Accenture CEO Julie Sweet on the Most Important Skill Job Seekers Need Today

Julie Sweet is CEO of professional services giant Accenture, which has 700,000 employees around the world (it hired 200,000 just in the past 18 months). Accenture realizes the imperative of coming up with new ways to recruit, retain, and delight talent. A recent initiative seeks to onboard each of its new hires in the metaverse. HBR editor in chief Adi Ignatius sat down with Sweet in this episode of our video series “The New World of Work” to talk about: The most important skill Accenture looks for in any employee, regardless of their expertise level: the ability to learn. How AI and other technologies can aid in the re-skilling of workforces to keep up with ever-changing demands. What the “phygital” (part physical, part digital) future workplace might look and feel like with the aid of “augmented connections” and the metaverse. This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. Each week, HBR Editor Adi Ignatius will interview a leader on LinkedIn Live — and then share an inside look at those conversations and solicit questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, you can sign up for the newsletter here: Follow us: Sign up for Newsletters: #HarvardBusinessReview #FutureofWork #Accenture Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved.