Upcoming Learning Forums
Explore consulting methods and business challenges with practitioners across functions — building perspective you can apply to your work and organizational change.
Previous Learning Forums
Innovation Management Best Practices
Dr. Bill Trotter shared best practices for initiating, developing, and managing effective innovation management programs. Attendees gained practical insights into how consulting expertise can strengthen innovation management and help organizations build more effective programs.
Intro to Oria - How to Create McKinsey-Style Slides
Andrew Persh showed attendees how AI can turn everyday consulting content into polished, professional PowerPoint decks without the typical AI-generated look. Drawing on his experience at McKinsey and developing the initial slide-generation functionality of Lilli, Andrew shared a firsthand look at what’s becoming possible with AI-powered presentations.
AI Shift of Consulting Work to Strategy & Decision-Making
David Tang shared how AI is pushing consulting engagements up the value chain, highlighting how automation can free consultants from routine data gathering and analysis to focus on higher-value work — framing the right problems, weighing tradeoffs, and making high-stakes decisions under uncertainty.
AI Job Creation & Destruction in Consulting
Is AI coming for consulting jobs, or creating better ones? This forum explored how AI is eliminating certain traditional consulting tasks while creating new demand for skills in AI strategy, governance, and implementation. Daro Mott, PMP, led a guided conversation on what’s changing inside internal consulting functions — and which skills matter more now than ever.
Measuring the ROI of AI
Dr. Jack J. Phillips shared practical strategies for measuring the real business impact of AI. Attendees explored proven frameworks for evaluating AI initiatives, communicating results to stakeholders, and ensuring innovation delivers meaningful organizational value.
From AI Ideas to Business Value
Juan Jimenez and Steve Meier introduced the AI Pathfinder™ framework, demonstrating practical approaches for moving AI initiatives beyond experimentation and into measurable business value. Attendees learned how to identify high-value AI opportunities, evaluate business impact, and build a roadmap for successful implementation.
AI Tools for Internal Consultants
This forum explored how leading internal consultants are using AI to uncover insights, solve complex business challenges, and deliver greater value. Eric Kennedy and Daro Mott shared practical tools, real-world examples, and techniques attendees could immediately put to use.
Introducing the Consulting KBase
This session introduced AIMC's Consulting Best Practices Knowledge Base (KBase), a growing repository of proven consulting methodologies, practitioner insights, and research. Dr. Bill Trotter demonstrated how the resource supports continuous learning and stronger consulting practices.