The Consulting Pulse by CMap

Kyle Heppenstall (CompassX) and Christopher Mello (Mello Consulting Group) join us in partnership with Consulting Magazine to unpack why the instincts that build a boutique consulting firm become the very things that stall it.

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If you're not showing up in LLMs, do you really exist? Ross Simmonds (Founder) and Jessica Everitt (COO) of Foundation Marketing explain how buyers now use AI from first search to signed contract, and what professional services firms need to do to show up, and stand out, when an LLM is making the shortlist.

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Mike Grinberg (Proofpoint Marketing) unpacks why most founders think they know their positioning - and why the surface-level answers they give reveal a gap that's costing them growth.

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Buyers now do 83% of their research without ever talking to you. Gord Smith (ALTA Consulting) explains why cold calling and cold email are losing their grip, and what firms need to do instead to build pipeline.

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Helen Johnson (Fluxium Consulting) unpacks why businesses rarely fail from a lack of ideas - they fail to execute. From founder bottlenecks to change management to metrics nobody actually reads, Helen shares what it really takes to turn strategy into results.

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David Cohen (Founder of Superposition) unpacks the reason why so many AI consulting projects struggle to show real business impact - and why it's the data quality, not the AI itself, that's usually the missing piece.

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How much of your pipeline is reliant on the founder? Nick Synnott (Create Engage) and Tom Hill (RevenueShift) on how to build the sales and marketing engine that finally takes the pressure off a founder's network.

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Feeling AI fatigue? In this session, Ben Jervis (CPO, CMap) & Tom Rains (Product Marketing Manager, CMap) show you how consulting firms can leverage AI to improve their operations - so you can focus on delivery and service innovation - in Session 7 of our special ConCon26 series.

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Maria Recker (SDG), Randell Mauricio & Brian Albers (Pemmerations) share their perspectives on how to elevate the often‑overlooked Ops role, driving smarter decisions and stronger performance, in Session 6 of our special ConCon26 series.

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Differentiation is harder than ever in today's AI-driven market - and so a strong consulting brand is no longer a "nice to have" but a critical strategic asset. Nick Synnott (Create Engage) & Ben Gaddis (Superstep Capital) share practical advice on what it takes to build a compelling consulting brand in Session 5 of our special ConCon26 series.

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