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.