On November 16, 2022, the University of St. Thomas community was able to get an inside view of the virtual world of One Accenture Park, created to onboard and train more than 100,000 new employees at Accenture. Kristina Schatz, CEO of Business in a Digital World, convened the Accenture team for the second event in the Demystifying Tech fall speaker series to showcase a real-life example of how the metaverse is applied in business today.

“Accenture really brought to life how a company could responsibly and ethically use the metaverse to increase engagement, retention and focus on the company’s core business values ​​such as diversity, equity and inclusion,” Schatz said. .

Lori Zumwinkle, St. Thomas MBA alumnus, Senior Managing Director at Accenture and North…