S3 | Ep 24 | The First 100 Days as a CDO with Denholm Hesse, Chief Data Officer at BDO UK LLP

In Episode 24 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Denholm Hesse, Chief Data Officer at BDO UK LLP, where they discuss what the first 100 days as a new CDO look like, which includes;

• The importance of knowing the mandate you have
• Understanding what table you’ve got a seat at
• Why you’ve got to be at the right table to be able to deliver value
• The 3 segments of the first 100 days
• Why you must be able to influence the way an organisation operates to be successful
• The importance of being able to operationalise the strategy
• The benefits and challenges of working for an LLP
• Being the first CDO/Data Leader for an organisation
• Why big tech migrations are hard to prove ROI on
• Why being easy to work with should be a priority
• Why you shouldn’t get distracted by looking for quick wins
• The 3 key things you need to understand before you can think about strategy and vision
• Why doing what you did in your last role won’t work
• What the ultimate job of the CDO is
• Why the tenure of the CDO role will increase
• The importance of a communications plan to share the excitement
• How you can gauge progress based on the questions the data team receives
• Why you need to be in control of the value you can create
• The importance of getting the whole data team to be value-focused
• Why it’s imperative that you know how you’re going to execute
• Why you should create a tangible ROI target for the data team
• What Business Leaders should consider before hiring a CDO
• Why you shouldn’t rush into a CDO role
• Why you should focus on the mandate, the remit and the table you’re sitting at