Consultants Talk

What happens when a people-based industry faces a crisis with its commercial model? We talk with James O'Dowd, renowned talent advisor to professional services and private equity, and founder of talent advisory firm Patrick Morgan. James and host Tom Rodenhauser offer inside perspectives and discuss how the consulting industry is transforming -- and potentially fragmenting -- right before our eyes.

Consulting veteran John Norkus, who led pricing strategy development at KPMG, North Highland, and Deloitte over his 30-year career, discusses how consulting's time-based pricing must respond to clients' demand for change. Value creation is the name of the game and consultants must adapt their commercial models to succeed. Learn what leading firms are thinking and how firms are positioning themselves for the future.

Consulting Veteran Mark Livingston, the former CEO of Cognizant Business Consulting and Infosys Consulting, joins the show. A former partner at Kearney and early adopter to technology before taking on those leadership roles, Mark looks back at the 2000's industry tech shift to talk about the future. From the early opposition that Mark faced as he pushed tech within the industry to how AI will change today's industry, we offer perspectives that are prescient and MORE! 

Alex Klein, 30 year consultant and founding partner of Efficio, joins Tom and Ramone to reflect on everything that went right - and wrong when he and 5 other consultants left A.T. Kearney to build a supply chain consultancy. We talk about how Alex and his team adjusted to their strengths to find success in the market, Alex's perspective on the multiple phases of the consulting business, M&A and private equity, and a lot more!

On today's show we bring in our good friend Jonas Lunendonk. Jonas has been advising firms in Germany on AI and he gives us some insight into how firms are implementing AI today and what we can expect consulting to look like moving forward! We talk about how generative AI will affect intellectual property, why prompting won't be the end-all skill a firm's team will need, how AI will disrupt the pyramid, and more!

Today we bring on Ramone Param, an expert in professional services investments, to talk about the current consulting industry mergers and acquisitions trends. We dive into what's driving M&A activity RIGHT NOW, investments in AI Consulting, what Ramone is seeing in valuations and deal structures, and MORE!