BAM MCN - CMCE Joint Event: AI in Management Consulting
Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents both a major opportunity and a major threat for management consulting. This online event, organised jointly by the British Academy of Management (BAM) Management Consulting Network and CMCE, will explore the opportunities and threats by showcasing cutting-edge research into the application of AI in management consulting and its implications for the profession.
The event will comprise three online sessions, each featuring a presentation followed by a question-and-answer session:
10.00 – 11.30: ‘AI in Professional Service Firms: a research study’, Professor Joe O’Mahoney. Joe will present the findings of his recent research into how professional service firms can best expoit AI. The session will also include a breakout period for discussion in small groups followed by a whole-audience discussion.
14.00 – 15.00: ‘Enhancing Consulting Outcomes: Business Sparks' AI-Powered Approach to Generating Innovative SME Strategies’, Dr Konstantinos Zachos. Kos will demonstrate AI tools for consultants being developed at the National Centre for Creativity enabled by AI (CebAI) at Bayes Business School.
17.00 – 18.30: ‘Building the higher order management consultancy skills needed to excel in the AI era’, Professor David V L Smith and Adam Riley MBA. David and Adam will discuss the critical skills that will be needed by management consultants to flourish in an environment where AI is well established.
To 6:30pm
Zoom videoconference
Professor Joe O’Mahoney, Professor of Consulting, Cardiff Business School
Dr Konstantinos Zachos, Chief Technology Officer, National Centre for Creativity enabled by AI (CebAI), City University of London
Professor David V L Smith, Professor and Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Hertfordshire Business School and Director, DVL Smith Ltd.
Adam Riley MBA, Founding Director, Decision Architects
