The Consulting Arbitrage: When AI Eats the McKinsey Model

McKinsey-quality strategy decks used to cost six figures. Now an AI builds them before lunch. If you're still charging premium rates for deliverables a machine can generate in hours, your entire pricing model is on borrowed time.

Here's the real play nobody's talking about:
• Strategic analysis is officially commoditized — stop selling reports
• The new premium isn't research, it's knowing what to do with the research
• Operators who layer AI tools into their workflow NOW will leapfrog competitors still hiring MBAs
• Reposition from "we'll recommend" to "we'll analyze, decide, and execute"

The winners won't fight this shift. They'll ride it up the value chain. What's the first deliverable you'd automate in your business? Drop it below.