Contrary to widespread thinking that the chief digital officer position has a short shelf-life, a large majority of business and IT professionals see their organization’s CDO as an effective change agent and champion for achieving digital transformation, according to a recent survey by technology consulting and services provider Mindtree.
For its research, Mindtree partnered with Researchscape International to survey 323 business and IT professionals in the U.S. and U.K. who work under a CDO. It found that the CDO has been effective in championing many digital initiatives such as giving customers seamless digital experiences (cited by 27 percent) and creating new business models (20 percent).
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Jeffrey Henning
Jeffrey Henning, IPC is a professionally certified researcher and has personally conducted over 1,400 survey research projects. Jeffrey is a member of the Insights Association and the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers. In 2012, he was the inaugural winner of the MRA’s Impact award, which “recognizes an industry professional, team or organization that has demonstrated tremendous vision, leadership, and innovation, within the past year, that has led to advances in the marketing research profession.” In 2022, the Insights Association named him an IPC Laureate. Before founding Researchscape in 2012, Jeffrey co-founded Perseus Development Corporation in 1993, which introduced the first web-survey software, and Vovici in 2006, which pioneered the enterprise-feedback management category. A 35-year veteran of the research industry, he began his career as an industry analyst for an Inc. 500 research firm.
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