Accenture tells staffers: Want promotion? Use AI at work

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:

"Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work. That requires the adoption of the latest tools and technologies to serve our clients most effectively."

We asked a number of rival consultancies whether they were taking a similar approach to that of Accenture. So far neither their PRs nor their chatbots have come back to us.

However, consultancies, in common with other big businesses, have poured massive amounts of resources into AI ...