Consultant Paradox
The structural problem where external consultants bring deep expertise but lack intimate organisational context, while internal leaders have rich context but limited cross-domain breadth. (Strategy as Infrastructure, Ch 1)
Why it matters
The consultant paradox is not a criticism of consultants — it is a structural limitation. Context cannot be transferred through frameworks. The knowledge that matters most lives in the heads of people who have been in the building for years. AI resolves this paradox at the architectural level: it carries both deep domain expertise AND full strategic context, simultaneously, at any time of day.
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