You sound like a consultant who didn't like the relationship aspect of the business. 1) This is true; consultants are very expensive. But the $200/hr you're pa

You sound like a consultant who didn't like the relationship aspect of the business. 1) This is true; consultants are very expensive. But the $200/hr you're paying for the 23-year-old little shit also has to cover all the hours the partner with 30 years of relevant, awesome experience he can't bill against because he's too busy fixing the little shit's messes all day. It's a leveraged model; the guys at the top have the relationships and experience, while the guys at the bottom have energy and ambition that impress the client. But on the flip side, I've also had enough clients burned by productized consulting services that they avoid them in general. Quality control is hard, even in the consulting world, which is why brand perception and relationships matter so damn much. 2) Relationships are everything. Management consultants are valuable exactly because they can help you solve #2 above: we make recommendations as to what you should do, then we sell you the follow-on work to actually do it for you (or at least train up a team inside your company on it). With "productized consulting as a service" you don't have the relationships, and you don't have a pipeline to win those relationships. 3) Maybe in strategy consulting (which is disappearing now anyway because it was always of dubious value); but in the management consulting world, 80% of what you have to do is understand what the client wants to accomplish. Once you have done that, you can go and take a deck that you already have, change a few things, and you're good to go, but getting there is the hard part. I can't tell you how many projects I've sold where what we eventually sold the client was something totally different than what they asked for initially. But this last paragraph is why consulting will never go away (because it's what a consultant will tell a VP with budget after he's built up a rapport): Ultimately, "productized consulting services" are simply shared services for small businesses. They come with all the ups and downs associated with shared services, and as such are not appropriate for every company. Might I suggest a short consulting engagement to identify areas where a shared services cost reduction plan might be effective?