The Future of the Firm · 2026-05-04 · 37 min
In this episode of the Future of the Firm podcast, Andy Baldwin, Global Managing Partner & SVP Offerings & Growth at IBM Consulting , joins Fiona Czernia w sk a, CEO at Sourc e , to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of asset-based consulting. Andy shares insights that challeng e the industry to rethink how traditional human consultants integrate with digital software assets and autonomous agents . We address questions including: W hat i s "asset-based consulting" and how do productivity-based assets differ from business - value assets? How will consulting firms transition away from the traditional time-and-materials pricing model to consumption-based plans? Why is it essential for consulting firms to build software-style product management capabilities ? How are predefined agents and fully autonomous systems fundamentally chang ing client experience and delivery models?
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