Accenture Invests in Workhelix to Help Organizations Prepare their Workforces for Generative AI
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Workhelix, a tech-enabled services company specializing in AI workforce optimization. The investment will integrate Workhelix's solutions into Accenture LearnVantage, their comprehensive learning and training platform.
According to Accenture's Pulse of Change survey, while 86% of C-suite leaders plan to increase generative AI investments, only 35% of employees understand its potential value. Workhelix's platform leverages over 450 million workplace data points across 20,000+ jobs and 300,000+ activities to evaluate AI's impact on workforces and create detailed implementation plans.
The collaboration aims to enhance Accenture's capabilities in talent transformation and role-based skills assessments, helping organizations identify tasks that can be optimized with generative AI and create actionable roadmaps. Workhelix will join Accenture Ventures' Project Spotlight, gaining access to Accenture's domain expertise and enterprise clients.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) ha effettuato un investimento strategico attraverso Accenture Ventures in Workhelix, un'azienda di servizi abilitati dalla tecnologia specializzata nell'ottimizzazione della forza lavoro tramite intelligenza artificiale. L'investimento integrerà le soluzioni di Workhelix in Accenture LearnVantage, la loro piattaforma completa di apprendimento e formazione.
Secondo il sondaggio Pulse of Change di Accenture, mentre l'86% dei leader C-suite prevede di aumentare gli investimenti in intelligenza artificiale generativa, solo il 35% dei dipendenti comprende il suo potenziale valore. La piattaforma di Workhelix sfrutta oltre 450 milioni di punti dati sul luogo di lavoro, coprendo più di 20.000 lavori e oltre 300.000 attività, per valutare l'impatto dell'IA sulle forze lavoro e creare piani di implementazione dettagliati.
La collaborazione mira a migliorare le capacità di Accenture nella trasformazione dei talenti e nelle valutazioni delle competenze basate sui ruoli, aiutando le organizzazioni a identificare compiti che possono essere ottimizzati con l'IA generativa e a creare roadmap attuabili. Workhelix entrerà a far parte del Project Spotlight di Accenture Ventures, ottenendo accesso all'expertise di dominio di Accenture e ai clienti aziendali.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) ha realizado una inversión estratégica a través de Accenture Ventures en Workhelix, una empresa de servicios habilitados por tecnología que se especializa en la optimización de la fuerza laboral mediante inteligencia artificial. La inversión integrará las soluciones de Workhelix en Accenture LearnVantage, su plataforma integral de aprendizaje y capacitación.
Según la encuesta Pulse of Change de Accenture, mientras el 86% de los líderes de nivel C planean aumentar las inversiones en IA generativa, solo el 35% de los empleados entiende su potencial valor. La plataforma de Workhelix aprovecha más de 450 millones de puntos de datos en el lugar de trabajo, abarcando más de 20,000 trabajos y más de 300,000 actividades para evaluar el impacto de la IA en las fuerzas laborales y crear planes de implementación detallados.
La colaboración tiene como objetivo mejorar las capacidades de Accenture en la transformación del talento y en las evaluaciones de habilidades basadas en roles, ayudando a las organizaciones a identificar tareas que pueden ser optimizadas con IA generativa y a crear hojas de ruta accionables. Workhelix se unirá al Project Spotlight de Accenture Ventures, obteniendo acceso a la experiencia en el dominio de Accenture y a los clientes empresariales.
액센츄어 (NYSE: ACN)는 AI 인력 최적화에 특화된 기술 기반 서비스 회사인 워크헬릭스에 대해 액센츄어 벤처스를 통해 전략적 투자를 진행했습니다. 이 투자는 워크헬릭스의 솔루션을 액센츄어 LearnVantage에 통합하여 포괄적인 학습 및 교육 플랫폼을 구축할 것입니다.
