- What changes by sector
- Confidentiality between engagements and the difference between an administrative draft and professional advice.
- A first test
- One redacted engagement pack, one reviewer and a written list of allowed sources.
AI consulting shaped by the industry you serve.
Your firm's business model determines the workflow. Your client's sector determines what evidence, permissions and professional review that workflow needs.
These are discovery contexts for consulting firms, not a portfolio of proven deployments in every industry. Start with approved examples; the engagement determines what can be connected and who must validate it.
AI consulting for professional services
Repeatable client briefs, proposals, source gathering and follow-up.
AI consulting for industrial and manufacturing clients
Requirements gathering, supplier meeting preparation and technical proposal administration.
- What changes by sector
- Revision control, technical validation and decisions that depend on current specifications.
- A first test
- One historical tender with a known requirement list and deliberately missing information.
AI consulting for technology and software clients
Discovery notes, implementation handoffs and customer follow-up.
- What changes by sector
- Fast-changing product documentation, access permissions and the ownership of commitments.
- A first test
- One completed implementation handoff checked against the accepted scope.
AI consulting for financial services
Meeting administration, approved research summaries and internal document requests.
- What changes by sector
- Confidentiality, licensed information and qualified review of any regulated advice or decision.
- A first test
- A redacted administrative example; no investment decisions, client transactions or automated eligibility decisions.
AI consulting for healthcare and life sciences
Non-clinical consultancy administration, programme preparation and approved public-source research.
- What changes by sector
- Sensitive information, clinical expertise and the permitted use of source material.
- A first test
- Public or synthetic material only at discovery; clinical decisions are outside this starting scope.
AI consulting for consumer, retail and hospitality clients
Consulting proposals, location research briefs and client action tracking.
- What changes by sector
- Seasonality, local operating context and distinguishing assumptions from observed customer demand.
- A first test
- One advisory brief using approved public information; verify local facts with the client.
Define industry-specific AI permissions and human review.
- Prepare the workApproved sources become a draft with evidence and open questions.
- A person reviewsYour responsible reviewer checks the facts and makes the decision.
- Approve the next stepOnly the agreed output moves into the next part of the process.
- State the output and the decisions it is allowed to support.
- Name the sources, permissions and people allowed to see the output.
- Choose a qualified reviewer and an escalation path for missing evidence.
- Test difficult examples, not only the normal path.
- Compare correction time and operating cost with the existing process.
Use the guide by consulting firm type to choose a first workflow, then try the workflow chooser.
Written by Loïc Guyon (Tileo). Updated 13 September 2026. Sector-specific requirements are established with your team and advisers during scoping.
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