What's included
Everything a big firm has. Without joining one.
AILCN-certified consultants get the playbooks, software, AI helpers, and peer network it would otherwise take six figures and three years to build on their own. The platform runs your day-to-day. The methodology grounds your work. The network sends deals your way. Here's what's in the box.
Section 1
The platform you run your practice on.
The everyday software for managing clients, sending diagnostics, booking calls, hosting events, publishing content, sending proposals, and getting paid. One log-in. Everything connected.
Client CRM with an intelligence layer
Track every prospect and active client. Each client card surfaces the AI-generated recommendations, programs, and strategic outputs you've produced for them — ready to convert to a paid scope in one click.
Six conversational diagnostics
Send free or paid intakes that surface real findings in ~15 minutes: Performance, AI Readiness, Talent Risk, Capital Efficiency, Founder Transition, and Startup Human Development. Output is a board-presentable snapshot — not a generic form.
Booking pages with calendar + video built in
Public booking URLs your clients can hit without logging in. Connects to your Google Calendar for availability and auto-creates Zoom meetings on confirmed bookings.
Events module
Host webinars, workshops, recurring office hours, and community events. Public landing pages, capacity-aware registration, automatic confirmation + reminder emails, per-event Zoom auto-create.
Marketing module with AI content drafter
Draft articles, newsletters, reports, social posts, and personalized outreach messages with an AI grounded in the methodology library. Schedule, publish, and track distribution from one place.
Public mini-sites for every piece you publish
Every article, newsletter, and report gets its own permanent URL with built-in share buttons (LinkedIn, X, email, copy link), one-click PDF download, and a contact card pointing back to you.
Proposal builder with PDF export
Compose, send, and track engagement proposals — including installment payment plans. Stripe handles the payment processing automatically; auto-reminders nudge unpaid installments.
Pipeline + revenue tracking
Deals at every stage, contract values, paid vs. on-hold totals, and the consultant-vs-platform share split — all on the dashboard. No spreadsheets to maintain.
Industry benchmarks
Cross-industry KPI peer data so every snapshot, report, and proposal references real benchmark cohorts (not vibes).
Pulse surveys
Ongoing signal from client teams between major engagements. Surfaces emerging risks before they become emergencies.
Section 2
AI helpers built for the consulting workflow.
Not generic chatbots. Each one is grounded in the methodology library and tuned for a specific moment in a real engagement. The fastest way to draft a defensible deliverable in 20 minutes that used to take a week.
EI Coach
Your always-on advisor. Asks clarifying questions, helps you frame conversations, and pulls from the methodology library when you ask for evidence. Open to every tier, including before you're certified.
Workforce Analysis agent
Reads a client's diagnostic results and produces a prioritized list of the workforce risks and opportunities — with citations to the underlying methodology.
Capital Investment Memo agent
Drafts board-ready memos on people-investments. NPV ranges, probability-of-positive, and the assumptions behind each number — all in finance language a CFO will accept.
Strategic Advantage outputs
Nine distinct strategic deliverables: 90-day outlook, stakeholder brief, competitive intel, narrative engine, deal expansion scanner, objection pre-loader, credibility artifact, whisper layer, proactive alert. Each is a real consultant artifact, not a one-page summary.
Program Architecture generator
Produces a seven-section prescriptive program for a paid engagement — KPI target map, program model, measurement blueprint, manager enablement plan, pre-mortem, capital investment memo, learning-to-performance timeline.
Content drafter (article / newsletter / post / outreach)
Drafts long-form articles, monthly newsletters, social posts, and personalized 1:1 outreach messages. Cites the methodology library inline. You edit; the platform publishes.
Quarterly client reports
Auto-generated quarterly reports for active engagements. Trend lines, intervention impact, and shareable URLs with PDF download.
LinkedIn auto-post on publish
When you publish an article, the platform can compose a teaser and post to your connected LinkedIn account — title, first paragraph, and a link back to your mini-site.
Section 3
The methodology that makes your work defensible.
The reason a CFO accepts your numbers is that the substrate underneath is real. Nineteen methodology documents grounded in primary research — not LinkedIn-think — feed every diagnostic, recommendation, and deliverable the platform produces.
10 talent-system KPIs (mid-market 100–500)
Time to Competency, Performance Delta, Revenue per Learner, Behavioral Change, Manager-Reported Impact, Internal Mobility, Succession Readiness, AI Workflow Adoption, Productivity Gain, Learning-to-Performance Conversion. Each comes with measurement methodology, benchmarks, and intervention plays.
