07/08/2025
Over the past few months, Iโve been having deep, unfiltered conversations with consultants at every level โ from solo operators to big-firm leaders.
๐ ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น: map out the real gaps (and hidden leverage) as AI hits the services space.
I always end with the same question:
๐ โI๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ?โ
One answer I heard recently stuck with me:
โIโ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.
๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ โ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ.โ
Thereโs so much wisdom packed into this โmagic wandโ answer.
๐ก ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ.
Itโs modular.
Small, specialized AI agents.
Stacked like Lego bricks.
Cheap to experiment with.
Easy to swap out.
Each one unlocking a slice of leverage for people who know their craft.
๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
Most consultants know what theyโd build.
They just donโt have the time, capital, or risk appetite to do it now.
And so they stay stuck.
Serving clients today.
Hoping they donโt get outpaced by someone who productizes faster.
๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐:
๐ The next wave of consulting wonโt look like whatโs in place today.
Itโll look like services augmented by tiny, targeted AI capabilities, built by the people closest to the problem โ not by monolithic vendors selling generic tools.
So Iโll leave you with two questions:
1๏ธโฃ Whatโs YOUR โmagic wandโ AI agent?
2๏ธโฃ If you knew you could deploy it tomorrow โ what would it free you to do better than anyone else?
I might publish more of these raw insights soon. If youโd read it, just drop โInterestedโ below.