The AI-Powered Strategy
for Consulting
A practitioner guide to redesigning consulting work and building the enabling system for the age of AI
A research and writing project exploring how AI is changing strategy consulting, where it can create practical business value, and what firms need to redesign around it.
From observation to research
I saw AI changing consulting through my own work, conversations with other consultants and interactions with clients.
What stood out to me was a gap between broad discussion of AI and practical guidance on how consulting work itself needs to change. That led to the decision to develop a practitioner-oriented book.
What does AI actually change in consulting?
Author and project lead
Researcher
Editor
Sparring partner
Designer
AI accelerates the process; I own the judgement, argument and final content.
Four steps
Research
Review industry reports, consulting publications, HBR, academic research and practitioner perspectives.
Synthesis
Compare evidence, identify recurring themes and test emerging hypotheses.
Publish and test
Translate research into shorter ideas on LinkedIn and longer-form thinking on Substack.
Develop the book
Use the accumulated research and feedback to build a structured practitioner guide.
AI potential is not
the same as AI value
“Access to AI creates potential. The enabling system determines whether that potential becomes repeatable value or repeatable risk.”
Where the thinking lives today
Research synthesis
Turning a broad evidence base into coherent themes and frameworks.
Strategic thinking
Connecting technology change with business models, operating systems and value creation.
AI-enabled ways of working
Using AI as part of the research, writing and project workflow while retaining human judgement.
Thought leadership
Developing and testing a distinctive practitioner point of view across multiple formats.