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Consultants Talk is an inside look at the global management consulting industry from K2 Consulting Research. With 30 years of experience tracking the industry, Kennedy managing partner and host Tom Rodenhauser interviews industry-leading executives and probes a world populated by such name-brands as McKinsey, BCG and Bain, Deloitte and PwC, as well as hundreds of specialist firms. Whether you're new to the business, a season veteran, a client or an investor, Consultants Talk provides the most informed perspective available on this multi-billion dollar industry that mostly operates behind the scenes.
Kennedy Intelligence hosts Consultants Talk, a business show with 14 episodes published.
In this episode, we share a preview of our newest research -- the 2026 Consulting Navigator report. The Navigator is a detailed breakdown of the global consulting market, with market size and forecast data as well as rat
Most consulting firms are still using AI to do fairly routine and basic tasks. But firms are experimenting and getting a lot closer to what a consulting partner would produce. But will AI replace that expertise? In this
Conventional wisdom says top-level partners are the "rainmakers" for consulting firms. David Ryan, founder of Gray Matters Group, tells us that real revenue generation comes from the other 90% of your consulting staff. D
Consulting's mentorship model has long been the foundation of the industry. Does AI threaten to undermine this principle? Will bots be the teachers rather than the experienced partners? In this episode, Tom talks with To
Every consulting firm talks about values and principles. But do they live them? In this episode, Tom talks with Adam Boitnott, founder of fast-growing Hylaine Consulting, on what it's like to say "no" to clients. Adam's
In this episode, Tom is joined by Brent Trimble, Vice President of Value Engineering at Kantata and host of the Professional Services Pursuit podcast, for a candid conversation on what it really takes to grow a consultin
Jim O'Malley is a senior talent advisor who has quietly filled C-suites and deal teams for Private Equity houses, blue-chip professional-services partnerships, and financial-services giants for more than three decades. I
The consulting industry is undergoing massive disruption -- a period where we'll see breakups and breakouts. That's because the core consulting business model has stayed largely intact even as the world has shifted. The
What happens when a people-based industry faces a crisis with its commercial model? We talk with James O'Dowd, renowned talent advisor to professional services and private equity, and founder of talent advisory firm Patr
Consulting veteran John Norkus, who led pricing strategy development at KPMG, North Highland, and Deloitte over his 30-year career, discusses how consulting's time-based pricing must respond to clients' demand for change
Consulting Veteran Mark Livingston, the former CEO of Cognizant Business Consulting and Infosys Consulting, joins the show. A former partner at Kearney and early adopter to technology before taking on those leadership ro
Alex Klein, 30 year consultant and founding partner of Efficio, joins Tom and Ramone to reflect on everything that went right - and wrong when he and 5 other consultants left A.T. Kearney to build a supply chain consulta
On today's show we bring in our good friend Jonas Lunendonk. Jonas has been advising firms in Germany on AI and he gives us some insight into how firms are implementing AI today and what we can expect consulting to look
Today we bring on Ramone Param, an expert in professional services investments, to talk about the current consulting industry mergers and acquisitions trends. We dive into what's driving M&A activity RIGHT NOW, investmen
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