액센츄어의 변화의 물결 조사에 따르면, C-suite 리더의 86%가 생성적 AI 투자를 늘릴 계획인 반면, 직원의 35%만이 그 잠재적 가치를 이해하고 있습니다. 워크헬릭스의 플랫폼은 20,000개 이상의 직업과 300,000개 이상의 활동에 걸쳐 4억 5천만 개 이상의 직장 데이터를 활용하여 AI가 인력에 미치는 영향을 평가하고 세부적인 실행 계획을 수립합니다.
이번 협업은 액센츄어의 인재 변환 및 역할 기반 기술 평가 능력을 향상시키고, 조직이 생성적 AI로 최적화할 수 있는 작업을 식별하며 실행 가능한 로드맵을 만드는 데 도움을 주는 것을 목표로 합니다. 워크헬릭스는 액센츄어 벤처스의 프로젝트 스포트라이트에 합류하여 액센츄어의 도메인 전문성과 기업 고객에 접근할 수 있는 기회를 얻게 됩니다.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) a réalisé un investissement stratégique via Accenture Ventures dans Workhelix, une entreprise de services technologiques spécialisée dans l'optimisation de la main-d'œuvre par l'intelligence artificielle. Cet investissement intégrera les solutions de Workhelix dans Accenture LearnVantage, leur plateforme d'apprentissage et de formation complète.
Selon l'enquête Pulse of Change d'Accenture, bien que 86 % des dirigeants de niveau C prévoient d'augmenter les investissements dans l'IA générative, seulement 35 % des employés comprennent sa valeur potentielle. La plateforme de Workhelix exploite plus de 450 millions de points de données sur le lieu de travail, couvrant plus de 20 000 emplois et plus de 300 000 activités, pour évaluer l'impact de l'IA sur les effectifs et créer des plans de mise en œuvre détaillés.
La collaboration vise à améliorer les capacités d'Accenture en matière de transformation des talents et d'évaluations des compétences basées sur les rôles, en aidant les organisations à identifier les tâches pouvant être optimisées par l'IA générative et à créer des feuilles de route actionnables. Workhelix rejoindra le Project Spotlight d'Accenture Ventures, accédant à l'expertise sectorielle d'Accenture et à ses clients d'entreprise.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) hat eine strategische Investition über Accenture Ventures in Workhelix getätigt, ein technologiegestütztes Dienstleistungsunternehmen, das sich auf die Optimierung der Arbeitskräfte durch KI spezialisiert hat. Die Investition wird die Lösungen von Workhelix in Accenture LearnVantage, ihrer umfassenden Lern- und Schulungsplattform, integrieren.
Laut der Umfrage Pulse of Change von Accenture planen 86 % der Führungskräfte der C-Ebene, ihre Investitionen in generative KI zu erhöhen, während nur 35 % der Mitarbeiter deren potenziellen Wert verstehen. Die Plattform von Workhelix nutzt über 450 Millionen Arbeitsplatzdatenpunkte aus mehr als 20.000 Berufen und über 300.000 Aktivitäten, um die Auswirkungen von KI auf die Arbeitskräfte zu bewerten und detaillierte Implementierungspläne zu erstellen.
Die Zusammenarbeit zielt darauf ab, die Fähigkeiten von Accenture in der Talenttransformation und bei rollenbasierten Kompetenzbewertungen zu verbessern, indem sie Organisationen dabei hilft, Aufgaben zu identifizieren, die mit generativer KI optimiert werden können, und umsetzbare Fahrpläne zu erstellen. Workhelix wird dem Project Spotlight von Accenture Ventures beitreten und Zugang zu Accenture's Fachwissen und Unternehmensklienten erhalten.
- Strategic investment in AI workforce optimization technology
- Integration enhances Accenture's existing learning platform capabilities
- Access to extensive workplace data analytics (450M+ data points)
- Expansion of AI services portfolio through Workhelix acquisition
- Low employee understanding of generative AI value (only 35%)
- Significant gap between C-suite AI investment plans and workforce readiness
Insights
Accenture's investment in Workhelix represents a strategic enhancement to its AI workforce transformation capabilities at a critical market inflection point. This move comes as organizations are increasingly investing in generative AI (86% of C-suite leaders plan increases) but struggling with workforce adoption (only 35% of employees understand AI's potential value).
