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Just Adding a Chief Data Officer Isn’t Enough

Harvard Business Review

He said that without changes in incentives, as well as a change in the structure of the C-suite, broad-based roles like Chief Information Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers are hampered in their effectiveness.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

Consider Staples, the office-supplies retailer, which had tumbled from being the market leader to being a third of the new leader’s size by 1992. The person’s capabilities should fit the challenges facing the organization at the time.

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Just Using Big Data Isn’t Enough Anymore

Harvard Business Review

The survey gathers perspectives from a small but influential group of executives — chief information officers, chief data officers, and senior business and technology leaders of Fortune 1000 firms. Innovation continues to be a source of promise for Big Data. The reality has been the opposite.