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Training: Accelerating Consulting Engagements with Generative AI

Ref. AI-02-05
Duration:
1
 jour
Exam:
Non certifiant
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Intermédiaire

Accelerating Consulting Engagements with Generative AI Training

The Accelerating Consulting Engagements with Generative AI training course enables consultants, project managers and business experts to leverage AI as a performance driver in their engagements. It helps save time on preparation, analysis, structuring and documentation while maintaining the quality standards expected in high-value environments.

A training course designed for professionals who produce, frame and recommend

During this course, participants discover how to use AI to analyze needs, structure a diagnosis, produce summaries, prepare deliverables, improve recommendations and accelerate specific engagement phases. The training emphasizes the importance of maintaining a critical eye, high standards and genuine business value in AI-assisted outputs.

Participant Profiles

  • Consultants
  • Project managers
  • Business analysts
  • Transformation managers
  • Subject matter experts
  • Professionals involved in analysis, scoping or recommendation work

Objectives

  • Understand the applications of AI in consulting engagements
  • Use AI to accelerate scoping, analysis and documentation phases
  • Improve the structuring of deliverables and recommendations
  • Save time on preparation and synthesis tasks
  • Maintain a high level of quality in all outputs
  • Develop an AI-augmented working method

Prerequisites

  • Previous experience in consulting, project management or analytical work is recommended
  • Prior use of an AI assistant is a plus

Course Content

Module 1: AI as an Assistant in Consulting Engagements

  • Overview of useful applications
  • Positioning AI within engagement activities
  • What can be accelerated
  • What must remain under expert control

Module 2: Scoping an Engagement or Requirement Faster

  • Clarifying a requirement
  • Structuring a problem statement
  • Preparing analytical questions
  • Identifying investigation areas
  • Organizing an initial diagnosis

Module 3: Producing and Structuring More Efficiently

  • Creating deliverable templates
  • Preparing executive summaries
  • Structuring recommendations
  • Turning notes into actionable documents
  • Clarifying a demonstration or argument

Module 4: Accelerating Analysis and Presentation

  • Summarizing interviews or documents
  • Comparing multiple options
  • Surfacing key concerns
  • Preparing a clearer presentation
  • Improving the readability of outputs

Module 5: Quality, Rigor and Added Value

  • Avoiding generic deliverables
  • Preserving your consulting value
  • Validating assumptions
  • Tailoring outputs to the client context
  • Using AI as an accelerator, not a replacement

Module 6: Building Your AI-Augmented Working Method

  • Building on useful prompts
  • Creating work routines
  • Identifying tasks where the gain is real
  • Defining a personal or team usage framework

Documentation

  • Support de cours numérique inclus

Lab / Exercises

  • This course includes workshops on scoping, structuring recommendations, summarizing, reformulating and preparing deliverables to help participants integrate AI into their consulting engagements in a rigorous and relevant way.

Complementary Courses

Eligible Funding

ITTA is a partner of a continuing education fund dedicated to temporary workers. This fund can subsidize your training, provided that you are subject to the “Service Provision” collective labor agreement (CCT) and meet certain conditions, including having worked at least 88 hours in the past 12 months.

Additional Information

Generative AI Is Transforming the Consulting Profession

Consulting is a sector where information, analysis and writing are at the heart of the work. Generative AI gives consultants new capabilities to accelerate every phase of their engagements, from preliminary research to final report delivery.

Consultants who master these tools can handle more engagements, deepen their analyses and deliver better-argued recommendations, strengthening their position in an increasingly competitive market.

Accelerating the Research and Diagnosis Phase

Information gathering is one of the most time-consuming steps in any consulting engagement. AI enables the rapid analysis of large volumes of documents, the synthesis of sector studies and the cross-referencing of multiple sources to surface relevant insights.

The diagnostic phase also benefits from AI, which can help structure analytical frameworks, identify patterns in data and formulate hypotheses for field validation. This acceleration of the upstream phase frees up time for qualitative analysis and interviews.

Structuring and Writing Quality Deliverables

Writing reports, recommendations and presentations makes up a significant part of consulting work. AI helps structure documents, formulate clear recommendations and produce visually consistent materials. It can also adjust the level of detail and vocabulary to suit the target audience.

Consulting-specific prompt templates help standardize deliverable quality while personalizing each engagement. Building a library of business-specific prompts represents a high-value investment.

Enriching Your Recommendations with AI

AI can add an extra dimension to recommendations by identifying relevant benchmarks, modeling scenarios or anticipating potential objections. It enables consultants to challenge their own conclusions and enrich their analyses with complementary perspectives.

Using AI to prepare client meetings, anticipate questions and structure arguments significantly enhances the effectiveness of interactions and the consultant’s credibility.

The AI-Augmented Consultant

AI does not replace business expertise, sector intuition or the relational skills of a consultant. It augments analytical and writing capabilities, allowing the consultant to focus on the human added value that distinguishes quality advice from mere data analysis.

ITTA trains consultants and consulting firms in French-speaking Switzerland on integrating AI into their practices, with hands-on courses delivered in Geneva and Lausanne.

AI as a Competitive Advantage in Professional Roles

Integrating artificial intelligence into professional practices is no longer about innovation but about competitive necessity. Professionals who master AI tools within their area of expertise gain a significant edge in productivity, analytical quality and delivery speed. This cross-functional skill complements existing domain expertise to create a highly valued professional profile.

In French-speaking Switzerland, companies across all sectors are accelerating the adoption of AI in their processes. The results from early adopters that have trained their teams speak for themselves, with measurable productivity gains and a notable improvement in employee satisfaction. Training is the determining factor between successful adoption and an investment with no return.

Consultants trained in AI significantly strengthen their ability to deliver quality engagements within optimized timelines. They have access to a library of methods and templates that accelerate each phase of the consulting cycle. This increased productivity allows them to devote more time to client relationships and strategic analysis, the two dimensions that truly distinguish quality consulting from simple document production.

Can AI help prepare a commercial proposal?

Yes, AI can structure a proposal, draft key sections, adapt the tone to the prospect and even suggest relevant methodological approaches based on the engagement context.

How can AI be used for sector benchmarks?

AI can synthesize public studies, identify sector trends and compare practices. It is important to verify sources and complement findings with primary data to ensure benchmark reliability.

Do consulting clients accept the use of AI?

Most clients value the efficiency and quality of deliverables rather than the production method. Transparency about AI use, combined with solid business expertise, is generally well received.

Can AI replace a junior consultant?

AI can automate certain tasks traditionally assigned to juniors, such as document research or presentation formatting. This frees juniors for higher-value activities and accelerates their skill development.

Which AI tool is best suited for consulting?

Claude is particularly well regarded for analyzing long documents, ChatGPT for versatile writing and Gemini for cross-referencing research. The training covers how to master these tools and combine them effectively.

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