In Episode 33, of Season 4, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Steve Janoo, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Diageo, where they discuss the debate around CIO and CDO relationship and reporting lines, due to Steve’s background as a former Global CIO to get an alternative view, which includes;

• Reporting lines and why they shouldn’t matter
• The challenge of perception
• Why the status of the technology function plays a major part
• Why wherever you sit it’s only ever about the business strategy and outcomes
• How the conversation differs between CDAO and CIO versus other business leaders
• Why the CIO and CDAO should work together to create common ground
• Why there is too much for one person to take ownership and accountability across Digital and Data
• Why the CIO is often in the boardroom and the CDAO isn’t
• The lack of understanding of the CDAO role at the exec level
• Why the lack of standardisation confuses executives
• Landing your message in the boardroom if you’re not in the boardroom
• How not all digital and data exec conversations don’t take place in the boardroom
• Why you have to find your medium to land your messages you need to land
• Why the CDAO needs to be empowered to build on top of existing technology platforms
• What the perception of D&A actually is in the boardroom
• Demonstrating the value you deliver
• Why incremental value is a must to balance investment and ROI
• Why flexibility, speed and agility are value drivers in modern-day business
• Why executives are still bought into the fact that data adds value
• Why the transformational nature of the CDAO role drives the challenges around tenure
• What a good CIO & CDO relationship looks like
• Making the transition from CIO to CDAO
• Why the CDAO is the best person to be accountable for GenAI