Summary of Accenture report, Boost your AIQ, which analyzes what companies must do to improve their innovation strategy to achieve successful digital growth.

2. ar·ti·fi·cial in·tel·li·gence
/ˌärdəˈfiSHəl inˈteləjəns/
also AI
Artificial Intelligence is a constellation of technologies that extend
human capabilities by sensing, comprehending, acting and learning
– allowing people to do much more. Accenture believes that AI will
be most successful if enterprises design responsible AI systems with
built-in accountability.

3. FROM EXPERIMENTAL
TO EXPONENTIAL
CAGR
Funding for AI
startups annual
growth since 2010
60%
Number of AI
patents for AI.
Annual growth
since 2010
26%
Proportion of 5400
IT and business
execs investing in
AI in next 3 years.
85%
CAGR CAGR

4. AI DRIVES GROWTH
By 2035,
productivity in
key economies
to grow by up to
40%
ANNUAL GROWTH RATES
COULD ALMOST DOUBLE BY 2035

5. DO YOU HAVE HIGH AIQ?
Source: Accenture Research,
see “About the research”

6. WHO HAS HIGH AIQ?

7. COLLABORATIVE INVENTORS
ENJOY SUPERIOR GROWTH

8. APPLYING YOUR AIQ
Put people first.
Define business
goals before
applying AI
Create the
future workforce
by reequipping
today’s people
TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE
Recognize the
importance
of data
convergence
DATA

9. APPLYING YOUR AIQ
TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE
Does your AI amplify
the skills of your people?
Are you integrating
your AI with internal
and external systems?
Are your proprietary AI
bets truly differentiating
you in the market?
DATA
Have you partnered
with companies
monetize your data?
Can you integrate
data with your
legacy systems?
Do you practice
Responsible AI?
Can you reskill your
workforce to stay
ahead of automation?
Do you offer continuous
on-the-job training?
Can your leaders
manage diverse teams?

10. APPLYING YOUR AIQ – STARTUPS
Embrace
a platform
approach
Join the
sharing
economy
TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE
Automate internal
processes
to inspire
external trust
DATA

11. • Seed public-private programs to share resources
and best practices in the AI ecosystem.
• Strengthen the international AI R&D ecosystem
through better G20 cooperation
• Incorporate AI in the public sector itself and create
new open data platforms to support AI development.
• Support the future workforce, fostering inclusive
workforce models
• Embrace Smart Regulation to safeguard Responsible AI
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

12. LEARN MORE
Visit www.accenture.com/AIQ
PAUL DAUGHERTY
Chief Technology
and Innovation Officer, Accenture
Paul.r.daugherty@accenture.com
FRANCIS HINTERMANN
Global Managing Director,
Accenture Research
Francis.hintermann@accenture.com
MADHU VAZIRANI
Thought Leadership Principal
Director, Accenture Research
Madhu.vazirani@accenture.com
LAURENCE MORVAN
Managing Director,
Office of the CEO
Laurence.morvan@accenture.com