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PJ's avatar

The next two to three years are going to be incredibly interesting.

On one hand, AI in many companies is still just a chatbot like Copilot. On the other hand, powerful tools like Codex are democratizing code, and the capabilities of a single employee are now massive.

From my conversations with Big 4 partners, many still believe that not much is going to change. Their readiness to adapt is limited. I also see a lot of fear. How do you invent an outcome-based business model when you’ve been working in a "time and materials" model for 20 years? How do you rebuild an entire company from the ground up around this new approach?

It’s a massive shift that requires years that, in my opinion, they simply don't have.

Maurizio's avatar

There are a few more questions to ponder. What's their horizon? Are they retiring in 5-10 years? Do they have 20 years of professional work ahead of them?

The answers to those questions may dictate their posture to the problem...

Ancuta's avatar

Can't help asking: why would they sleepwalk into this?

Maurizio's avatar

It's the innovator's dilemma. Each firm is sort of forced to do it because the others are too.