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AI Strategy Consulting

Transform your organization with AI

Most companies have plenty of AI pilots and few results to show for them. The problem is rarely the technology. Usually nobody has decided where AI should change the business, or in what order.

New Markets Advisors is an independent AI strategy consulting firm that helps leadership teams make those choices. We start with Jobs to Be Done, which means what your customers and employees are actually trying to get done. From there we work out where AI can serve those needs better or at lower cost. We prove the approach in one area and then help you spread it across the organization. We don't sell software or implementation, so our only agenda is yours.

Explore our AI strategy consulting for marketing and communications teams.

12+ years

12+ years

advising companies on AI

advising companies on AI

30+

30+

Fortune 500 companies have trusted us

Fortune 500 companies have trusted us

From AI Pilots to AI-Driven Transformation

Find Where AI Can Actually Remake Your Business

Find Where AI Can Actually Remake Your Business

Set Priorities Before You Set Pilots

Set Priorities Before You Set Pilots

Turn One Win Into a Replicable Way of Working

Turn One Win Into a Replicable Way of Working

Build the Muscle to Scale AI Across Your Workforce

Build the Muscle to Scale AI Across Your Workforce

What our clients say about us

"New Markets Advisors was able to meet an incredibly demanding request to evaluate a complex market quickly. As a market leader in the AEO space, itโ€™s difficult for AirOps to find a team that can think from first principles, execute quickly, and bring meaningful AI marketing knowledge to the table. They delivered."

Dan Cohen, Head of New Verticals, AirOps

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Our Approach

  1. Start with the Jobs to be Done

We identify the root drivers of customer demand and how AI can transform your value proposition in ways that customers will deeply value. We also look at the fundamental units of work to be accomplished  โ€“ the  internal Jobs to be Done in your organization โ€“ focusing on how work can be remade without rooting in todayโ€™s  job descriptions. By focusing here, we set a clear compass heading and avoid technology-led thrusts that donโ€™t resonate or scale.

  1. Find the opportunities: Delight ยท Disruption ยท Cost Innovation

  • Delight: How can AI create new value for customers, new experiences, personalization, or new service models?

  • Disruption: Where can AI enable radical shifts in your business model, addressable market, or competitive positioning?

  • Cost Innovation (Costovation): How can AI create a step-change in your cost base, simplify internal complexity, and create margin-generating efficiency?

This triad ensures we donโ€™t just optimize today; we help you compete differently tomorrow.

  1. Set priorities and build the roadmap

Strategy alone is insufficient. We help define how your teams, roles, workflows, and data infrastructure must change. From skill gaps to mindset shifts to process redesign, this is how AI becomes embedded and transformative, not an add-on. We can also demonstrate how to do this and create a replicable process for your staff to take forward across your organization. Furthermore, we help you create internal mechanisms to drive top-down AI priorities across functions, laterally share learnings, and generate bottom-up pull for AI solutions.

  1. Prove it, then scale it

Critically, we help you build a prioritized roadmap. Which initiatives go first? Which pilots should be focused on? How do you determine what to scale? We then link these choices to near-term action.

  1. Start with the Jobs to be Done

We identify the root drivers of customer demand and how AI can transform your value proposition in ways that customers will deeply value. We also look at the fundamental units of work to be accomplished  โ€“ the  internal Jobs to be Done in your organization โ€“ focusing on how work can be remade without rooting in todayโ€™s  job descriptions. By focusing here, we set a clear compass heading and avoid technology-led thrusts that donโ€™t resonate or scale.

  1. Find the opportunities: Delight ยท Disruption ยท Cost Innovation

  • Delight: How can AI create new value for customers, new experiences, personalization, or new service models?

  • Disruption: Where can AI enable radical shifts in your business model, addressable market, or competitive positioning?

  • Cost Innovation (Costovation): How can AI create a step-change in your cost base, simplify internal complexity, and create margin-generating efficiency?

This triad ensures we donโ€™t just optimize today; we help you compete differently tomorrow.

  1. Set priorities and build the roadmap

Strategy alone is insufficient. We help define how your teams, roles, workflows, and data infrastructure must change. From skill gaps to mindset shifts to process redesign, this is how AI becomes embedded and transformative, not an add-on. We can also demonstrate how to do this and create a replicable process for your staff to take forward across your organization. Furthermore, we help you create internal mechanisms to drive top-down AI priorities across functions, laterally share learnings, and generate bottom-up pull for AI solutions.

  1. Prove it, then scale it

Critically, we help you build a prioritized roadmap. Which initiatives go first? Which pilots should be focused on? How do you determine what to scale? We then link these choices to near-term action.

What an Octopus Teaches Us About AI

An octopus has about two-thirds of its neurons in its arms. Each arm senses and acts on its own while staying coordinated with the rest of the body.


