"AI frees us from time-consuming tasks so we can focus on what really matters: creation, innovation, and challenging existing methods. It's an incredible opportunity to give new meaning to our work and rediscover the very essence of consulting!"
"One point that seems important to me: let's not forget that junior staff are our future. They are essential for maintaining reasonable costs and preparing the senior staff of tomorrow. Without them, we lose our balance and our ability to innovate. With a platform like OctaEdge, which allows us to train young consultants and revisits delegation processes, we are using the power of AI for the benefit of all and with a long-term vision."
Leading consulting professionals, who helped us design OctaEdge, share their perspectives on the impact of AI, the evolution of consulting professions, the training of young consultants, and more. We thank them for their inspiring visions; they offer a constructive yet incisive and uncompromising view of the OctaEdge platform.
Olivier LE HENAFF
He has held senior management positions in consulting and digital services: Accenture, Capgemini, DXC Technology, Teamwill Consulting. He is currently a board advisor to several consulting firms and startups.
Interviews with Consulting "pros"
"Consultants need to realize that 'together is better'! The sum of individual efficiency gains linked to AI and/or digitalization has an overall impact that quickly plateaus if the implementation of tools/processes is not accompanied by 'meta-reflection' on how to also increase the 'collective' impact."
"In the consulting industry, the black gold is 'data,' information... but 'private' data. The kind that comes from the analysis and experience of the teams. With AI, we quickly access 'public' data, but with a tool like OctaEdge, we can do more. With the digitalization of processes, OctaEdge allows us to store/save this information, rework it, and share it. OctaEdge is proof that today, finally, thanks to Digital and AI, we can do 'happy' Knowledge Management!"
Philippe PIEDIGROSSI
A Senior Partner at Accenture and then EY, he led teams, transformation projects and major clients, particularly in Financial Services.
“With the arrival of digital ‘colleagues’ within companies, HR management practices need to be rethought. It will still be necessary to address motivation issues and manage careers and skills. But this will require different methods. How do you disseminate a company culture or ethical considerations within a department whare half of the workforce consists of digital agents?”
"Working with AI profoundly changes roles within teams. While everyone agrees that humans must "retain" control, will AI agents simply become "slaves"? Certainly not. We see this with OctaEdge, a solution to facilitate Business Development: the technology becomes a truly effective "co-pilot," but this, in turn, requires ensuring a balance between the contribution of AI and that of human "brains." If this balance isn't managed, the impacts can be significant: relationship to work environment (for both young and older employees), the ethics of decision-making, economic efficiency, social impact, and more..."
Joel NADJAR
He was a senior consultant at Accenture and then Wavestone. He now uses his experience to support startups and is developing a think tank on the impacts of AI.
Leading consulting professionals, who helped us design OctaEdge, share their perspectives on the impact of AI, the evolution of consulting professions, the training of young consultants, and more. We thank them for their inspiring visions; they offer a constructive yet incisive and uncompromising view of the OctaEdge platform.
Interviews with Consulting "pros"
"One point that seems important to me: let's not forget that junior staff are our future. They are essential for maintaining reasonable costs and preparing the senior staff of tomorrow. Without them, we lose our balance and our ability to innovate. With a platform like OctaEdge, which allows us to train young consultants and revisits delegation processes, we are using the power of AI for the benefit of all and with a long-term vision."
Olivier LE HENAFF
He has held senior management positions in consulting and digital services: Accenture, Capgemini, DXC Technology, Teamwill Consulting. He is currently a board advisor to several consulting firms and startups.
"Working with AI profoundly changes roles within teams. While everyone agrees that humans must "retain" control, will AI agents simply become "slaves"? Certainly not. We see this with OctaEdge, a solution to facilitate Business Development: the technology becomes a truly effective "co-pilot," but this, in turn, requires ensuring a balance between the contribution of AI and that of human "brains." If this balance isn't managed, the impacts can be significant: relationship to work environment (for both young and older employees), the ethics of decision-making, economic efficiency, social impact, and more..."
Joel NADJAR
He was a senior consultant at Accenture and then Wavestone. He now uses his experience to support startups and is developing a think tank on the impacts of AI.
"In the consulting industry, the black gold is 'data,' information... but 'private' data. The kind that comes from the analysis and experience of teams. With AI, we quickly access 'public' data, but with a tool like OctaEdge, we can do more. With the digitalization of processes, OctaEdge allows us to store/save this information, rework it, and share it. OctaEdge is proof that today, finally, thanks to Digital and AI, we can do 'happy' Knowledge Management!"
Philippe PIEDIGROSSI
A Senior Partner at Accenture and then EY, he led teams, transformation projects and major clients, particularly in Financial Services.