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The episode explores the potential impact of AI on consultancy jobs with insights from guest Steve Chan.

In this episode we're asking the question "Will AI eat consultancy jobs?".  There are so many people using their skills to help businesses deploy the latest tech.  So what's the future look like for them.   Steve Chan is the founder of a new company Stealth Labs. He's worked in Digital Intelligence at BAE and been an AI solutions engineer at Microsoft.    Show Links Ben Pearce LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/ Tech World Human Skills Home -  https://www.techworldhumanskills.com Steve Chance Webpage -  https://stevechan.ai   Keywords   consultancy, inefficiency, business perspective, profit margins, upskilling, training, organizational roles   Takeaways  Consultancy often operates inefficiently from a business standpoint. Consultants are frequently sold out to organizations for fees. There is overwhelming pressure to maintain profit margins in consultancy. Consultants may spend more time in one organization than intended. The need for training and upskilling is critical in consultancy. Profit margins can hinder the ability to respond to new requirements. Consultants face challenges in balancing…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Pearce

Guest: Steve Chan

Topics covered

• AI impact on jobs
• consultancy industry
• business efficiency
• training and upskilling
• profit margins
• organizational roles

Keywords

• consultancy
• inefficiency
• business perspective
• profit margins
• upskilling
• training
• organizational roles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stealth Labs, BAE, Microsoft

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