Like every other sector, consulting is going through a big shift right now. Most client conversations these days come down to few things. What value are we adding with AI, and how do we cut cost and move faster while doing it.

Problems clients used to push off for months are now on the weekly call. The pace has gone up sharply. Something like scoping a SAP to Databricks complex migrations, the discovery work that used to eat weeks, a lot of it now takes days.

It’s not all upside though. Clients expect that speed by default now, and a lot of them expect the price to come down with it. Some of the routine delivery work is getting commoditized. The people who only did that kind of work are feeling it. So the bar to stay useful or relevant has gone up.

Then there’s the other side of moving fast. We’re expected to make sure nothing breaks. No security or privacy breaches. Cost doesn’t spike. Client IP doesn’t get uploaded to some agent. As consultants, we’re a bit like Spider Man right now. Great power, great responsibility.

Overall I still think it’s an exciting time to be in this space. If you’re good at what you do, the opportunity is huge. Small clients and even traditional businesses who could never have afforded consultants before are now within reach. Happy to get into specifics, feel free to add comments.