Author: Wilhelm Friedrich

The Chief Data Officer has gone from a niche experiment to a boardroom essential in less than a decade. As AI reshapes how companies operate, the CDO role has become the connective tissue between data infrastructure and business strategy — and most organisations are still getting it wrong.

In 2023, the world added more solar capacity in a year than nuclear’s entire 60-year installed base. The clean energy transition is no longer approaching — it’s reshaping industries, supply chains, and corporate strategy right now.

78% of organizations say they use AI. 95% of their pilots aren’t generating real returns. Here’s the story underneath both numbers.