to the consulting industry?
  • What types of consulting are at risk?
  • How will consulting need to change to survive?
  • What are the impacts to consultants and their careers?
  • What skills will consultants need in order to navigate this future?

This is a great, 40 minute episode. But if you have the stomach, hang around afterwards for an additional 15 minutes of unscripted conversation about this topic… which is a wide, varied, deep subject area.

I mention a website about Enterprise Architecture in this episode, http://www.chrisonea.com. There isn’t an AI article there, but there IS a bunch of other stuff that might be interesting.

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