R0007/2026-03-20/C012/SRC01/E01¶
Confirmed. The study of 758 BCG consultants found below-average performers improved by 43% with AI while top performers improved by 17%. Published as HBS Working Paper 24-013, now in Organization Science. URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4573321
Extract¶
758 BCG consultants (7% of workforce) were studied. Below-average performers improved by 43% with AI; top performers improved by 17%. For 18 realistic consulting tasks inside the AI frontier, consultants using AI completed 12.2% more tasks, 25.1% more quickly, with 40%+ higher quality.
Relevance to Hypotheses¶
| Hypothesis | Relationship | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| H1 | Supports | See assessment |
| H2 | Supports | See assessment |
| H3 | Contradicts | Contradicts material error |
| ## Context | ||
| See assessment.md. |