Usman Sheikh — How AI Will Reshape Consulting: The End of the Pyramid
"AI doesn't have judgment in it — it produces judgment-shaped artifacts."
Usman Sheikh, founder of High Output Ventures and author of the Framebreak newsletter, has spent years writing about how AI will reshape professional services — and the world has now caught up with the puck. In this conversation with Aidan McCullen, he explains why the consulting pyramid — the structure behind every major firm — is coming apart, and what replaces it.
In this conversation, Usman reveals:
Why firms became pyramids: leverage, margin, and a talent academy paid for by the client's billable hours
How AI pulls…
The skinny
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