Workhelix's integration into Accenture LearnVantage creates a compelling competitive advantage through its data-rich approach to workforce transformation. The platform's 450 million workplace data points across 20,000+ jobs enables precision targeting of AI implementation opportunities - solving a critical pain point for enterprises that have invested in AI but struggle to realize returns.
This acquisition aligns with Accenture's broader strategy of building specialized AI capabilities through targeted investments rather than purely organic growth. The timing is particularly advantageous as many organizations face implementation challenges with generative AI, creating demand for comprehensive transformation services that address both technological and human elements.
From a competitive standpoint, this strengthens Accenture's position against other consulting firms racing to build AI transformation practices. The addition of Workhelix's data assets and methodology provides Accenture with differentiated offerings in the high-growth area of AI-driven workforce transformation.
While this represents a positive strategic development for Accenture, the financial impact is likely to be incremental rather than transformative in the near term, as it enhances existing capabilities rather than opening entirely new service lines. The long-term value will depend on how effectively Accenture leverages Workhelix's capabilities across its 2,000+ generative AI projects globally.
Accenture has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Workhelix, a tech-enabled services company that helps organizations get the most out of their AI investments. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Accenture’s recent Pulse of Change survey found that
Accenture LearnVantage helps organizations quickly identify gaps in relevant and in-demand skills and then provides industry-specific training needed to fill those gaps at speed and scale. The AI-native Accenture LearnVantage platform works seamlessly with an organization’s existing learning management system. With the help of an AI-powered recommendation engine, the platform curates the best learning content from Accenture and third-party providers to offer a personalized learning journey that aligns with priority areas of learning.
Workhelix’s capabilities include a task-based platform that evaluates the impact of generative AI on workforces, and pinpoints opportunities to embed generative AI into processes. It uses more than 450 million publicly available workplace data points across more than 20,000 jobs and 300,000 activities to deliver a detailed plan that helps align teams, prioritize opportunities, and drive decisions. This leads to a continuous, simplified cycle of planning projects, deploying technology, and monitoring ROI.
Bringing Workhelix capabilities to Accenture LearnVantage will help organizations identify specific tasks and roles that can be streamlined or optimized with generative AI and create detailed, actionable roadmaps that track results against target goals.
“Generative AI is directing and reinventing how we work,” said Kishore Durg, global lead of Accenture LearnVantage. “Organizations need to set and follow a vision to reshape the workforce, reinvent learning, and prepare workers for a generative AI world. Our investment and collaboration with Workhelix will augment Accenture’s capabilities in talent transformation and role-based skills assessments, building a foundation that delivers personalized learning for both tech and non-tech users.”
“Accenture has a storied history of helping companies navigate transformation using AI,” said James Milin, Co-Founder and CEO of Workhelix. “The workforce and economy of 2035 will look significantly different than today, and we’re thrilled to work with Accenture to help usher in that transformation with data and rigor.”
Workhelix will also join Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight, a vertical accelerator for data and AI companies. Project Spotlight offers extensive access to Accenture’s domain expertise and its enterprise clients, helping startups harness creativity and deliver on the promise of their technology.
About Accenture
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About Workhelix
Workhelix helps large enterprises effectively identify, deploy and measure the real impact of AI, turning technology into productivity. Using a research-driven, task-based approach, Workhelix analyzes over 250,000 work tasks to identify where AI can create the most value, providing a data-backed roadmap for AI deployment. Its suite of metrics deliver reliable, causal estimates of where and how AI creates value, and where it doesn’t. Workhelix is led by executives and researchers from Stanford, MIT, Wharton, Amazon and Google. The company is backed by AIX Ventures, AI Fund, BGV, Bloomberg Beta, Future of Work Partners, Telesoft, Zetta Ventures, Reid Hoffman, Mira Murati, Jeff Dean, Yann LeCun, Sebastian Thrun, Paul Daugherty, and Jeff Wilke. Learn more at: https://www.workhelix.com/
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Julie Bennink
Accenture
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Source: Accenture
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