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Consultants for Impact:
August Brief *

*Read by hundreds of impact-driven consulting professionals around the world + those hoping to hire them

Headlines

Big stories about pressing global problems

H5N1 watch: Prediction markets are trading at 9% for a 2024 human-to-human outbreak of the deadly, highly contagious virus.  Disease researchers are calling for measurement and preparation. – Metaculus; NPR

Recently-announced US Presidential candidate Kamala Harris expressed strong interest in tackling security risks from advanced AI, including catastrophic cyberattacks and biological weapons – Transformer

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone announced a roll-out of malaria vaccines targeting millions of children – WHO

Quick wins

High-impact opportunities for the summer slowdown

🌟Want to provide live strategy consulting for high-impact nonprofits during your lunch break? Consider volunteering with Agile for Good.

For our readers at Accenture, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, or 9+ other firms, meeting like-minded colleagues might be one click away. Find your workplace group!

Test your Fermi estimation skills with the August Estimation Game. This month’s ten questions are about extreme numbers.

Compare your current giving portfolio against your risk appetite and preferred decision theories with these new tools from Rethink Priorities.

Industry updates

What’s happening in the world of corporate consulting

The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether McKinsey, Accenture, and 6 finance and technology firms use AI to conduct “surveillance pricing,” in which prices may change based on individuals’ user data – WSJ, archived version

McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting Group appear to be reducing hiring, tightening performance reviews and encouraging voluntary departures –Poets & Quants, archived version

New Bain CEO Christophe De Vusser announces Bain will operate “less frequently” in “sensitive industries” in China, following last year’s police raid on their Shanghai offices – FT, archived version

Revenue shares for strategy consulting dropped from 17% in 2010 to 10% in 2023 – FT, archived version

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Deep dives

A closer look at complex, critical topics

Research and development for neglected diseases returns $405 for every dollar spent – Policy Cures Research

“AI Ruined My Year:” Catch up on a year’s worth of significant milestones in AI safety and development in 2023  – Robert Miles AI Safety

“Risk and Reward:  The 2024 AI Assurance Technology Market Report” is a first-of-its-kind market sizing report on the burgeoning, global AI Assurance Technology (AIAT) market from CFI member Josh Williams (Accenture)

Launching and growing effective charities is hard. Global charity incubator Ambitious Impact (formerly Charity Entrepreneurship) has condensed years of experience into a new how-to guide. Get a free copy.


From 10 technologies that won't exist in 5 years, a fascinating public health issue analysis by Jacob Trefethen

Coming up

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Meet the member: Carolina Toth

Catching up with a consultant who inspires us


Carolina Toth, GiveDirectly's Senior Chief of Staff, stopped by to share what she’s learned transitioning from McKinsey to GiveDirectly – and back, twice! Two insights stuck with us:

  1. Stay connected with your values: “Make conscious choices to remain connected to other communities and recognize when a lifestyle choice is needlessly lavish.”

  2. Match your role to your goal: “Many of the world’s most pressing problems cannot be solved with a client-service model. In many situations, there is a need for disruption, innovation, or new efforts beyond what a consultant can achieve.”


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Jobs

Your three-year transition plan just got a lot shorter

  1. CEO, North America, The School for Moral Ambition, New York, Washington, DC, USA, (Apply by August 17)

  2. Communications Director, Animal Charity Evaluators, Remote in US, Canada, UK, (Apply by August 15)

  3. Centre Manager, Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, Imperial College London, London, UK, (Apply by August 9)

  4. Head of Marketing, 80,000 Hours, London, UK, (Apply by August 18)

  5. Founder, Expression of Interest, AI Governance Forum, Remote, Global

  6. Senior Technical Product Manager, Institute for Disease Modeling, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA

  7. Industrial Decarbonization Manager, Clean Air Task Force, Remote, USA

  8. Research Manager, Deworm the World / Iron and Folic Acid, Evidence Action, Washington, DC, USA

  9. Many roles at Founder’s Pledge including: Senior Project Manager, Advisor, and Philanthropic Services Director, Varied Locations

  10. Senior Associate, Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation, Madhya Pradesh, EAII Advisors, Bhopal, India


Career moves 🛫

Members taking off to tackle critical global problems

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