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Accenture dubs 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ amid shift to AI

Consultancy’s move to embrace artificial intelligence follows Disney’s use of the term ‘imagineers’

The Guardian - UK

Accenture Mass Layoffs 2025: BPO Firm Cuts Jobs To Save $1B, Says Industry Widely Affected By AI

Accenture's 2025 mass layoffs hit 22,000 as AI forces talent exits for £652M ($1B) savings. CEO Sweet eyes 2026 rebound via upskilling—will BPO workers adapt or face more cuts

International Business Times UK

Accenture's $865 million reinvention includes saying goodbye to people without the right AI skills

“This change is so big,” Accenture CEO Julie Sweet told Fortune, ”this is reversing five decades of how we’re working.” Higher headcount is still expected.

Fortune

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Behind the Curtain: Slow, hard AI

Sweet argues it'll take a few years to move beyond the slow, hard phase for most companies.

Axios

How Accenture CEO Julie Sweet navigated a difficult restructure with her 770,000 employees—all without sending a memo

Sweet's unconventional approach offers a blueprint for leaders steering their companies through AI-driven change.

Fortune

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet Believes This Is The One Thing You Shouldn't Do When Offered A Major Promotion

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says when a big job lands in your lap and you don't feel ready, don't let self-doubt answer first and it's the one thing she believes you should never do when opportunity knocks.

Benzinga

Accenture CEO weighs in on why so many AI projects have failed with 3 red flags to watch out for

Julie Sweet says CEOs need to throw out the old playbook to survive.

Fortune

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Accenture CEO Julie Sweet Says Fortune 500 Survival Hinges On 'Reinvention' As AI Revolution Forces CEOs To Tie Every Investment To The Bottom Line

Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) Chief Executive Julie Sweet says companies that fail to reinvent their operations around artificial intelligence risk losing their place at the top of the corporate world.

Benzinga

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says Fortune 500s can survive AI. They have to be willing to reinvent themselves top to bottom

The Accenture CEO—who oversees 770,000 employees and counsels more Fortune 500 chiefs than almost anyone—shares lessons on AI adoption, career pivots, and resilience from her own battles with cancer.

Fortune

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says there's one thing you should never do if you get offered a big job you don't feel ready for

Having the confidence to say “yes” to a stretch role can open doors you never expected to be unlocked, just like Accenture CEO Julie Sweet.

Fortune

50 Popular Quotes About AI

50+ interesting quotes on AI by Google, IBM, Tim Cook, Andrew Ng, Alan Turing and more. Many are happening now!

Geekflare

How the CEO of a highly acquisitive company stays ahead of trends

How Julie Sweet positioned Accenture in the age of AI.

Fortune

The gift of a good night’s sleep: The CEO who donates duvets and luxury sheets to families who need rest most

Why Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture, handpicks high-quality bedding as part of her charitable work.

Fortune

How Accenture’s Julie Sweet hacked the CEO track

Julie Sweet’s rise from law partner to Accenture CEO shows that curiosity and range, not credentials, are the new power skills.

Fortune

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Benzinga

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet Once Complained To Her Father After Losing A Speech Contest, What Her Dad Said Next Would Shape Her Success

Accenture Plc. CEO Julie Sweet says the lesson that steered her career arrived on a dark drive home from a speech contest when she was 15.

Fortune

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet learned leadership from her father

The CEO's childhood lesson has also powered Accenture, No. 211 on the Global 500.

Fortune

Accenture CEO: ‘If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough’—and she has the motto on a plaque in her home

Accenture’s chair and CEO, Julie Sweet, has revealed the motto she tells herself when she feels like she’s bitten off more than she can chew in her career.

Fortune

For Delta and Accenture CEOs, helping employees navigate the trade and tariffs uncertainty fits the company culture

Accenture launched tariff education initiatives, and Delta stuck with planned pay hikes despite weaker business confidence.

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Fortune

The CEOs of Accenture and Delta on how they deal with ‘fear and uncertainty’

Also: McDonald’s says consumers are cutting back, Kohl fired its CEO after only 3 months.

Fortune

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet asks new hires what they’ve learned in the last 6 months

Julie Sweet wants workers to be ready to adapt amid AI’s radical impact on the way we work.

Fortune

How CEOs should handle a cancer diagnosis

Also: Jamie Dimon hits back at RTO criticism, Ray Dalio sends deficit warnings.

International Business Times UK

Google, Accenture, Amazon Join Growing List of US Companies Scrapping DEI Efforts and Goals

As policies restricting race-conscious hiring and diversity programs gain traction, businesses reassess their commitments, often citing compliance concerns.

AAP

Telstra teams with Accenture to supercharge AI plans

Telstra and Accenture are forming a seven-year joint venture to reinvent business processes through the use of artificial intelligence.

Fortune

Accenture CEO Julie Sweet asks new hires what they’ve learned in the last 6 months

Julie Sweet wants workers to be ready to adapt amid AI’s radical impact on the way we work.

Fortune

Accenture boss met 30 CEOs in 2 months as execs scramble to roll out AI

Sweet said she’s had a “busy travel quarter” as Accenture posted $17.7 billion in revenue.

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