"Accenture staff must demonstrate they have fully bought into the consultancy's AI vision if they want to get on. A memo sent to senior staff this week, and reported in the FT, informed them that promotions to top roles at the corporation would necessitate "regular adoption" of AI tooling, and it is tracking uage. In a statement to The Register, Accenture said:"
"Accenture's AI lineup includes its AI Refinery Platform, developed with Nvidia - who else - and launched in 2024. At the time, chair and CEO Julie Sweet said: "AI Refinery will create opportunities for companies to reimagine their processes and operations, discover new ways of working, and scale AI solutions across the enterprise to help drive continuous change and create value.""
Accenture has told senior staff that promotions to top roles require regular adoption of AI tooling and that the company is tracking usage. Accenture positions AI adoption as essential to serving clients and being an AI-enabled workplace, citing adoption of the latest tools and technologies. Accenture's AI lineup includes the AI Refinery Platform developed with Nvidia, intended to scale AI across enterprises. Julie Sweet warned the company would exit employees who did not embrace AI. Other consultancies have also invested heavily in AI, with McKinsey asking recruits to use internal tools and KPMG penalising staff who used AI to complete internal assessments.
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