{
  "id": 8439552,
  "title": "The leader of PwC's 2,200-person DC office says clients expect some consulting work twice as fast as a year ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/the-leader-of-pwcs-2-200-person-dc-office-says-clients-expect-some",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-19T10:21:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/pwcs-dc-leader-jeanelle-johnson-ai-speeding-up-consulting-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jeanelle Johnson, the managing partner of PwC's Washington DC office, reported that clients now expect some consulting work to be delivered in half the time compared to a year ago. This faster delivery is due to AI technologies assisting with early-stage consulting tasks like market research, due diligence, and brainstorming. Johnson explained that while clients may not expect an entire transformation to be completed rapidly, they do expect pilots and proofs of concepts to be accelerated. She also noted that the increased workload is due to clients navigating multiple global pressures simultaneously.",
  "summary": "Consulting work that would have taken eight weeks is now expected in four because of AI, said Jeanelle Johnson, PwC's boss in the DC area.",
  "key_points": [
    "PwC DC office managing partner Jeanelle Johnson reported faster client expectations.",
    "AI technologies aid early-stage consulting tasks like market research and due diligence.",
    "Clients expect accelerated pilots and proofs of concepts, not full transformations."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}