The headlines say consulting is dead and junior roles are first in the firing line. After all, if AI can do what juniors used to do, how many do you really need?

The history of technology paradigm shifts tells a different story.

A more likely scenario is the rise of the Exponentialist Consultant – a junior able to create so much client value you will want to hire more of them, not fewer.

In this session, Honeycomb’s MD Deri Hughes sets out his thesis on why demand for junior consultants is about to climb, and what firm leaders should be doing now to develop the people who can meet it.

Watch or listen now to discover:

- Why “consulting is dead” reads the future wrong, and what The Jevons Paradox tells us about the more likely direction of the consulting industry.

- The three stages of the junior consultant role: legacy, accelerated, and exponentialist, and what separates them.

- The persistent ‘last-mile problem’ in AI-assisted consulting, and the validator role emerging now inside high-performing teams.

- Three concrete examples of how junior consultants could bring value that were not previously possible: hypothesis parallel processing, stakeholder hyper-personalisation, and the person in the platform.

- The junior skills that are ramping up, and the ones that no longer differentiate.

- A three-step action plan - audit, brainstorm, and define the future - that firm leaders can run with their senior team right now.

If you’re a consulting firm leader looking past the next quarter at how AI will reshape your talent model and your client value proposition, this is one you shouldn’t miss.

This thinking behind this session has been brought together in an eBook titled The Exponentialist Junior Consultant. Click here to get your copy now:

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The Skilled Consultant is written by Deri Hughes and Colin Mann, Managing Directors of Honeycomb Consulting Skills Training. We help consulting leaders develop exceptional teams with world-class training to support every career transition.

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If this discussion raised a question about your own team, do drop a comment below or book a 30-minute call with Deri or with Colin to discuss how we could help you.

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