No Bullsh!t Leadership Has AI Already Made Consultants Redundant?
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Oct 14, 2025 The podcast dives into the dramatic implications of AI in the consulting realm. A $440k report from Deloitte, largely produced by AI, raises alarms about the future of consulting firms. Discussion centers on how AI could commoditize expert knowledge and threaten traditional consulting value. Insights include areas where consultants still hold worth, like operational efficiency and independent scrutiny, while also highlighting sectors most vulnerable to AI disruption. The necessity for companies to reassess the value of consultants emerges as a crucial takeaway.
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Deloitte AI Report Fiasco
- Martin G Moore recounts the Deloitte report to an Australian government largely generated by AI and riddled with errors.
- Deloitte charged $440,000 for the flawed work, creating a major PR and governance failure.
AI Commoditises Consulting Knowledge
- AI levels the playing field by making global knowledge and firm IP widely accessible to clients and employees.
- This reduces the unique value consultants historically claimed from accumulated firm knowledge.
Stop Paying Middlemen For Basic AI Prompts
- Do prompt and use AI internally instead of paying middlemen to run prompts for you.
- Executives should build the capability to use AI themselves rather than outsourcing trivial prompting tasks.