Platform-Based Consulting with Tim Beattie and Adam Schaffer

Watch now | Is a platform-based model right for your firm?

Jul 16 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills

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The client conversation you're dreading is the one that builds trust

What I tell consultants about honesty, push-back, and the difficult client conversations

Jul 10 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Deri

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'How to Grow an Account' for Consultants (part 2 of 2)

The only way is up! Elevating your interactions is key.

Jul 2 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Colin Mann

June 2026

'How to Grow an Account' for Consultants (part 1 of 2)

"Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable". It's not the artifact but the thinking that matters - what does it take and which way will you grow?

Jun 25 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Colin Mann

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Why We Fired Our Accountants

What switching firms highlighted about trust, delivery, and how consulting firms need to grow

Jun 11 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Deri

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May 2026

How AI is reshaping consulting, with Adrien Foucault

Lessons from the firms getting it right, and the risks the others are walking into.

May 27 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Colin Mann

55:07

The Exponentialist Junior Consultant

Why future consulting firms will hire many more juniors than today

May 19 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Deri

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53:04

A lesson for consultants from Churchill

Four rules for clear communication from 1940, and why they matter even more today

May 5 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Deri

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April 2026

Your Operating Model probably isn't the problem

Why leadership behaviour and trust come before any structural redesign

Apr 23 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Deri

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Can engineers make good consultative sellers?

The skills are already there. The gap is smaller than it looks.

Apr 9 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Colin Mann

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March 2026

Faster Output, Weaker Judgement

The AI-enabled trade-off consultants can't afford to make

Mar 25 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Deri

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Do engineers make good consultants?

The strengths that get us hired, and the gaps that hold us back

Mar 13 • Honeycomb Consulting Skills and Colin Mann

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