Entity Clarity Report — Professional Services & Consulting in the AI Era: Q2 2026 Update
Summary
This preliminary Q2 Consulting update has been superseded. The governed January-to-July report reconciles the historical registry, uses the canonical movement taxonomy, and publishes the authoritative matched-panel Index. Read the current Professional Services & Consulting report.
Methodology
Superseded methodology note
This page reflected a preliminary interpretation of the July data. It has been replaced by a governed 49-entity registry and 48-entity matched-panel comparison using methodology eci-ecc-v1 and dataset version 2.0.0.
The current report corrects the historical entity count, records the single excluded entity, applies mutually exclusive movement classes, and preserves entity-level ECC values only in its authoritative PDF.
Findings
Superseded findings
The governed analysis identifies a nearly flat mean, a materially higher median, stronger capability inside the continuously legible core, one legibility entry, and three exits. It also corrects the January registry from a stated 50 firms to 49 entities and excludes one entity without a July observation.
Entity-level findings and ECC values are available only in the current authoritative PDF.
Landscape
Historical interpretation
This preliminary update examined the sector through the judgment-versus-execution distinction. That strategic framing remains useful, but its entity-level conclusions and counts have been superseded by the reconciled matched-panel report.
Archetypes
Historical archetypes
The preliminary update organized the sector around judgment leaders, defensive interpreters, execution-oriented firms, and blocked institutions. The current report replaces those scored web categories with governed longitudinal archetypes and an explicit interpretation boundary.
Index
Authoritative Index
Entity-level ECC values are intentionally not reproduced on this superseded page. The corrected 48-entity matched-panel Index appears only in the current authoritative PDF.
Strategic Implications
Current strategic implications
The governed report focuses on where judgment and authority reside, whether those assets transfer in a transaction, how access discontinuities affect diligence, and how post-close identity integration can preserve expert attribution and institutional trust.
Full Report
Current authoritative report
Read the governed Professional Services & Consulting update or download its authoritative PDF.