Accenture to Build NYC Innovation Hub as Destination for Clients & Accenture People to Co-Create Industry Solutions for the D...
August 02 2017 - 2:05PM
Business Wire
Move to Hudson Yards district will bring
together company’s 3,000 New York City-based people and full
breadth of capabilities to foster deeper collaboration for rapid
innovation
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) will expand its New York City Innovation
Hub with a move to the brand-new Hudson Yards district in 2020. The
hub will be a destination for Accenture people and clients to
ideate, rapidly prototype and launch transformative ideas that meet
the demands of today’s fast-changing digital world.
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Accenture will consolidate its New York
City office space and create an innovation hub at One Manhattan
West, in the brand new Hudson Yards district (credit: Brookfield
Property Partners).
One of Fortune’s 25 Best Workplaces in New York, Accenture
will occupy the top eight floors of One Manhattan West, bringing
together in one location its more than 3,000 New York City-based
employees and full breadth of capabilities. At the forefront of
workplace design, the new space will provide a flexible,
configurable environment that enables Accenture’s people and
clients to work and collaborate in new ways, and will accommodate
further growth as its business expands.
“Our clients, who are leaders in virtually every industry, are
under tremendous pressure to innovate continuously and harness the
power of disruption for competitive advantage,” said Kathleen
O’Reilly, senior managing director—US Northeast, Accenture. “We are
bringing innovation to the doorsteps of our clients, creating a new
destination where we can work side-by-side with them to reimagine
their futures and solve their biggest challenges.”
Accenture’s new Innovation Hub in New York City will build
on its extensive innovation footprint, and further
demonstrates its accelerated investment in innovation in the
United States. By 2020 the company will build 10 new Innovation
Hubs in key cities, invest $1.4 billion in training and create
15,000 highly skilled new jobs. In addition to New York City,
Accenture’s other Innovation Hubs in the U.S. are in Chicago,
Houston, San Jose and Washington, D.C.
Accenture’s Innovation Hubs provide clients hands-on access to
digital and emerging technologies — artificial intelligence,
blockchain, robotics, drones with computer vision, and virtual
reality — that have the power to transform business. In New York
City, the company’s hub includes its Fjord Design Studio,
where clients can apply design-thinking methodologies;
a Liquid Studio that quickly turns concepts into
prototypes through rapid software application development; and
industry-specific capabilities such as an Innovation Center for
Finance & Risk.
“We are committed to advancing New York City’s tech economy and
excited to be expanding our footprint in a pioneering neighborhood
that so closely reflects our own culture of innovation,” O’Reilly
said. “We are building a forward-thinking, human-focused space,
creating an environment for our incredible talent in the city to
learn, collaborate, network and work productively in a high-energy
atmosphere.”
Accenture in the United States
Accenture is a leading professional services company, providing
a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting,
digital, technology and operations. With more than 50,000
people and operations in 42 cities in the United States, Accenture
serves 93 of the Fortune 100 and more than 70 percent of the
Fortune 500. In the United States, Accenture has innovation
hubs that bring together key elements of the Accenture
Innovation Architecture – including labs, studios and
innovation centers – to help clients develop and deliver disruptive
innovations to drive growth and increase competitiveness. With an
unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity, Accenture is
consistently recognized on FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to
Work For and DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for
Diversity lists. Visit us at accenture.com/US.
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