About the Technology Vision RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Every year, the Technology Vision team partners with Accenture Research to pinpoint the Each year, the research process also includes a global survey of thousands of business and IT executives from around the world, to understand their emerging IT developments that will have the perspectives on the impact of technology in business. Survey responses greatest impact on companies, government help to identify the technology strategies and priority investments of agencies, and other organizations in the coming companies from across industries and geographies. years. These trends have significant impact As a shortlist of themes emerges from the research process, the Technology Vision team reconvenes its advisory board. The board’s workshop, a series across industries, and are actionable for of ‘deep-dive’ sessions with Accenture leadership and external subject- businesses today. matter experts, validates and further refines the themes. These processes weigh the themes for their relevance to real-world business challenges. The Technology Vision team seeks ideas that The research process begins by gathering input from the Technology Vision transcend the well-known drivers of technological change, concentrating External Advisory Board, a group of more than two dozen experienced instead on the themes that will soon start to appear on the C-level agendas individuals from the public and private sectors, academia, venture capital, and of most enterprises. entrepreneurial companies. In addition, the Technology Vision team conducts interviews with technology luminaries and industry experts, as well as nearly 100 Accenture business leaders from across the organization. 15 TECH VISION 2019 THE POST-DIGITAL ERA IS UPON US