For more than a century, the consulting industry has been organised around leverage. Firms hired large cohorts of junior professionals to perform analysis, research, and production work, while more experienced consultants framed problems and partners focused on client relationships. That logic produced the familiar consulting pyramid.
More recently, as automation and analytics reduced the need for entry level labor, many firms shifted toward a flatter “diamond”: fewer juniors, a thicker middle, and a narrower path to the top.
That geometry is now…
