Why Boutique Consultants Must Lead with Focus, Courage, and Ethics in the Age of AI.

Let’s be blunt.

If you’re still leading with a deck, you’ve already lost the room. In a world where AI can generate ten slides in ten seconds, slides aren’t power. They’re a performance. And clients aren't buying high-level advice printed on glossy paper, summarized in fancy slides anymore. They’re buying conviction.

We’re not in the age of PowerPoint. We’re in the age of Proof Point.

If you’re a boutique consultant who still considers slides as deliverables, get ready. The tectonic plates have moved under your business.

The AI Shift: What Clients Are Really Buying Now

A recent OECD study laid that out in neon lights for you (I summarize the key findings in my latest podcast episode here). AI is everywhere, but not yet deep. Companies know they need it. They are experimenting. However, they lack the vision and stamina to use AI in their business strategy. Business cases are missing, and the ROI i...

If you feel overwhelm. If it's hard for you to get everything in your consutling business done.

When your company and team are 100% dependent on your being in the business.

When you fear your business is plateauing because of too many competing priorities.

Then maybe it's time for you to get clarity on your business motivators.

They are called the 5 Ps:

- Product
- Positioning
- Prospects
- Profits
- Processes

You need to be aware of all five, but usually only one or two need attention right now.

Or one or two get you the most results.

Focus on these two and have the discipline to blend out the rest.

That means:

- Unsubscribe from all newsletters that do not pertain to the one or two business motivators that you have picked.

- Cancel all meetings that have nothing to do with your top two Ps.

- Be clear on what you want to achieve for the top two Ps by the end of the week. Review them every day.

- Make a list of all the activities that you absolutely MUST do to move a project forward (not the ones that...

Do you want to leave your job right now but have not figured out how to make the transition?

I am going to share with you three strategies that help you move forward with more certainty and confidence.

The wrong way of leaving your corporate job and starting to do what you love is to burn your boats.

I know many of my colleagues promote that approach. But I am more on the side of safeguarding your physical, mental, and financial well-being. 

To do that, you will need to build three things:

• Create a product or service that people want
• Generate traffic to your shop or shopping cart
• Deliver your product or service

What I want you to avoid, though, is that you leave your corporate job only to find out that either or neither of these things are broken and then you lose your business and savings.

So, imagine this scenario. What if you knew in advance what the market really wants, you had proof that your sales process works, and you felt certain that you can deliver what you prom...