MT’s Top Consultancies, CBI conference, and can AI transform business models?

On this week’s episode, we discuss what we learned from the CBI conference, MT’s new list of its Top 100 Management Consultancies, and why we’re not seeing gen AI transform business models.

Last week, Antonia Garrett Peel attended the Confederation of British Industry’s annual conference to watch two political heavyweights – Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch – present their different visions for the economy. Of course the CBI was also keen to, as chair Rupert Soames put it, “whisper a few…messages into the government’s ear”. Antonia outlines the CBI’s warning for business and discusses whether Reeves is already backtracking on a commitment made at the conference.

MT has unveiled its new list of its Top 100 Management Consultancies,  providing a detailed overview of the leading UK firms at a turbulent time for the sector. Many of the factors driving change – such as evolving client expectations and an end to a post-pandemic boom in business – are explored in a piece written by Gavin Hinks for MT. Éilis Cronin outlines what some of these shifting client priorities are and how Covid and gen AI have impacted the client-consultant relationship.

ChatGPT is officially two years old, and since its inception we have witnessed the astronomical rise of gen AI technologies. But why have we – for the most part – not yet seen them transform business models? That’s the question addressed by Adam Gale in his latest piece for MT, which explores how businesses currently use these technologies and why leaders might need to undergo a mindset change to get the most out of them. We discuss.

Links:

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/cbi-chair-warns-reeves-government-needs-business-deliver-its-promises/down-to-business/article/1897739

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/state-uk-consulting-sector/indepth/article/1898140

https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/why-arent-seeing-generative-ai-transforming-business-models/indepth/article/1897403

Credits:

Presenters: Éilis Cronin and Antonia Garrett Peel

Producer: Inga Marsden

Artwork: David Robinson

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