AI in Professional Services

A Complete Learning Arc
for the AI-Ready Firm

86 newsletter issues. Six focused series. One coherent curriculum โ€” from first curiosity to sector-specific mastery.

86
Issues
6
Series
36
Curriculum issues
DACH
Focus market
The Learning Progression
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Awareness
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Foundation
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Strategy
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Execution
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Application
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Issues #1โ€“50 ยท Awareness
The Problems Worth Solving
50 issues

Entry-level content naming the friction that practitioners feel but haven't articulated. Each issue frames one problem clearly โ€” the adoption trap, the hallucination anxiety, the efficiency paradox โ€” without yet prescribing solutions. Designed to create recognition, not instruction.

AI adoption patterns Common failure modes Practitioner anxieties Tool vs. capability framing DACH market context
Reader leaves thinking: "This is exactly what's happening in our firm. Someone understands this."
recognition โ†’ readiness
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Issues #51โ€“68 ยท Series 1
AI Practice Foundation
18 issues

How to build internal AI capability that compounds instead of collapses. Covers the full operational stack: prompt libraries, onboarding systems, tool audits, review layers, knowledge capture, governance, and culture. A complete internal playbook โ€” not theory, but specific mechanisms that professional firms can implement.

Prompt library systems Review layer design Knowledge capture Governance structures AI culture vs. compliance Sorgfaltspflicht framing Measurement systems
Reader leaves with: A complete internal capability-building framework. Can map their firm against each dimension.
internal capability โ†’ external positioning
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Issues #69โ€“74 ยท Series 2
AI-Capable Firm Competitive Strategy
6 issues

The efficiency trap: AI cuts costs but doesn't differentiate. This series reframes capability as competitive advantage โ€” how to articulate it, price for it, develop talent around it, restructure operations, and win business development conversations. The bridge between internal operations and external market position.

The efficiency trap Capability articulation AI-era pricing models Talent strategy Operations redesign Business development framing
Reader leaves with: A differentiation strategy. Can explain AI capability to clients without sounding like a brochure.
strategy โ†’ implementation
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Issues #75โ€“80 ยท Series 3
The Implementation Playbook
6 issues

Six issues covering the complete 90-day pilot structure โ€” from scoping the first pilot to embedding AI as a permanent Kanzleistandard. Addresses the five most common failure modes: stopping early, over-optimising, review drift, metric substitution, and maintenance creep. Designed for the partner who wants to run this without a consultant in the room.

90-day pilot structure Failure taxonomy Review layer design Knowledge capture system Scaling: announce vs. transfer Kanzleistandard embedding
Reader leaves with: A step-by-step execution plan. Can run a pilot from Week 1 to Month 12 using these six issues as a field guide.
generic playbook โ†’ sector-specific application
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Issues #81โ€“86 ยท Series 4
Applied AI in DACH Professional Services
6 issues ยท in progress

The same implementation logic applied sector-by-sector: tax consulting, law firms, management consulting, audit/WP, architecture/engineering, financial advisory. Each issue maps the specific entry points, honest limitations, regulatory constraints (StBVV, BRAO, WPO, HOAI), and 90-day pilot structure for that sector. DACH-specific throughout.

Steuerberatung ยท DATEV context Law firms ยท BRAO/beA Management consulting Audit/WP ยท WPO Architecture ยท HOAI Financial advisory ยท MiFID II
Reader leaves with: A sector-specific starting point. They know exactly where to start and what to avoid in their specific firm type.
sector mastery โ†’ client communication
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Issue #87 ยท Series Coda
The Client Conversation
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The question every practitioner avoids: how do you tell clients you're using AI? Covering Vertrauenspflicht, Berufsgeheimnis, pricing transparency, and the trust sequencing dynamics unique to DACH professional services relationships. The honest answer most firms need but few have written down.

Vertrauenspflicht Disclosure frameworks Pricing transparency Trust sequencing Client conversation scripts
Reader leaves with: The words to use and the timing to use them. Closes the arc from internal capability to client relationship.

The Arc Is the Product

These aren't 86 independent newsletters. A reader who works through Series 1โ€“4 (#51โ€“86) has received a consulting-grade curriculum: how to build capability, position competitively, run the implementation, and apply it to their sector.

The newsletter is the service โ€” sampling itself. Each issue demonstrates the methodology it's teaching. By the time a reader reaches Issue #86, they understand exactly what an engagement with this practice would produce and why.

Series 3 (#75โ€“80) is the natural paid product: The Implementation Playbook repackaged as a 6-week structured email course โ€” same content, different container, higher perceived value. The curriculum map above is the product description.