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Consulting Insights
Weekly market commentary on strategy and management consulting — partner moves, firm results, and what is actually changing in the UK, German, Swiss and US markets.
The archive
July 2026
Jul 16Germany’s Consulting Market is Continuing to Grow6 minJul 9Germany’s New Rules of Consulting6 minJul 7Why McKinsey’s Governance Changes Matter Far Beyond McKinsey6 minJul 1The Manager Role Is Becoming Consulting’s Toughest Job6 minJune 2026
Jun 23The Consulting Apprenticeship Model Is Changing6 minJun 15AI Is Forcing Consulting to Explain Its Value Again6 minJun 9The Big 4 Network Effect Cuts Both Ways6 minJun 4Most Partner Decisions Are Made Years Before the Partnership Vote5 minJun 1Watch How Consulting Firms Get Paid, Not What They Say About AI6 minMay 2026
May 27Consulting 2026: Tanker vs Speed Boat4 minMay 19The Rise of the Hybrid Professional5 minMay 15Consulting’s Partnership Model Is Shifting with AI4 minMay 7The “McKinsey of AI” Is Really About Internalising Transformation6 minMay 5The Real AI Shift in Consulting6 minApril 2026
Apr 30Consulting is being pushed to own the outcome – not just define it.7 minApr 23BCG shifts to Strategy + Applied AI6 minApr 16Podcast: Consulting Isn’t Dying. It’s Being Rebuilt.10 minApr 15Global Firms, Local Constraints6 minApr 8Consulting Is Being Stripped Back to First Principles5 minApr 1Great Consultants Specialise from Day One5 minMarch 2026
Mar 23Why AI Makes Senior Consultants More Valuable5 minMar 19Consulting After AI: What Was Worth Keeping6 minMar 17Why AI Still Needs Management Consultants7 minMar 10Europe’s Defence Pivot Is Reshaping Consulting Demand6 minMar 4What It Really Takes to Make Partner at McKinsey7 minMar 2Consulting 2026 = Embedded AI + Judgement7 minFebruary 2026
Feb 26UK Consulting 2026: Nervous, Hiring, and Doubling Down on AI5 minFeb 24OpenAI has chosen its (consulting) corner4 minFeb 19AI Agents in Consulting3 minFeb 17McKinsey Wants Judgment, Not (just) Pedigree4 minFeb 12Roland Berger – A Structure Shift in AI Consulting4 minJanuary 2026
Jan 29Inside the UK Big Four Reset5 minJan 27“How’s the Market?” – A Geopolitical Question3 minJan 20Germany’s Consulting Market Is Rewiring4 minJan 15“We Want to Make Ourselves Better” – McKinsey4 minDecember 2025
Dec 16Organic Consulting Growth Hits the Ceiling3 minDec 12AI disruption in consulting: messy now, predictable later3 minDec 9Restructuring Is Now the Centre of Gravity in Consulting2 minDec 4Why Consulting Still Produces Tomorrow’s Leaders5 minDec 2Graduate Salaries Are Flat Because Consulting Is Rewiring Itself4 minNovember 2025
Nov 27Germany’s Consulting Market Has Quietly Reset5 minNov 25McKinsey Partner Promotions Return to Pre-Boom Levels3 minNov 20The (PE) Race for Partners3 minNov 19A big move in German restructuring landed this week4 minNov 13AI and Performance: Why Firms Are Resetting How Work Gets Done4 minNov 10AI Isn’t Killing Consulting – But It Is Killing the Old Hiring Model3 minNov 7From Leverage to Judgment: How AI Is Rebuilding Consulting3 minNov 6The ESG Consulting Boom Has Cooled — But the Work Hasn’t3 minOctober 2025
Oct 30AI, Fear, and the Next Consulting Reset3 minOct 27Partnerships Are Changing — Capital Is Calling the Shots5 minOct 21Consulting Tech: How AI is Rewriting Strategy Consulting4 minOct 15Consulting’s Reinvention: What AI Changes – And What It Doesn’t4 minOct 13Consulting’s Ladder Is Narrowing4 minOct 9The Software Consulting Model3 minOct 7Consulting Reset: German Case Study4 minOct 2Consulting Reinvents Itself Every Generation: 1997 vs 20255 minSeptember 2025
Sep 29McKinsey’s Alumni Flywheel and the Future CEO Pipeline3 minSep 25AI Isn’t Destroying Consulting or Saving It. It’s Reshaping It.3 minSep 23PwC’s Results Show the Consulting Model Is Shifting4 minSep 16AI won’t replace consulting. It will redefine it.3 minSep 10The depth of the bench decides the future3 minSep 9Consulting’s fastest growth lever: the Team Move3 minSep 2Consulting Rankings 2025: What the AI Category Really Signals4 minAugust 2025
Aug 28Can AI really be trained to think like a consultant?2 minAug 11McKinsey at 100: Still Leading or Losing Ground?3 minAug 7Do consultants make good CEOs?2 minAug 7Consulting’s New Playbook: Partner To Build, Don’t Just Advise2 minAug 5AI Is Reshaping Consulting3 minJuly 2025
Jul 23McKinsey’s China AI Ban: How the Game Is Really Played3 minJul 22McKinsey’s move reflects a bigger truth about partnerships3 minJul 17Germany 2025 Consulting Rankings – Handelsblatt2 minJul 15OpenAI Just Became a Consulting Firm2 minJul 8Accenture: Big, Bold, Still Hungry — but Built for the Future?3 minJul 2EY-Parthenon’s Growth Play: Ambition vs. Reality in the Strategy Market3 minJune 2025
Jun 24Germany’s consulting market is splitting and PE is in the driving seat3 minJun 23Why So Many CEOs Still Start in Consulting2 minJun 18When the Market Leader Goes Quiet2 minJun 12Why PwC’s Advisory Overhaul Signals a Broader Shift in Consulting2 minJun 10AlixPartners Lean Model Is Gaining Ground in Strategy Consulting2 minJun 9The Hidden Growth Engine in Consulting: Alumni2 minJun 6The New Consulting Edge: Proprietary AI Tools2 minJun 4McKinsey’s latest cuts didn’t come out of nowhere2 minNothing matches that.
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