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McKinsey and the Big 4 are spending billions trying to become what small professional services firms already are. The AI transition is harder for them.
March 17, 2026
10 min readRead →AI cut Unilever's time-to-hire from 120 to 30 days. Aqore's 2026 report calls it a 'strategic reset.' Here's the pivot small staffing firms need to make now.
March 17, 2026
7 min readRead →Clients are insourcing. Platforms are entering recruiting. Small staffing firms face pressure from both sides. The only defensive position that holds in 2026.
March 17, 2026
9 min readRead →66% of job seekers avoid AI hiring. Small staffing firms that stay human at the right moments are building a moat. Here's the strategy.
March 16, 2026
6 min readRead →Firms switching from hourly to value-based pricing see 43% higher fees in year one. AI makes it possible at the 5-50 person firm level — here's the math.
March 16, 2026
9 min readRead →Anthropic put Deloitte at the center of AI. McKinsey has 20,000 agents. EY moved to outcome pricing. Here's how boutique consulting firms compete.
March 15, 2026
8 min readRead →Eudia Counsel raised $105M and holds an ABS law license, targeting M&A work — the same work that sustains small business law firms. Here's what to do.
March 14, 2026
7 min readRead →73% of consulting clients prefer outcome-based pricing. What happens when AI makes your firm faster? Three paths forward for professional services firms.
February 21, 2026
9 min readRead →97% of in-house counsel can't hire. They're sending overflow work to ALSPs, not outside counsel. Here's the positioning shift small law firms need to make.
February 12, 2026
7 min readRead →Clio, Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and Intapp are racing to be your firm's AI hub. Which platform already has what you need — before you buy more tools.
December 21, 2025
6 min readRead →AI compresses marketing agency deliverables. Here's how growing agencies are repricing and what the data says about which billing models survive in 2026.
November 20, 2025
7 min readRead →Opensity Solutions — a 4,500-person AI-powered MSO — launched to handle professional services back-office work. What it means and how to respond.
November 1, 2025
7 min readRead →1,052 acquisitions in 10 years. PE is using AI to accelerate roll-ups in accounting, law, and consulting. What independent firm owners need to know.
October 28, 2025
8 min readRead →Thomson Reuters 2026: firms with a written AI strategy are 3x more likely to see ROI. Here's the 30-minute minimum viable version.
September 30, 2025
7 min readRead →54% of lawyers now expect AI to drive more work to ALSPs. Wolters Kluwer's 2026 data explains why — and what small law firms can do.
September 16, 2025
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