THE AI LEARNING CONSULTANT NETWORK

The standard for independent HR consulting.

AILCN is the certification, the platform, and the network behind a new generation of HR consultants — solo operators delivering work that used to require a full firm.

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FOR INDEPENDENT AND BOUTIQUE L&D CONSULTANTS

The honest assessment.

You're as smart as the McKinsey senior consultant on the other side of the table. You have deeper subject-matter expertise. But you can't produce a 60-page diagnostic with Monte Carlo simulations in two weeks.

AILCN exists so you can.

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"The independent L&D consultant has been structurally outmatched for thirty years. The platform changes the math."

Dr. Reggie Padin · Founder, AILCN

Three things, working together.

CERTIFICATION

The standard your client can recognize.

A 60-day program built around the AILCN methodology — the 10-KPI framework plus 5 Health Dimensions that defines how AILCN consultants measure, diagnose, and recommend. The credential tells the market your output is defensible.

PLATFORM

The analyst pool behind your practice.

ExpandPro gives you three AI agents that do the work an analyst pool would do at a Tier-1 consultancy. Decision-grade diagnostics, CFO-ready investment memos, and meeting prep that keeps you ahead — continuously, on every client.

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NETWORK

The evidence you can cite.

Cross-engagement benchmarks. Peer review of hard cases. Shared patterns. Referrals between consultants. The network compounds — and your work gets stronger because the network is in it.

Underneath those agents sit quarterly ExpandIntelligence briefs, predictive models, lead magnets, and AILCN Connect — the platform layer that makes the output repeatable.

What you deliver to clients.

Five engagement types. One platform. Your deal share applies to all of them.

Performance Diagnostic — free. The top-of-funnel intake every prospect should run.
Deep-Dive KPI Assessment — $1.5K-$5K per KPI. The small first engagement that converts prospects into clients.
Comprehensive Engagement — $12K-$75K flat. The flagship deliverable: full 10-KPI assessment with executive summary and intervention recommendations.
ExpandPro Platform subscription — $500-$8K/month. Continuous measurement for clients who want their KPIs tracked between engagements.
Health Metrics Assessment — $3K-$8K. Standalone organizational health time-series baseline.

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Two ways to start. One credential.

You decide how you join. Both paths end at the same destination: AILCN-certified, on the directory, earning the top deal-share rate the network supports. The difference is timing and economics.

FAST-TRACK

For consultants with active pipeline and the capital to move now.

$3,500 first year
Immediately CERTIFIED — 70% deal share from Day 1
Full platform features unlock at enrollment
All three AI agents active immediately
Complete the 60-day program in parallel
Annual renewal: $1,495

EARN-AS-YOU-GROW

For consultants building toward it.

$495 entry to start
60 days to close your first engagement and reach ACTIVATED
12 months total to reach CERTIFIED — through deals closed or by paying the $3,005 difference
Deal share climbs as you do: 40% → 50% → 60% → 70%
Full platform access from Day 1 — same agents, same methodology
Annual renewal: $1,495

The same credential. The same platform. The same network. The same renewal rate. Choose the path that fits where you are right now.

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Why the independent consultant loses deals they should win.

It's not skill. It's not effort. It's not even pricing. The independent consultant loses to enterprise consultancies because of structural asymmetries in what they can produce. AILCN closes those asymmetries — without making you work for a firm.

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The standard for independent HR consulting is being written right now.

Decide whether you're writing it or watching it.

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