Christiaan Barnard
South African surgeon
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Aug 6, 2026
ConCon26: How to beat the big consulting firms | The power of niche boutiques - #66
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8:23Ben EdwardsHOST
So where are boutique firms themselves winning? Christian, what are some of the services or solutions that are capturing attention?

Christian BarnardGUEST
So as I mentioned in the intro, we are an AI consulting firm, so we are, I'm going to, I'm going to answer your question, um, outside of the AI space.

Christian BarnardGUEST
Cause there's probably a lot of participants that don't do AI consulting or specifically only something like we do, but there are, there are four things, um, that are capturing attention and differentiating in today's market.

Christian BarnardGUEST
One is, um, and they're all sort of engagement style, right? So outcome driven engagements.

Christian BarnardGUEST
Our clients across every sector are moving away from open-ended advisory relationships and towards engagements with defined outcomes and measurable results.
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25:45Ben EdwardsHOST
So how does this best practice translate to what you've actually been able to achieve?