The Accenture Pulse of Change survey published on Monday shows Irish business leaders have the highest confidence from leaders in 20 countries questioned. However, there is a widening gap between leaders and employees when it comes to AI readiness, communication, and overall confidence in technological change. "Employees are asking for clearer communication and clarity in how AI will change their roles and skills. Only 17% of Irish employees strongly agreed that leadership has very clearly communicated how AI agents and Agentic AI will impact the workforce, including changes to roles and required skills. The Accenture data was gathered from 3,650 executives and 3,350 employees globally, including 1,070 executives and 929 employees across Europe and 100 business leaders and 71 employees in Ireland.

Source: Irish Examiner March 09, 2026 14:19 UTC