Strategy Simplified
Strategy Simplified
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S24E21: Why Consulting Demand Is Outpacing Every Firm's Hiring Plan
24 minutes Posted Sep 16, 2026 at 7:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Over half the firms in our latest consulting industry survey said demand is outpacing their ability to hire and deliver. Healthcare, energy, PE – the same story across the board. The bottleneck is capacity. Firms can't staff fast enough to keep up with the work already in their pipeline. And that reshapes the picture for mid-market firms getting squeezed from both sides and the candidates those firms are fighting over. We cover: Why buyers want the full economics of AI before...