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Utsav A Bhatt is a strategy consultant, entrepreneur, and writer with more than 17 years of experience helping organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in rapidly changing markets. His journey has taken him across North America, Asia-Pacific, the Nordics, Africa, and Australia, partnering with leaders in industries as varied as professional services, banking, consumer electronics, media, food and beverage, and automotive. As an Associate Partner at Innosight Consulting — the firm co-founded by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen — Utsav worked closely with C-level executivesRead More...
Utsav A Bhatt is a strategy consultant, entrepreneur, and writer with more than 17 years of experience helping organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in rapidly changing markets. His journey has taken him across North America, Asia-Pacific, the Nordics, Africa, and Australia, partnering with leaders in industries as varied as professional services, banking, consumer electronics, media, food and beverage, and automotive.
As an Associate Partner at Innosight Consulting — the firm co-founded by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen — Utsav worked closely with C-level executives on disruptive innovation, business model transformation, and culture change. His work has been recognised in the Harvard Business Review and contributed to clients earning accolades such as “Most Innovative Law Firm in Asia-Pacific” by the Financial Times.
Beyond client work, Utsav has designed and delivered leadership development programs on Jobs to Be Done, Disruptive Innovation, Customer Experience, and Transformation, equipping hundreds of executives to lead with clarity and courage. His entrepreneurial ventures — from co-founding the FinTech startup to building consulting practices at LTIMindtree and forging partnerships with institutions such as MIT CISR — have reinforced his conviction that growth is less about prediction and more about continuous adaptation.
In 2023, Utsav founded StratOffice with a simple but radical idea: that strategy consulting should be reimagined for a new era. StratOffice works as an extension of client’s strategy team, combining partner-level counsel with the power of artificial intelligence to deliver clarity, speed, and impact without the baggage of traditional models.
Utsav holds an MBA with double gold medals from the S.P. Jain School of Global Management and the Schulich School of Business. He was also a top ranker in engineering at Mumbai University. Today, alongside his advisory work, he is an active speaker and facilitator, engaging audiences at leadership forums, strategy off-sites, and corporate events with a unique blend of insight, storytelling, and practical tools.
Alt-Consulting is Utsav’s first book. It is both a memoir and a manifesto — a personal attempt to reflect on the future of consulting, the opportunities of artificial intelligence, and the timeless wisdom that can guide us through disruption.
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The consulting industry is at a breaking point. For decades, strategy consulting thrived on a simple formula: prestigious firms, expensive teams, and months-long projects. But the ground is shifting. Generative AI is automating the work of entire analyst teams. Lean boutiques are delivering partner- level thinking at a fraction of traditional costs. Clients are demanding speed, transparency, and value, not just polished decks. What comes after the end of strat
The consulting industry is at a breaking point. For decades, strategy consulting thrived on a simple formula: prestigious firms, expensive teams, and months-long projects. But the ground is shifting. Generative AI is automating the work of entire analyst teams. Lean boutiques are delivering partner- level thinking at a fraction of traditional costs. Clients are demanding speed, transparency, and value, not just polished decks. What comes after the end of strategy consulting as we knew it?
In Alt-Consulting, seasoned strategist Utsav Bhatt maps the future of the profession with clarity and conviction.
Inside, you'll discover:
Why the traditional consulting pyramid is collapsing and what's replacing it
Five new archetypes reshaping the industry
What law firms learned when technology disrupted them first
How to buy consulting differently: faster, cheaper, better
What consultants at every level must do to stay relevant
Drawing on Clayton Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation, real transformation cases, and timeless wisdom, Alt-Consulting is both a strategic playbook and a call to reimagine professional services. The old model isn't broken yet. But the cracks are loud. Whether you're a Chief Strategy Officer tired of overpriced projects, a consulting firm partner sensing the shift, or a young consultant wondering about your career in ten years, this book shows you how to lead, not lag. The disruption is already here. The question is: are you ready?
The consulting industry is at a breaking point. For decades, strategy consulting thrived on a simple formula: prestigious firms, expensive teams, and months-long projects. But the ground is shifting. Generative AI is automating the work of entire analyst teams. Lean boutiques are delivering partner- level thinking at a fraction of traditional costs. Clients are demanding speed, transparency, and value, not just polished decks. What comes after the end of strat
The consulting industry is at a breaking point. For decades, strategy consulting thrived on a simple formula: prestigious firms, expensive teams, and months-long projects. But the ground is shifting. Generative AI is automating the work of entire analyst teams. Lean boutiques are delivering partner- level thinking at a fraction of traditional costs. Clients are demanding speed, transparency, and value, not just polished decks. What comes after the end of strategy consulting as we knew it?
In Alt-Consulting, seasoned strategist Utsav Bhatt maps the future of the profession with clarity and conviction.
Inside, you'll discover:
Why the traditional consulting pyramid is collapsing and what's replacing it
Five new archetypes reshaping the industry
What law firms learned when technology disrupted them first
How to buy consulting differently: faster, cheaper, better
What consultants at every level must do to stay relevant
Drawing on Clayton Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation, real transformation cases, and timeless wisdom, Alt-Consulting is both a strategic playbook and a call to reimagine professional services. The old model isn't broken yet. But the cracks are loud. Whether you're a Chief Strategy Officer tired of overpriced projects, a consulting firm partner sensing the shift, or a young consultant wondering about your career in ten years, this book shows you how to lead, not lag. The disruption is already here. The question is: are you ready?
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