2026 Best Firms To Work For Professional Series:

Consulting in the Age of AI: The Experience Deficit

September 17, 2026 | The Midland Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL

Consulting in the Age of AI continues with a program built for the room that owns the talent question. Artificial intelligence has absorbed the entry-level work that once turned new hires into seasoned advisors. The reps are gone, and with them the quiet apprenticeship that produced judgment. That is the experience deficit.

This program examines what the best firms to work for are doing to rebuild how judgment and talent gets grown, retained, and proven. The firms that solve it will own both the talent and the market that follows it.

Join Consulting Magazine, industry innovators, and the honorees of the Best Firms To Work For awards for an engaging, high-impact session designed for firms addressing the fundamental disruptions impacting our industry. This dynamic program combines three fast-paced lightning talks with a deep-dive panel discussion, providing attendees with insight and practical guidance for navigating AI impact, economic uncertainty, and the increasingly sophisticated demands of clients.

You will connect and network with peers, firm leaders, and the Best Firms to Work For of 2026 as you sharpen your industry acumen and gain unique insight into navigating the volatility of rapidly changing technology, economics, and their effect on the outcome-based consulting landscape.

Through three lightning talks followed by a deep-dive panel session with those speakers, you will gain focused insight into what the best firms are doing to rebuild how judgment and talent gets grown, retained, and proven. The firms that solve it will own both the talent and the market that follows it.

Registration for the Industry Series program DOES NOT INCLUDE NETWORKING/DINNER attendance.
Individuals who will be attending the Networking/Dinner do not need to register separately for the Industry Series. 

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