Digital Transformation
Asset-Based Consulting: Why Advisory Firms Are Building Software and Managed Services
AI is compressing the price of hours. A CEO's guide to the shift from people-based advice to software, data products and managed services, and how to make it pay. The report sets out the considerations and practical implications discussed in the article.
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- PDF · 14 pages
- Published
- Published Oct 2026
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What's inside
- 01AI is pushing the market from selling hours to selling outcomes
- 02The largest firms already earn as much from managed services as from consulting
- 03Buyers are paying for platforms and outcomes, and less for capacity
- 04Big firms are shifting their mix toward AI, tech and outcome-linked work
- 05Productisation works only when four conditions are met