The Consultancy Pivot and The Riddle of the End Game

Bryan Alexandros
11 min readMar 30, 2021

What we assumed only had the ramifications of the common flu actually brought world economies into a recession.

Clientele delayed projects, suffocated the scope, or cancelled them full stop. High-value engagements that were usually held in-person were now reserved for “recovery” and “recalibration in the new normal.” Less prioritized stuff got scaled back into virtual theater.

Then a second pandemic took hold: Zoom fatigue.

I was already leading some decisions in the background about how my company should move forward — way before the pandemic. There were some patterns in the consulting industry that few people cared to look at.

Turns out my thinking was spot on.

The Answer is in the Question

Warren Berger. The OG.
Warren Berger. The OG.

Warren Berger, long-time innovation journalist and Author of “A More Beautiful Question,” has studied hundreds of world leading entrepreneurs, change-makers, and creative leaders. The one decisive trait that they all shared is the skillset for asking the right questions.

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Bryan Alexandros

Stories on running a high-tech advisory firm, self-mastery, and shaping the future through creative action.