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The traditional consulting pyramid is giving way to something flatter. At ConCon26 Spring, one pattern kept coming up: firms built around senior, specific, fast, outcome-led people. Join our live panel, The Future Shape of Consulting Firms is Flat, at 15:00 GMT as part of ConCon26, a free virtual event starting at 13:45 GMT on Thu 5 Nov.

Big firms have the scale. You have senior people on every project. Boutique leaders in our State of Consulting survey named it a top advantage over the big firms. Join our live panel, The Next Generation of Consulting Firms: Built to Beat the Goliaths, at 14:00 GMT as part of ConCon26, a free virtual event starting 13:45 GMT on Thu 5 Nov.

Every boutique says it has a niche. But only 27% of the consulting leaders we surveyed get 75%+ of their revenue from the niche they say they serve. Join our live panel, Building at Speed: How to Scale in a Hyper-Focused Niche, at 16:00 GMT as part of ConCon26, a free virtual event starting 13:45 GMT on Thu 5 Nov.

Thursday 5 November: block out the afternoon. ConCon26: Fall Edition is a free virtual event for ambitious consulting firms. Hear four sessions on beating the big firms, flatter firm structures, scaling in a niche, and building a more investable business. 13:45 to 18:00 GMT. No flights required.

Disruption and being reactive to change has always been part of running a consulting firm, but this year has felt different. AI, macro challenges, geopolitics, radical shifts in client expectations – it feels like we’ve had 9 years of change in the last 9 months..! As a leader, in times like this, the temptation is always to do more, more, more. Turn your focus internally in your org – spin up more initiatives, new tactics, new ways of working, and compound the crazy external change with crazy internal change. More than ever, having the external perspective and headspace as a leader to calmly and clearly plot your way through this disruption is crucial. Challenge yourself: are you playing whack-a-mole in your business, or are you playing chess? To help the consulting community get this broader perspective, delighted to say we’re running ConCon26: Fall Edition - four talks and a keynote, 10+ speakers. Thursday November 5th, 1:45pm to 6pm GMT (8:45am to 1pm ET). Virtual and free to join. Take a few hours out, get perspectives from the broader Consulting community, and leave with greater clarity on the path forward for your business – your team will thank you for it! Register here - https://hubs.ly/Q04ydnWv0

Right... where do I even start with this one? Hosting ConCon26: Fall Edition back in May was honestly one of the best days I've had in this job. 500+ boutique consulting leaders, 15+ speakers who actually know what they're talking about, and a room (well, a virtual one) full of people who finally had an event built for them instead of the Goliaths. Because that's the bit that stuck with me most. The boutique consulting space has been underserved for years. Most conferences, most research, most content... all built around the big firms. ConCon26: Fall Edition was never meant to be that. It was built for the people actually running these firms day to day, the ones who don't usually get a seat built for them. So here CMap we're hosting it again. 2026 has thrown everything at consulting leaders... AI, macro trends, geo-politics, shifting customer habits, a wildly different competitive landscape, investment decisions, even what your own people expect from you now. Disruption's always been part of this industry, but this year's felt like a different level entirely. Most people I speak to are already taking stock of it & starting to think about what 2027 needs to look like. ConCon26: Fall Edition is where we get into exactly that. Thursday 5th November, 2pm-6pm GMT | 9am-1pm ET. 4 talks plus a keynote, 10+ speakers who'll leave you inspired, informed & prepared, not just talked at. Built for this community, same as always. If May felt like it was made for you, November will too. Register today - https://hubs.ly/Q04ydnjG0