The Pursuit Power Half Hour

The 3 Shifts That Will Make or Break Consulting Firms in 2026 — and How to Activate Them

In this session, we address the most pressing tension in professional services today: clients want measurable outcomes faster than ever, but firms are struggling to scale senior judgment without breaking their delivery models. We move past the AI hype to look at the “2026 Reality”—how to coordinate human expertise with AI leverage to meet rising demands without sacrificing margins or trust.

What we covered:

  • Aligning Judgment & Capability: How to align senior judgment and AI capability to deliver outcomes faster.

  • Reducing Delivery Risk: Ways to improve resourcing and planning visibility to reduce delivery risk and margin leakage.

  • Operationalizing Outcomes: How to operationalize outcome-based delivery beyond pilots and promises.

  • Hybrid Team Attribution: How to attribute work, cost, and value across hybrid teams of humans and AI.

  • Building Data Trust: How to build trust in data and AI outputs so teams can move quickly with confidence