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Findings report first drafts for consultants with AI

ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini turn your anonymised themes and evidence into a first draft of a findings report for you to rewrite. Free to about $27£20€24A$38C$38 a month.

At a glance

  • What it costsFree–$27Free–£20Free–€24Free–A$38Free–C$38 a month

  • Worth, in extra profit or time saved in the worked example$399£300€357A$576C$564 a month

  • Pays for itselfIn a few days

  • Sign up and configure; no technical skills neededEasy to set up

Figures come from the worked example below, using its stated assumptions. Tool prices checked . How we check prices

The problem

The findings report is where a consulting project shows its value, and it's slow to write: about 8 hours to turn interview themes, data and observations into a clear 10-page document. Two reports a month is 16 hours, often written late at night before the deadline.

What the AI does

Pull your analysis into a structured outline: themes, the evidence for each, your recommendations and their priority. Remove client names, people's names and anything confidential, then paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and ask for a first draft with an executive summary, findings and recommendations in plain English. You rewrite it in your own voice, check every claim against your evidence and put the real names back.

A worked example

An independent operations consultant in Belfast delivers about 2 findings reports a month. They draft each from an anonymised outline with an assistant, then spend their time on the recommendations and the client-specific detail.

Before

2 reports a month at 8 hours each: 16 hours

After

2 reports at about 5 hours each to outline, draft and rewrite: 10 hours

What it's worth

About $399£300€357A$576C$564 a month in time saved: 6 hours (16 down to 10) at an assumed $67£50€60A$96C$94 an hour. The free plans of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini can do this; a paid plan costs up to about $27£20€24A$38C$38 a month for one person if you hit usage limits.

How to set it up

  1. Do the thinking first: write your themes, evidence and recommendations as an outline.
  2. Remove names, numbers that identify the client and anything covered by your confidentiality terms.
  3. Ask for a first draft with a one-page executive summary, then findings, then prioritized recommendations.
  4. Rewrite it in your own voice and check every statement against your interview notes and data.
  5. Put the real details back and have the client contact check facts before the final version.

What goes wrong

  • An assistant writes confident findings with no evidence behind them. Every claim must trace back to your notes or data.
  • Your confidentiality terms may forbid putting client information into AI tools. Check them, and use anonymised outlines or a business plan with no-training terms.
  • Generic recommendations ('improve communication') are what clients complain about. The specifics must be yours.
  • If the client asks whether AI was used, answer honestly; some contracts require you to disclose it.

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Last updated October 17, 2026.