Steve Wunker and Jonathan Brill argue that AI lets companies work the same way. In AI and the Octopus Organization, they show how AI can help the people closest to customers make good decisions quickly, without sending every call up the chain. Shared data and clear guardrails keep everyone moving in the same direction.


That shift changes the job of leaders at every level. Frontline teams make more decisions themselves. Middle managers become coaches who connect teams, not gatekeepers. Senior leaders focus on direction and culture. None of this happens just because a tool was installed.

What Youโ€™ll Get

When you partner with us, you can expect a set of tangible, decision-ready deliverables:


  • AI Strategy Roadmap: Prioritized initiatives for customer delight, competitive disruption, and cost innovation.

  • Use-Case Prioritization & Pilot Plan: A sequence for experimentation and scaling.

  • Organizational Readiness Assessment: Analysis of current skills, data maturity, and workflows that are prime candidates for AI, as well as governance needs.

  • Change-Management & Capability Toolkit: Frameworks, training, and organizational approaches to embed AI-infused ways of working across teams.


Each output connects directly to measurable business priorities, ensuring your organization can act decisively, scale efficiently, and lead confidently in an AI-driven market.

How Much Does a New Markets Advisors Engagement Cost?

Most engagements by New Markets Advisors have fees between $100,000 and $300,000, plus expenses. The fee level varies according to project scope.

How We Compare

  • Clarify why before how: Every recommendation starts with your strategic purpose and customer value

  • Prioritize value, not volume: We focus on a few high-impact AI opportunities, not endless pilot lists

  • Build capability, not dependency: We transfer knowledge so your teams can innovate independently

  • Stay neutral on technology: We evaluate AI options through your strategic lens โ€” not vendor incentives

Most AI advisors start with the technology: use cases, vendors, automation. We start with why your company should use AI at all, and where it can change how you compete. We don't sell or implement systems, so our advice isn't tied to any platform.

  • Clarify why before how: Every recommendation starts with your strategic purpose and customer value

  • Prioritize value, not volume: We focus on a few high-impact AI opportunities, not endless pilot lists

  • Build capability, not dependency: We transfer knowledge so your teams can innovate independently

  • Stay neutral on technology: We evaluate AI options through your strategic lens โ€” not vendor incentives

New Markets Advisors vs. Large Consulting Firms

vs. Large Consulting Firms

Defining why and where AI creates value, rooted in Jobs to be Done

Core Strength

Deploying tools, models,

and vendor platforms

Strategy-first, technology neutral

Approach

Technology-first, often

vendor-aligned

Senior-led, boutique teams

Team Structure

Large junior-heavy delivery

model

Prioritization, adoption, and

organizational change

Focus

Use-case volume and

technical implementation

Bottom line: Firms that sell or build AI systems are a good fit for execution. If you first need to decide where AI should change your business, before committing to a platform, we can help you make that call independently.

vs. Large Consulting Firms

Defining why and where AI creates value, rooted in Jobs to be Done

Deploying tools, models, and vendor platforms

Core Strength

Strategy-first, technology neutral

Technology-first, often

vendor-aligned

Approach

Senior-led, boutique teams

Large junior-heavy delivery model

Team Structure

Prioritization, adoption, and organizational change

Use-case volume and

technical implementation

Focus
  • Clarify why before how: Every recommendation starts with your strategic purpose and customer value

  • Prioritize value, not volume: We focus on a few high-impact AI opportunities, not endless pilot lists

  • Build capability, not dependency: We transfer knowledge so your teams can innovate independently

  • Stay neutral on technology: We evaluate AI options through your strategic lens โ€” not vendor incentives

vs. Large Consulting Firms

Defining why and where AI creates value, rooted in Jobs to be Done

Deploying tools, models, and vendor platforms

Core Strength

Strategy-first, technology neutral

Technology-first, often

vendor-aligned

Approach

Senior-led, boutique teams

Large junior-heavy delivery model

Team Structure

Prioritization, adoption, and organizational change

Use-case volume and

technical implementation

Focus

Why It Matters

For leading organizations, AI is already creating distance from the laggards. It is transforming customer experience, increasing the bandwidth and capability of Product organizations, creating new strategic advantages, and generating major efficiencies. Yet many organizations remain stuck in pilot mode, focusing on tools rather than strategy, and they risk being outpaced by more forward-looking competitors. The real threat lies not in missing a tool but in failing to think big and prioritize strategically.

74%

74%

of companies have yet to show tangible value from AI.ยน The leaders focus on a few high-priority opportunities instead of spreading their bets.

of companies have yet to show tangible value from AI.ยน The leaders focus on a few high-priority opportunities instead of spreading their bets.

60%

60%

of companies get no material value from their AI investments, and only 5% achieve value at scale.ยฒ The biggest obstacles are people, strategy, and processes, not technology.

of companies get no material value from their AI investments, and only 5% achieve value at scale.ยฒ The biggest obstacles are people, strategy, and processes, not technology.

