Sagraves Featured by CDO Matters Podcast

Allison Sagraves joined CDO Matters Podcast host Malcolm Hawker to answer one important question: Are Chief Data Officers set up to fail?

While the CDO role gains prominence and importance across most organizations, many CDOs are set up to fail from poorly defined roles, a lack of trust, and an insufficient focus on business outcomes. Sagraves, the founding CDO of M&T Bank, talked about why so many CDOs face these challenges and what they must do to overcome them.

In reference to an insightful HBR article Allison recently published on CDO success, she provides her insights on how CDOs can manage a critical balance between patience and urgency, and the importance of taking the time to recognize where positive strides are being made to deliver on a data strategy. Malcolm reminds CDO’s how important it is to ‘pound the drum’, a metaphor for the importance of marketing—and celebrating—all the strides companies are making towards becoming more data-enabled.