Alyson Shontell’s Post

If you had an hour with the smartest leaders in business, what would you ask? Well, it's a VERY exciting day today, because that's exactly the purpose of my new vodcast which debuted this morning, Fortune 500 Titans and Disrupters of Industry. The first guest is one of the most powerful and plugged in executives in the world, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet, who ranks No. 11 on the Fortune 100 Most Powerful People in Global Business list, runs a top 10 company in workforce size (over 770,000 employees!) and oversees a juggernaut: Accenture ranks No. 211 on Fortune's Global 500 of highest revenue generating companies in the world with ~ $65 billion. From Julie, I wanted to know a bunch of things: - What are the top trends on every CEO's mind right now (dozens of companies pay Accenture over $100 million in a single quarter for their counsel and solutions) - How are Fortune 500 CEOs navigating the AI future and why are so many AI projects failing? - How has she pulled off two massive global restructurings, communicated it across 120 countries, and gotten employees to buy into the new direction? -- How does she personally use AI, and how did she go from a partner at a law firm to running one of the world's largest companies? -- On a personal note, what has having cancer twice (once right as she was offered the biggest career opportunity of her life) taught her about her goals, priorities and leadership? All of that is in here and more. Thanks to Julie for her candor and her team for finding us this time together so all of you can learn from Sweet's unmatched expertise (and if you like it, subscribe! I'm aiming to publish these 1/month but it will be on a "bangers only" guest booking basis. And lots of bangers from our Most Powerful People list are in the hopper!) https://lnkd.in/euWfhi7g