Paul Daugherty (BSE Computer Engineering, 1986) is co-author of Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, a seminal book providing a much-needed management playbook for the business of AI, recently published by Harvard Press.

In Human + Machine, Daugherty and H. James Wilson show that the essence of the AI paradigm shift is the transformation of all business processes within an organization — whether related to breakthrough innovation, everyday customer service, or personal productivity habits. As humans and smart machines collaborate ever more closely, work processes become more fluid and adaptive, enabling companies to change them on the fly — or to completely reimagine them. AI is changing all the rules of how companies operate.

Paul Daugherty is Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at Accenture, where he oversees overall technology strategy, research and development, and ecosystem relationships, and is responsible for developing Accenture’s business in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and Blockchain.