AI is forcing consulting firms to shift from hourly billing to fixed-fee or outcome-based pricing, a transition proving slow and difficult for the industry (Mark Maurer/Wall Street Journal)

Mark Maurer / Wall Street Journal : AI is forcing consulting firms to shift from hourly billing to fixed-fee or outcome-based pricing, a transition proving slow and difficult for the industry — As AI threatens to make the billable hour obsolete, professional-services firms wrestle with reinventing how they charge clients

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