5 organizational-health dimensions
Wellness, Engagement, Burnout, Retention, Culture. Anchored in WHO frameworks, UWES, MBI, Lee-Mitchell unfolding model, Edmondson psychological safety. Real instruments, not personality assessments.
Startup Human Development methodology
Pre-mid-market segment (5–75 employees) with five startup-native dimensions: founding-team integrity, equity architecture, hiring infrastructure, cultural formation, operating-system readiness. Anchored in NBER founding-team research and Wasserman's Founder's Dilemmas.
AI Readiness Touch Points
Twelve touch-points for assessing whether an organization can actually absorb the AI it's buying. Used in the AI Readiness diagnostic and as the substrate for the Stage 3 AI engagement scope.
Methodology focus areas
Vertical lenses (Startups 5–75, Mid-market 100–500, AI-native SaaS, etc.) that bundle the right subset of KPIs + diagnostics + intervention plays for a given segment. New focuses can be stood up without code changes.
Citation-traceable claims throughout your work
Every snapshot, memo, and report includes inline citations linked to specific source IDs in the methodology library. Your client can click any claim and see the underlying research.
Section 4
The network that sends deals your way.
The most valuable part of joining a big firm is the deal flow other partners send you. AILCN replicates that — peer consultants in adjacent industries who route inbound leads to certified members in exchange for a revenue share.
Featured consultant profile on ailcn.org
Your photo, bio, and specialties on the public AILCN consultant grid. Prospects browse, find you, and reach out directly.
Deal-share revenue ladder (40 → 70%)
When the platform routes a deal to you, you keep 40% at start. Climb to 50%, 60%, then 70% as your closed-deal count and AILCN certification level advance. Hold periods unchanged across the ladder.
Peer review on your work
Optional structured review of your client deliverables by another AILCN consultant before you send them. Catches the calibration errors a solo consultant misses.
Daily 5-minute lessons (60-day program + ongoing)
Bite-size lessons delivered to your inbox covering all 10 KPIs, 5 HDs, AI Readiness, sales rainmaker behaviors, content marketing, and operational discipline. Continues after certification with new modules.
Community feed
Internal news, wins, questions, and answers across the AILCN consultant network. Surfaces in your consultant dashboard so you see what other members are running into and what's working.
AILCN certification credential
Visible on your profile, in your proposals, and on the public Resources directory. A real credential, not a vanity badge — gated on completing the curriculum and maintaining recertification.
Recertification + custom badges
Annual recertification keeps the credential current. Additional badges for specializations (Startup HD certified, AI Readiness Touch Points certified, etc.) recognize depth in specific methodology areas.
Public Resources directory listing
Articles, newsletters, and reports you publish (and get admin-approved) appear on expandpro.ai/resources + ailcn.org/resources. Discoverable to readers who came in via the platform's marketing.
Section 5
What you'd otherwise piece together.
The platform isn't replacing one tool. It's replacing a dozen — plus the methodology and AI helpers you couldn't otherwise build on your own without a team. Here's the rough math.
| If you built it yourself | Typical cost |
|---|---|
| Client CRM (Salesforce / HubSpot) | $50–$200 / user / month |
| Calendar scheduling (Calendly) | $10–$30 / user / month |
| Email marketing + newsletter platform (Mailchimp / Substack) | $20–$100 / month |
| Event hosting (Eventbrite / Zoom Events) | $50–$300 / month + per-event fees |
| Content + AI writing tools (Notion + Jasper / Copy.ai) | $30–$100 / month |
| Proposal software (PandaDoc / Proposify) | $25–$100 / user / month |
| Payment processing (Stripe direct setup) | Manual install + 2.9% + 30¢ |
| Methodology library (build yourself) | Months of research + writing |
| Custom AI helpers grounded in your methodology | Engineer + ML consultant — six figures |
| Peer network that routes deals to you | Years of relationship building |
| AILCN: one subscription, integrated, plus the methodology + network on top | See pricing → |
The cost figures above are typical per-seat / per-month list prices for the named alternatives. They're directional, not promises about any specific vendor's plan. The point isn't the dollar count — it's that piecing the same operational coverage together manually is a real second job, and you still wouldn't have the methodology or the AI helpers.
Ready to put real methodology behind your work?
The application is a short qualifying conversation. We'll confirm fit and walk you through the certification path that makes sense for your practice.