The Chief Data Officer's Playbook

Caroline Carruthers is the first Group Director for Data Management for the Lowell Group and previously was Network Rail’s first Chief Data Officer. As a trustee for CILIP she champions the growing professionalism of the data and information related disciplines. Peter Jackson was the first Head of Data at The Pensions Regulator and then went on to be the first Chief Data Officer at Southern Water. Peter is driven by a strategic approach to data, and believes strongly in the value of demonstrating the 'art of possible' and expanding colleagues' understanding about data management, data technologies, data science and data governance.

1. Why does any organisation need a Chief Data Officer? 2. Secret ingredients of a Chief Data Officer 3. The first 100 days 4. Delivering a data strategy in the cauldron of BAU 5. Avoiding the hype cycle 6. Relating to the rest of the business, especially the C-Suite 7. The Chief Data Officer as a disruptor 8. Building the Chief Data Officer team 9. The next 300 days 10. The different generations of CDO's 11. What type of Chief Data Officer are you? 12. How to present yourself as a Chief Data Officer 13. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Data... 14. The Chief Data Officer and the technology 15. The hoarding mentality and how to break it 16. Data and information ethics 17. The Chief Data Officer and data governance 18. The data revolution 19. Advice to give business owners, CEO and the board 20. Conclusion'