Why the CDO is a bellwether!

The CDO as an indicator of digital readiness

There are eye-watering statistics about the failure rates of ‘digital transformation’ projects: 80% failure is about the norm. Confronted with those facts, it is hard to understand why boards and executives don’t get more exercised about digital and ‘digital people’, in particular, the role of the CDO, where there is not yet consensus about the role or its remit.