Management Consulting Firm
New consultants billable in 6 weeks instead of 6 months
The Problem
Every new consultant meant six months of unbillable time. They had the credentials, but not the firm's methodology, frameworks, or institutional knowledge.
Senior partners spent 15+ hours per week answering the same questions. "How do we approach market sizing?" "Where's the template for stakeholder mapping?" "What did we learn from the Acme project?"
The Speed-to-Competency Crisis:
- •New hires unbillable for 6 months—$120K per consultant in lost revenue
- •Partners spending 40% of time on internal training, not client work
- •Methodology docs scattered across 15 years of SharePoint folders
- •Best practices existed only in senior partners' heads
The business cost: Growth constrained by how fast they could train—not how fast they could hire.
The Fix
We built a "senior partner in a box"—a system that understands their methodology, knows their past projects, and can guide any consultant through any engagement phase. Ask a question, get an answer with the right template, framework, and examples from similar past projects.
Knowledge Captured:
- •500+ past project deliverables and learnings
- •Proprietary frameworks and methodologies
- •Templates for every engagement phase
- •Partner interview transcripts on best practices
- •Industry-specific playbooks and benchmarks
What We Built:
- 1
Methodology Navigator
"What framework should I use for X?" → instant, contextual answer
- 2
Project Intelligence
Find similar past projects, see what worked, avoid past mistakes
- 3
Deliverable Assistant
Generate first drafts using firm templates and past examples
The Stack
Client Confidentiality:
Strict access controls by project and client. Past project learnings anonymized. No client data used for model training. Full audit trail for compliance.
The Results
Concrete Impact:
- •New consultants staffed on client projects within 6 weeks of joining
- •Partners reclaimed 13 hours/week for client-facing work
- •Consistent methodology application across all projects
- •Institutional knowledge no longer walks out when people leave
- •Doubled new hire capacity without adding training overhead
The Investment
Full system build
Discovery to launch
First year return
"Our new analysts now have instant access to 15 years of collective wisdom. They're performing at year-two levels within their first quarter."
— Senior Partner
What They Own Now
Full Ownership:
Expanding Across the Firm:
Now rolling out specialized versions for each practice area:
- •Strategy practice with M&A playbooks
- •Operations practice with transformation frameworks
- •Digital practice with technology vendor evaluations
How long until your new hires become productive?
Cut months off the learning curve.
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