Only 7%

Only 7%

of enterprises say their data is completely ready for AI, and just 23% have an established data strategy for it.ยณ Data, oversight, and skills trail ambition.

of enterprises say their data is completely ready for AI, and just 23% have an established data strategy for it.ยณ Data, oversight, and skills trail ambition.

The companies pulling ahead chose where AI should matter, then focused there.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is AI strategy consulting?

AI strategy consulting helps organizations set AI investment and adoption priorities, often including an approach to using AI to achieve real business transformation. We identify where AI can deliver customer delight, enable competitive disruption, and drive cost innovation, building an actionable roadmap.

How does AI strategy differ from AI implementation?

What is the value of Jobs to be Done in AI strategy?

How long does an AI strategy consultancy engagement take?

Which industries benefit most from AI strategy consulting?

How is your consultancy independent and technology-neutral?

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Let's Embrace AI Togetherโ€‹

Fill out the form below to start the conversation about working with New Markets Advisors

Our Approach

  1. Start with the Jobs to be Done

We identify the root drivers of customer demand and how AI can transform your value proposition in ways that customers will deeply value. We also look at the fundamental units of work to be accomplished  โ€“ the  internal Jobs to be Done in your organization โ€“ focusing on how work can be remade without rooting in todayโ€™s  job descriptions. By focusing here, we set a clear compass heading and avoid technology-led thrusts that donโ€™t resonate or scale.

  1. Find the opportunities: Delight ยท Disruption ยท Cost Innovation

  • Delight: How can AI create new value for customers, new experiences, personalization, or new service models?

  • Disruption: Where can AI enable radical shifts in your business model, addressable market, or competitive positioning?

  • Cost Innovation (Costovation): How can AI create a step-change in your cost base, simplify internal complexity, and create margin-generating efficiency?

This triad ensures we donโ€™t just optimize today; we help you compete differently tomorrow.

  1. Set priorities and build the roadmap

Strategy alone is insufficient. We help define how your teams, roles, workflows, and data infrastructure must change. From skill gaps to mindset shifts to process redesign, this is how AI becomes embedded and transformative, not an add-on. We can also demonstrate how to do this and create a replicable process for your staff to take forward across your organization. Furthermore, we help you create internal mechanisms to drive top-down AI priorities across functions, laterally share learnings, and generate bottom-up pull for AI solutions.

  1. Prove it, then scale it

Critically, we help you build a prioritized roadmap. Which initiatives go first? Which pilots should be focused on? How do you determine what to scale? We then link these choices to near-term action.

What Youโ€™ll Get

When you partner with us, you can expect a set of tangible, decision-ready deliverables:


  • AI Strategy Roadmap: Prioritized initiatives for customer delight, competitive disruption, and cost innovation.

  • Use-Case Prioritization & Pilot Plan: A sequence for experimentation and scaling.

  • Organizational Readiness Assessment: Analysis of current skills, data maturity, and workflows that are prime candidates for AI, as well as governance needs.

  • Change-Management & Capability Toolkit: Frameworks, training, and organizational approaches to embed AI-infused ways of working across teams.


Each output connects directly to measurable business priorities, ensuring your organization can act decisively, scale efficiently, and lead confidently in an AI-driven market.

Working paper

Three Routes for Embracing AI

The Three Routes framework helps organizations lead in the AI Age by:

Applying AI to existing operations to drive measurable productivity gains while staying centered on customer Jobs and system design

Building experimentation muscleโ€”using structured hypotheses, rapid testing, and strong governance to learn fast and scale what works

Creating the future through strategic foresight, scenario planning, and portfolio thinking to turn uncertainty into long-term growth

Our Offices

50 Franklin St

2nd Floor

Boston, MA 02110

USA

151 San Francisco St

Suite 200

San Juan, PR 00901 Puerto Rico

Rua Antรณnia Andrade 4

3 Direito

1170-025 Lisboa

Portugal

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Our Offices

50 Franklin St

2nd Floor

Boston, MA 02110

USA

151 San Francisco St

Suite 200

San Juan, PR 00901 Puerto Rico

Rua Antรณnia Andrade 4

3 Direito

1170-025 Lisboa

Portugal

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

New Markets Advisors ยฉ 2026 

Our Offices

50 Franklin St

2nd Floor

Boston, MA 02110

USA

151 San Francisco St

Suite 200

San Juan, PR 00901 Puerto Rico

Rua Antรณnia Andrade 4

3 Direito

1170-025 Lisboa

Portugal

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

New Markets Advisors ยฉ 2026 

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

New Markets Advisors ยฉ 2026 

Our Offices

50 Franklin St

2nd Floor

Boston, MA 02110 USA

151 San Francisco St

Suite 200

San Juan, PR 00901 Puerto Rico

Rua Antรณnia Andrade 4

3 Direito

1170-025 Lisboa

Portugal

Get In Touch

+1 617 936 4035

info@newmarketsadvisors.com