Stop waiting for clarity. Unfreeze and act, with Accenture’s Julie Sweet
Masters of Scale
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
AI disruption and geopolitical upheaval are forcing business leaders to make high-stakes decisions — fast. Accenture CEO Julie Sweet joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to share what she's hearing from her 9,000 clients and the hard-won advice she's giving them. Sweet reveals why AI proficiency is now a requirement for promotion at Accenture, why she's doubling down on entry-level hiring amid the automation wave, and why tension in the C-suite may be the most underrated leadership advantage right now. Plus, Sweet unpacks the hidden power of "leader-led learning", and makes the case for why preparing society for an AI future is not just a government job, but a business imperative.
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| 0:00.8 | Startups grow in unpredictable ways, but your infrastructure shouldn't. |
| 0:04.9 | Deal scales with you from employee one to employee 1,000. |
| 0:08.9 | Deal's real-time payroll engine cuts weeks-long cycles down to minutes, |
| 0:13.2 | and their global experts keep you compliant as you expand. |
| 0:16.5 | Plus, startups can tap into perks like up to $25,000 in deal credits and support programs designed |
| 0:23.0 | specifically for high growth teams. Deal is the fastest way to hire, manage, pay, and equip |
| 0:28.3 | anyone anywhere. Deal, your Forever People platform. Visit D-E-E-E-L.com slash M-O-S to learn more and book a demo. |
| 0:40.1 | As your company scales, the hardest part isn't ambition, it's alignment. |
| 0:45.5 | That's why Atlassian built the teamwork collection, an AI-powered teamwork platform designed |
| 0:50.7 | to help teams move faster together. |
| 0:53.2 | By connecting Jira, Confluence, Loom, and Rovo, |
| 0:56.8 | teams can easily align work to real business goals, plan and track progress together, |
| 1:02.2 | remove knowledge silos, and access the real magic of AI plus human collaboration. |
| 1:08.5 | Visit at lasseon.com slash team changer to learn more. That's A-T-L-A-S-S-I-A-N.com |
| 1:17.8 | slash team changer. On Masters of Scale, we talk a lot about inflection points, those moments when a |
| 1:26.6 | technology stops being optional and starts being |
| 1:29.5 | fundamental. AI presents one of those moments and behind every breakthrough, whether it's medical |
| 1:35.5 | research or education or even cinematic visual effects, there's infrastructure most people |
| 1:42.8 | never see. As the essential cloud for AI, |
| 1:46.0 | CoreWeave is building that foundation. It provides a purpose-built AI cloud designed specifically |
| 1:52.8 | for pioneers at leading AI labs and enterprises ready to power the biggest ideas and the boldest |
| 2:00.1 | ambitions. |
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