Most firms treat utilization like a thermostat. Too cold, crank it up. Too hot, hope nobody burns out. You don’t fix lumpy utilization with a new project and resource management policy. You fix it by treating utilization like a system, not just a number, with Mark Orttung and Andy Lin’s ten utilization-lifting moves.

Promoting from within should be a win - for your people, your clients, and your business. But too often, it backfires.

Most consulting firms don’t fail because they’re bad. They fail because they wait too long to adapt - and when they finally do, they botch the landing. But with budgets tightening, AI reshaping billable work, and clients expecting more for less, change isn’t optional anymore - it’s survival.

Scaling a consulting firm has never felt scarier. But in a market crowded with laid-off consultants and AI-powered competitors, too many firms are choosing the riskiest move of all - stagnation.

Consulting firms are in demand, but being bought (or trying to buy) has never been riskier. Between investor appetite, integration chaos, and founder fatigue, too many firms are being sold too early - or broken after the deal.