“The role isn’t new. In fact it has been around for more than a decade. But it was in 2012 that organisations really started taking notice and by the end of 2014, the world’s largest network of chief digital and data officers, the CDO Club, said that about 1,000 CDOs had been recognised worldwide

“David Mathison, founder of the CDO Club, a global professional community of digital officers, concurs. ‘The technical part of a chief digital officer’s job is becoming less and less important,’ he says. ‘Hitting the ground running and building digitally enabled businesses are becoming much more critical.’

“According to a 2013 CDO Club report, there was just one CDO in the world in 2005. That figure was forecast to rise to 1,000 by 2014. And while CDOs are catching on in the U.S., Hughes said Canada is still trailing behind.

“In light of all these massive changes, it’s no surprise the role of CDO – the executive in charge of all things digital – is becoming increasingly common and increasingly vital for many major organizations. That said, while the CDO role is becoming more commonplace, it hasn’t become so pervasive that it’s fully considered ‘part […]

“In 2012, there were just 225 CDOs, according to the CDO Club. That figure has seen hockey stick-curve growth, jumping to 488 in 2013 and 1,000 in 2014. This phenoma, according to Deloitte, is a result of digital strategy becoming core to overall corporate strategy. It’s graduating from its status as a part of the […]