Hilary O'Meara and Denis Hannigan of Accenture in Ireland. Image: Shane O'Neill
Accenture finds employees increasingly believe reskilling is unavoidable, yet many are being asked to use new technologies without the required training.
Artificial intelligence has, for many employees, become a staple of the workplace. It can make laborious tasks less time-consuming, create opportunities for more fulfilling work and inform decision-making via data generation and analytics.
Employers too have begun to depend on AI, as many organisations, for better or worse, are leaning on the tech as a means of costcutting and optimising efficiency. However, as indicated in a recent report from Irish technology consulting company Accenture, there is a growing disconnect between expectation around results from AI and the level of preparedness among employees.
Accenture’s new report, Generating Impact: Turning frontier AI capabilities into frontline productivity and growth in Ireland, explored how AI, while rapidly becoming a part of everyday work in Ireland, is still at an early stage in how it is used to transform how work is completed.
