Relationship will also support Best Buy’s goal to add diverse talent to its digital and technology team
Best Buy Co., Inc andAccentureare teaming to advance Best Buy’s strategic priorities by accelerating technology innovation and growing technologytalentat the company.
Over the next five years, the two companies will work together to advance Best Buy’s technology strategy, delivery and operations, including work indata science, information security, product development, technology risk management, and user experience design.
“Together, we are creating a fluid, reimagined collaboration model that is anchored on shared success, beliefs and ways of working,” saidRob Birdsong,a managing director at Accenture and the company’s client account lead for Best Buy. “This new model will help us redefine the way we partner with Best Buy, bringing them the best of Accenture’s skills and capabilities, with a focus on building and growing Best Buy talent.”
Brian Tilzer,Best Buy’s chief digital and technology officer, said, “Our primary goal is to create the best possible experience for our customers and our employees who serve them directly, and this collaboration will help drive that important work forward. We’re excited to work with Accenture to advance technology innovation and build an even stronger technology team at Best Buy.”
This relationship will focus on three key areas:
- Building and growing diverse talent. Best Buy has an ambitious goal to hire 1,000 employees to its digital and technology team, and it has committed that 30% of these employees will be diverse — specifically Black, Latinx, Indigenous and women. Accenture will support Best Buy in this work by helping recruit, train and hire new talent.
- Investing in technology innovation. Accenture and Best Buy will jointly invest in technology innovation focused on helping Best Buy create enhanced customer experiences, drive incremental value from its existing operations and accelerate growth in key areas like health and membership programs.
- Investing in learning and development. Accenture will provide Best Buy access to its world-class learning and development programs, including its extensive library of online training courses and its intensive, 12-week training boot camps for emerging talent.
Use cases of Houston We Have AI platform ... 
https://www.houstonwehave.ai/use-cases/
Interesting here at 13m MC, have added highlights myself and the above is from Houston We Have's website. Excuse the formatting, doing this from my new laptop lol, HWH already has exposure to healthcare sector clients and Aus Gov contracts.
"Houston We Have (HWH) has secured new contracts and expanded existing ones across the healthcare sector, bringing in roughly $130,000Speaking of the win, the company notes the "modest" revenue primarily underlines that there's room for the business to growSix months ago, the artificial intelligence company acquired health insurance analytics provider, Prometheus to jointly offer their solutionsNow, the acquisition's importance has been validated by these contract winsShares are up 16 per cent and trading for 2.9 cents apiece"
https://themarketherald.com.au/houston-we-have-asxhwh-secures-new-contracts-worth-just-130k-2020-05-07/
