How Falconi consultants save 5 hours every week with think-cell

About Falconi

Falconi, founded in Brazil in 1984 and now one of the leading management consultancies in Latin America, specializes in complex, high-stakes projects for big clients. 

By making think-cell an integral part of Falconi’s operations, the Brazilian consultancy has given their experts more time and freedom for the critical thinking that drives real value for their clients. 

The challenge: Delivering the consistent quality that large clients demand

“think-cell gives us a new standard. When you see a slide that was made with think-cell and one that wasn’t, you can really see the difference,” says Bruna, describing the importance of think-cell for Falconi’s work.

Falconi has hundreds of consultants making big, 150-200-slide decks for major clients, and maintaining consistent standards is vital for Falconi’s success. “If I build a presentation for one client and a colleague makes a presentation for someone else, and there’s a difference in quality, that’s not good. It’s not good for our clients, and it’s not good for our reputation”, explains Bruna.

The solution: Transforming communication and presentation workflows with think-cell

Pedro is a consultant working with some of Falconi’s biggest clients in the energy sector. For Pedro, presentations are fundamental to his work: “Communication is an essential part of what we do," he says, “think-cell helps us tremendously by transforming data into strategic information and insights for our clients.”

Besides the impact on the final presentations, Pedro values the way think-cell has changed workflows at Falconi. With think-cell Library, he can access templates for consulting frameworks that are ready to use and adapt automatically to the presentation branding. “Without think-cell, creating an important framework from scratch might take around 40 minutes. With think-cell I can have it ready in about 10 minutes,” explains Pedro.

That’s a 4x time-saving that frees up Falconi’s consultants’ time to deliver client value: “Now I can focus on what really matters, which is the content,” says Pedro.

Increasing efficiency with think-cell’s integrated AI

“AI is going to transform the consulting world.” Bruna understands the power of AI for presentation workflows and Pedro agrees: “It’s important to recognize that artificial intelligence is here to stay.”

Where Bruna used to copy slide screenshots into ChatGPT to ask for headline suggestions, she can now work directly in PowerPoint with think-cell’s fully-integrated AI, think-cell Assist: “The action titles save me time. With think-cell Assist we can do it much faster, and to a high standard,” says Bruna.

For a large, international consultancy like Falconi, switching between languages is a common requirement. Client presentations are often built in Portuguese, but slides for board meetings have to be in English, with quality non-negotiable. think-cell helps Bruna translate large presentations in a fraction of the time it used to take.

Why think-cell helps Falconi build data-heavy presentations 

Falconi’s client presentations often draw in large volumes of data from different sources that consultants like Bruna and Pedro work on to create insights and strategic recommendations. Consulting is a high-speed environment, where data can change frequently and slides have to be up-to-date and correct. “think-cell’s Excel links saved my life more than once”, states Bruna, “Before think-cell, I would be up all night doing those updates. Now the mechanical work is more efficient and I can spend more time on critical thinking.”

Pedro uses think-cell across the data workflow. He can capture data from a source image, pull the chart seamlessly into his presentation and add annotations. “think-cell can automatically calculate growth rates, generate averages, and highlight specific segments we want to emphasize to communicate our message,” explains Pedro.

Combining the powerful data and charting tools with think-cell’s AI capabilities helps Pedro build the consulting-grade slides that are needed for impactful, polished client presentations.

think-cell and Falconi: Deeper collaboration for more impact

For Bruna, consultants need to see the impact for themselves: “Before you start using think-cell, you don’t appreciate the huge benefits it will have for your work.” Pedro describes Falconi’s think-cell champion program: “We have a great culture of knowledge sharing,” says Pedro, “Someone from the team is always willing to help you get the most out of think-cell.”

Pedro quantifies the impact of introducing think-cell across Falconi. “I'd estimate that I save around five hours every week. When you multiply that across a team of four consultants, that’s 20 productive hours you’ve gained by using think-cell.”

Scale 20 hours for four people across the hundreds of consultants who work at Falconi and you’ve got even more productivity and even more time saved for the critical thinking needed for high-quality recommendations. That’s positive impact for Falconi’s clients, and that’s positive impact for Falconi.