"In September, the consulting firm Accenture made headlines when it acknowledged it had "exited" 11,000 employees who couldn't be retrained to adapt to AI. On a recent earnings call, CEO Julie Sweet explained the decision bluntly, saying that "the workforce needs new skills to use AI, and new talent strategies and related competencies must be developed." It's a tough-but-true reality that thanks to AI, tomorrow's jobs will look radically different than they do today."
"The World Economic Forum estimates that by 2030, nearly 40% of workers' core skills will have changed. During the Industrial Revolution, skilled artisans and weavers lost jobs to machines that could produce textiles faster and more cheaply than they could by hand. The new technology was widely protested by people who became known as the Luddites, who weren't anti-technology as much as they were anti-being left behind. Their real grievance was that the rules of work changed overnight without a path to adapt."
Accenture exited 11,000 employees who could not be retrained for AI roles, reflecting a need for new workforce skills and talent strategies. The workforce will require new competencies to use AI effectively. The World Economic Forum estimates nearly 40% of workers' core skills will change by 2030. Historical precedent shows technological shifts displace workers when adaptation pathways are absent, as with the Luddites during the Industrial Revolution. Employee research indicates substantial openness to AI and willingness to learn, but organizations must provide scalable, engaging reskilling programs to integrate AI successfully and maintain competitive advantage.
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