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Just Adding a Chief Data Officer Isn’t Enough

Harvard Business Review

The proliferation of C-suite roles is an indication of the increasing strategic and operational complexity organizations face. One of the newest additions to the C-Suite is the Chief Data Officer. Though he was writing about Chief Marketing Officers, his advice is equally valuable here.

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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. In some cases, it pays to tailor the job to the candidate’s unique capabilities.

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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. Success stories of Big-Data-enabled innovation remain relatively few at this stage.