CAREERS
Where could reinvention take your career?
Companies that are reinventing themselves are also reinventing work and preparing workers for a generative AI world. Lead and learn in new ways to reinvent your career.
4 minutes
CAREERS
Companies that are reinventing themselves are also reinventing work and preparing workers for a generative AI world. Lead and learn in new ways to reinvent your career.
4 minutes
You’ve been hearing a lot about generative AI lately.
And you’ll most likely hear a lot more. Because gen AI is here to stay.
The good news is, this generative AI revolution is going to make work more meaningful, democratic and empowering.
That means you could reinvent your career.
When it comes to generative AI, there are conflicting views and lack of trust out there, especially between C-suite leaders and workers. Some of these insights are outlined in our recent research ‘Work, workforce, workers.’
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But there’s a way to close the trust gap and make gen AI work for all of us. The reinventors show us how.
Companies that are reinventing themselves are also reinventing work, reshaping the workforce and preparing workers for a gen AI world.
With gen AI, leaders see a trifecta of opportunities—economic value, business growth and more meaningful work for people. Organizations that adopt responsible, people-centric approaches to gen AI at scale are poised to create an additional $10.3 trillion in economic value by 2038. In terms of business growth, these companies that prioritize people alongside data and tech to drive gen AI-enabled growth are set to achieve productivity gains of up to 11%.
So, what is the upside for people?
Gen AI is democratizing business process redesign, giving everyone—from assembly workers to customer service agents to lab scientists—the power to reshape their own workflows.
Working with gen AI enables you to enhance your productivity, creativity and human potential. It makes it possible for you to transition from being focused on one or two areas of expertise to mastering multiple interconnected capabilities at once.
How could your everyday work change?
Here’re a couple of examples:
Accenture’s research has shown that leaving people “Net Better Off,” including supporting learning and well-being, is a clear pathway to building trust and a smoother adoption of gen AI.
The opportunity is clear.
And it has to start right at the top.
Leaders need to show up and lead differently, including by challenging old mindsets to learn new things. It’s a future where capabilities like digital fluency, enterprise-wide governance, cross-function collaboration, ecosystem partnership, human-centered change management and people leadership all take on greater urgency.
“Success starts with leaders who are willing to learn and lead in new ways, to scale gen AI responsibly, to create value and ensure work improves for everyone,” says Ellyn Shook, chief leadership and human resources officer, Accenture.
In a gen AI world, learning takes on new meaning. It’s continuous and integrated into the work you do every day. Nearly all workers surveyed (94%) reported being ready to learn gen AI skills, though just 5% of organizations are providing training at scale. With AI learning from both data and interactions with humans, who are responsible for ‘teaching’ the machines, building that capability and fostering a ‘teach to learn’ culture is paramount.
For example, Accenture’s ‘Technology Quotient’ learning series builds broad-based fluency around the hottest technology topics for all our people. Approximately 600,000 of our people are already trained in data and AI fundamentals. This goes a long way in embedding gen AI it into how we deliver our services and in how we operate.
As you look to grow your career in a gen AI world, it’s all about being open, agile and quick to learn.
Are you ready to embrace the reinvention of work? Join us.