In this episode of the Future of the Firm podcast, Andy Baldwin, Global Managing Partner & SVP Offerings & Growth at IBM Consulting, joins Fiona Czerniawska, CEO at Source, to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of asset-based consulting.

Andy shares insights that challenge the industry to rethink how traditional human consultants integrate with digital software assets and autonomous agents.

We address questions including:

• What is "asset-based consulting" and how do productivity-based assets differ from business-value assets?

• How will consulting firms transition away from the traditional time-and-materials pricing model to consumption-based plans?

• Why is it essential for consulting firms to build software-style product management capabilities?

• How are predefined agents and fully autonomous systems fundamentally changing client experience and delivery models?

• In a complex IT landscape packed with overlapping tools, why is the demand for a centralised "agent management platform" becoming critical for clients?

• How will delivery models change over the next 5 to 10 years, and what will separate the winners from the losers?

If you are interested in how generative AI and autonomous agents could reshape the consulting profession, this conversation is for you.

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