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mostly shared ground
Management consultant
business administration, economy
Management consultants analyze a client's problem, interview people, build the case for a recommended change and present it to leadership. AI now produces research, analysis and slide drafts at speed, shifting the value toward client trust, judgment and getting people to actually act.
The exposed part of the week
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The part that gains value
// the shared and human ground in this job's mix
The full mix
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Safer ground: build these
// the future skills that shield this particular mix
Process
understanding & tweaking the way in which you do things
Critical thinking
reasoning independently, informed by evidence
Systems thinking
seeing patterns & creating models to handle complexity
Complexity
handling complexity or distilling it into simplicity
Self-leadership
being able to manage & lead yourself
Forecasting
exploring possible & desirable scenarios that lie ahead
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