Manish Sharma

Chief Strategy and Services Officer, Accenture

Search every verified Manish Sharma interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Manish Sharma, Chief Strategy and Services Officer at Accenture, has discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce. In a 2025 interview, he stated that "AI is not replacing people" but rather "replacing task or part of task and processes," which he said allows organizations to create new opportunities. He also noted that employment declines are concentrated in occupations where AI is more likely to automate rather than augment human labor. In a 2021 discussion, Sharma described Accenture's SynOps platform, which he said combines human ingenuity with applied intelligence, analytics, and automation. He stated that Accenture had invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the platform to create agile and resilient operating models. Sharma also said that the pandemic had widened a "digital achievement gap," with a small group of companies achieving higher profitability and efficiency. He described a trend of "super compressed transformation," where clients are accelerating their digital journeys.