This Accenture report explores how the use of AI has shifted from simple augmentation, where AI supports a task, to co-intelligence where AI can interpret intent, reason through options, coordinate steps and execute bounded work across functions at machine speed.
It reveals that on average, more than 50% of working hours are expected to be impacted by AI agents, representing a reshaping of how work is performed and how value is created. Work is no longer organised around static roles and job titles, with skills becoming the new currency of work. The report finds that humans must stay in the lead by setting direction, defining guardrails, challenging analysis, making trade-offs, and owning outcomes, while leaders must deliberately redeploy expanded capacity into measurable value and sustained growth.
