Driven by Data: The Podcast S3 | Ep 24 | The First 100 Days as a CDO with Denholm Hesse, Chief Data Officer at BDO UK LLP
Apr 18, 2023
52:15
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