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Episode 26

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16th Mar 2021

Ep 26 | The CDO: Building Successful Data-Driven Organisations with Chris Bannocks, Chief Data Officer at Danone

In Episode 26 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Chris Bannocks, Chief Data Officer at Danone, where they discuss the trials and tribulations surrounding the current CDO role, which includes:

  • Why the average tenure of the CDO is only 2 years
  • That many boards haven’t realised this needs to be a strategic priority
  • How the eagerness to obtain a CDO role is contributing to the tenure
  • How most boards are dipping their toe into the water
  • The type of questions you should be asking to gauge the readiness for the role in the organisation
  • Why it’s important to recognise the difference in scale
  • Why coming from a technical background is advantageous, but that alone isn’t enough
  • Why the appointment of "Non-Exec Data Leaders" will be an indication of maturity
  • How the consultancy organisations are playing their part in this
  • Why some businesses won’t need a CDO
  • How ROI can be seen within 6 months & it could cost up to 200m
  • Why it’s essential to have an official communication strategy & budget to drive change
  • What those type of comms strategies could consist of
  • Why experimentation and innovation are essential but seen as the nemesis within the business
  • What organisation should be considering to decide whether to appoint a CDO
  • The key things Data Leaders should be thinking about before taking a CDO role
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Driven by Data: The Podcast
Designed for Data Enthusiasts to hear from the Data & Analytics industry's thought leaders
Orbition Group is delighted to bring you this podcast series, which is designed for Data Enthusiasts, to hear from some of the most high-profile Data, Analytics and AI thought leaders from around the globe.

Each episode will detail the guests journey to the top while bringing unique insights, drawn from first-hand experience on the industry’s most trending topics.

This podcast was created as a way for our industry's most respected leadership figures from across the world to give back to the Data & Analytics community, by sharing; knowledge, experiences and ideas, to inspire, innovate and provide real-life use cases on the industries most pressing topics/challenges.

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Kyle Winterbottom

Founder of Orbition Group, a Search and Talent Solutions business that operates exclusively within the world of Data, Analytics & AI.

I am hugely passionate about enabling organisations to drive decisions and obtain value from the use of Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence.

As such, I believe it is imperative that as a community, we share; knowledge, ideas, real-life use cases and inspiration to collectively give back to our industry.

Given my fortunate position of speaking with hundreds, if not thousands of leadership figures within the global Data & Analytics community each year , I feel it is my duty to share the successes, failures, challenges and opportunities.

Therefore, I have positioned Orbition Group to be a facilitator of that knowledge sharing, through these podcasts, events we host and public speaking.