What Should a Partner Own?

The situation

Each firm is led by its partners, who share in their firm's profit and pay the brand a royalty; no one holds stock options. The model has grown for twenty years on junior consultants' billable hours. AI tools now do about 40% of that junior work. Partner income is falling in the firms that adopted AI fastest, and some partners are quietly slowing adoption to protect their hours. Your best young partners ask for a new deal.

Your decision

What should a partner own, and be paid for, in this federation from next year?

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Source context

Now AI threatens the junior hours the model is built on.

Vanguard Leadership, Volume 2 · vl2-049, Case: Small Companies, One Network — Reply (vl2-049.c001)

What should a Partner own in the NEO era?

Vanguard Leadership, Volume 2 · vl2-049, Case: Small Companies, One Network — Reply (vl2-049.c001)

How would you make your case?

1. State your decision.
2. Explain your rationale in up to 250 words.
3. Identify the evidence and sources you would use.
4. Say what would change your mind within 90 days.
5. Explain what you would not do, and why.

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