The Chief Data Officer's Playbook

Caroline Carruthers, Peter Jackson

American Library Association, Nov 7, 2017 - Business & Economics - 208 pages

The new and rapidly expanding role of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) is of significant interest and relevance to organisations and data professionals internationally. Written by two practicing CDOs, this new book offers a jargon-free, practical guide to making better decisions based on data. 

Content covered includes:

- why does any organisation need a CDO?
- the secret ingredients of the successful CDO
- avoiding the hype cycle
- building the CDO team
- who leads the technology?
- the CDO and data governance: enablement not red tape.

This book will offer key insights for CDOs looking to understand their position better, for aspiring CDOs and data officers looking at career progression, for those recruiting CDOs, and offers essential knowledge for anyone else operating in the current data environment.

About the author

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. 

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Chief Data Officer's Playbook
• Authors: Caroline Carruthers, Peter Jackson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: American Library Association, 2017
• ISBN: 1783302577, 9781783302574
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / Information Management; Business & Economics / Strategic Planning; Computers / Data Modeling & Design; Computers / Databases / Data Mining; Computers / Databases / Data Warehousing; Computers / Databases / General; Computers / General; Computers / System Administration / Storage & Retrieval; Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries; Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General