Overview
The primacy of people in the digital
age
Winners in the digital age know success comes from more than just completing a checklist of technology. It hinges on people. Keeping up with changing technology is vital. But today, it’s just as important to evolve the organization’s corporate culture. In a disruptive world, workforces must be built to adapt, to embrace new business strategies and continuously learn new skillsets.
The Accenture Technology Vision 2016 investigates five trends behind a ‘people-first’ approach: Intelligent automation, liquid workforces, the platform economy, predictable disruption and digital trust.
The end goal? Integrating change into your organizational DNA through the most effective means possible. Your people.
Explore the Executive Summary and trends for 2016:
Executive Summary
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Trend 5
THE EVOLVING VISION
The five trends from our Technology Vision 2016 represent an extension of Accenture’s core stance: “every business is a digital business,” first introduced in our 2013 report. Our 2016 Vision focuses on the importance of people in the digital world. Each of this year’s trends maps back to previous years, charting the paths that digital businesses have pursued as they adapt and grow.
2016 Trends
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Intelligent Automation |
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Liquid Workforce |
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Platform Economy |
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Predictable Disruption |
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Digital Risk |
2015 Trends
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Internet of Me |
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Outcome Economy |
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Workforce Reimagined |
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Intelligent Enterprise |
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Platform Revolution |
2014 Trends
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Digital Physical Blur |
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Form Workforce to Crowdsource |
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Data Supply Chain |
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Harnessing Hyperscale |
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Business of Applications |
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Architecting Resilience |
2013 Trends
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Relationships at Scale |
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Seamless Collaboration |
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Data Velocity |
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Design for Analytics |
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Beyond the Cloud |
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Active Defense |
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Software Defined Networking |
ABOUT TECHNOLOGY VISION
Research Methodology
Every year, the Technology Vision team partners with Accenture Research to pinpoint the emerging IT developments that will have the greatest impact on companies, government agencies, and other organizations in the next three to five years. The research process began during 2015 with gathering inputs from the Technology Vision External Advisory Board, a group comprising more than two dozen experienced individuals from the public and private sectors, academia, venture capital, and entrepreneurial companies. In addition, the Technology Vision team conducted interviews with technology luminaries and industry experts, as well as with nearly 100 Accenture business leaders.
Paul Daugherty
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
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Marc Carrel-Billiard
Global Managing Director - Technology R&D
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Michael Biltz
Managing Director – Technology Vision
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Ari Bernstein
Trend Author
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Renee Byrnes
Research Sr Manager
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Elise Cornille
Associate Director – Marketing
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Jolie Huang
Contributor
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Bill Lesieur
Trend Author
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Michelle Sipics
Contributor
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Steven Tiell
Trend Author
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MOVING FORWARD
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Executive Summary
Digital technology connects your business. People define it. This year’s Accenture Technology Vision identifies five trends, pulled by our people first principal, that are essential to business success in the digital economy.
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