Winning With Innovation: How to Evaluate Technology Investments in Uncertain Times

Great leaps forward in artificial intelligence (AI) and other intelligent technologies have compounded the difficulty of weighing strategic directions and allocating technology spending. At the same time, we’ve entered a period of intense global instability. It’s a volatile mix—unprecedented innovation meets unrelenting uncertainty. In a world rife with new opportunities and threats, how can directors cut through the noise to evaluate technology projects that could make or break the company...

Paul R. Daugherty is group chief executive, Technology and chief technology officer at Accenture.

H. James Wilson is global managing director of thought leadership and technology research at Accenture.