Accenture's Talent Reinventors at Learning Live
Only 18% of Organisations Are Getting the AI–Talent Balance Right. As organisations race to embed artificial intelligence across their operations, recent research from Accenture suggests the vast majority are overlooking a critical factor: their people.
The company’s 's study, Talent Reinventors: Delivering Value with and for People in the Age of AI, surveyed C-suite executives and workers across industries and countries. Its central finding? Only 18% of organisations currently qualify as "Talent Reinventors" — those that balance aggressive AI adoption with a genuinely people-first talent strategy.
The performance gap is real.
Talent Reinventors are more likely to strengthen organisational culture, improve employee experience, and enhance workforce adaptability. And they delivered revenue growth 1.8 percentage points higher and profit growth 1.4 percentage points higher than their peers in 2025.
What sets them apart? 96% of Talent Reinventors have a talent strategy fully integrated with technology and AI, compared with just 16% of other organisations. They are also more likely to have dynamic, AI-informed skills data embedded across the workforce.
A gap between ambition and reality.
Despite growing enthusiasm for AI, the research exposes a significant disconnect on the ground. Only 24% of employees report having full access to AI tools, and just 19% work in teams that actively experiment with AI together. Meanwhile, most organisations still rely primarily on external hiring, with limited visibility into internal skills or career pathways, and only 7% use AI-enabled platforms for an internal-first mobility strategy.
From research to practice at Learning Live: AI Edition.
Attendees at Learning Live: AI Edition will have the opportunity to explore these findings first-hand and what they mean for their organizations. In the session Delivering Value with and for People in the Age of AI (13:45–14:30, Commercial Hub 2), we will discuss how leading organisations are connecting talent, learning and AI strategy around a clear definition of value, with the participation of
- Bella Thornely - TechWomen100 Winner and Accenture UKI Centre of Advanced AI Lead
- John Freshwater - Vice President Sales EMEA of Udacity (part of Accenture LearnVantage)
- Jon Ayres - Talent and Organisation, UK & Ireland Accenture LearnVantage Lead
- Rachel Bold - Global Head of Learning & Development for Tech & Group Functions of Shell
The panel will explore how learning is shifting from periodic training to continuous, skills-based development, and how leaders can support people to grow with AI rather than be displaced by it — drawing on the kind of practical experience LearnVantage, Accenture's learning and skilling business, brings to help organisations design, deliver and scale AI-enabled learning programs that drive real impact.
The question for L&D leaders.
The Talent Reinventors research identifies six characteristics shared by the organisations getting this right, from intelligent teaming and co-learning to breakthrough leadership and talent mobility. The data makes a compelling case that the gap between leaders and laggards is widening fast. What it means in practice for learning and talent professionals is exactly the conversation the Learning Live session aims to have.
In it, the panelists will discuss how leading organisations are keeping up with the pace of AI change, embedding AI into learning strategy, and maintaining human skills and leadership in an AI world.
To join the session, visit the Learning Live: AI Edition agenda.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 784,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. 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 in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at accenture.com.
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