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CDAO Program | Overview
Your Data & AI
Advantage Unlocked
Leverage the Chief Data & Analytics
Officer Program to learn how to get
ahead of tomorrow.
Deloitte’s Chief Data & Analytics Officer Program
provides tools to help accelerate Data, Analytics and AIled innovation and growth for your enterprise,
empowering CDAOs and their teams to transform how
their data advantage leads the world of tomorrow, today.
Ready to elevate your executive skills and lead your
organization to the next level? Get in touch to explore our
bespoke tailored CDAO experiences.
Key Program Offerings
• Data, Analytics & AI Labs
o Transition Lab
o Elevate Lab
o Team Lab
o Advantage Lab
• Executive Peer Circles
• CDAO Leadership Academy
• Career Services
• Research and Insights
We collaborate with you to:
Frame your
Data, Analytics
& AI Advantage
We are leaders in AI, data,
and analytics and bring
knowledge of the latest
developments and
ecosystem opportunities.
Harness the art
of possible and
make it relevant
for you
We guide you to define
realistic, yet aspirational goals
and our experienced team
fosters disruptive ideas
through meaningful
connections with a curated
set of possibilities.
Accomplish your
vision and
engineer your
advantage
We help you prioritize and
develop a workable action
plan to help unlock your
data and talent advantages
to succeed in your journey.
CDAO Program | Transition Lab
A single day to map the first six
months of your journey
CDAO Transition Lab
What it is: Forty percent of all executive transitions fail
within the first 18 months.¹ Our custom Lab experience
capitalizes on insights from more than 8,000+ previous
executive Labs to uncover hidden insights about why
transitions succeed, and why they may fail. You leave your
Transition Lab with a 180-day action plan with specific,
achievable milestones.
What to Expect: The CDAO Transition Lab is a one-day
interactive experience designed to help the new Data,
Analytics & AI leader develop a strategic plan for success so
you can hit the ground running in your new role. Topics
include how to manage your own time, assess your
organizations’ talent, enhance your relationships, and
develop a 180-day roadmap to achieve your new priorities.
THEMES EXPLORED
Time
Relationships
Leverage the Four Faces of a Data,
Analytics & AI Executive framework to
identify your key priorities and assess
your organization’s preparedness to
execute successfully
Focus on the strength of specific
relationships and influencing strategies to
help achieve your priorities
Talent
Capabilities
Reflect on the capabilities and bandwidth
of your direct reports as well as the scope
and efficacy of reporting relationships
Understand your current priorities and
capabilities to deliver insights and take a
deep dive into specific capabilities that
you want to reshape and/or elevate
OUTCOMES
Learn about various facets and responsibilities
of the CDAO role
Define key priorities
Learn about challenges Data, Analytics & AI
executives may face during the first 180 days
of appointment
Evaluate talent
Develop an onboarding plan to identify blind
spots
Learn to navigate relationships with other
senior executives
Get in touch
Anjali Shaikh
Program Experience Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Erica Macheriotou
Program Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Ramya H V
Labs Lead
Deloitte India-
You may also contact us at our program mailbox:-¹ Heidrick & Struggles
CDAO Program | Elevate Lab
A single day to elevate your priorities
and leadership outcomes
CDAO Elevate Lab
What it is: You already have a plan for where your
organization should be, but plans have a way of softening
when things get tough. By preparing now, you can lead your
organization in the right direction. With the demands of data,
analytics, and AI executives growing fast, the CDAO Elevate
Lab will help you work through factors that influence your
ability to become more effective.
What to Expect: The CDAO Elevate Lab is a one-day
interactive experience designed to help executives better
align on plans, improve agility, and amplify their outcomes.
The lab focuses on eight important themes that Data and
Analytics Executives should rethink as they try to recalibrate
their organization and elevate the outcome.
THEMES EXPLORED
Better
Outcomes
Governance
Talent &
Adoption
Ambition &
Alignment
Improve the service you
provide & prioritize your
focus areas
Better manage your
critical resources and
assets
Build trust and increase
enterprise-wide
adoption
Set your ambition and
align with stakeholders
Operating
Model
Talent
Models
Foundational
Capabilities
Next-Gen
Capabilities
Run a high performing
organization
Develop a data
curriculum to elevate
your organization
Determine table stakes
to meet your goals and
objectives efficiently
Modernize your data
and insights delivery with
next-gen capabilities
OUTCOMES
Learn about challenges Data, Analytics & AI
executives face across multiple industries
Learn how to influence key stakeholders and
develop a stakeholder engagement plan
Define and communicate priorities
Frame concrete actions to achieve priorities
and develop your 180-day plan
Realign the talent strategy for your team
Get in touch
Anjali Shaikh
Program Experience Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Erica Macheriotou
Program Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Ramya H V
Labs Lead
Deloitte India-
You may also contact us at our program mailbox:-
CDAO Program | Team Lab
A single day to focus on value driven
outcomes and challenge orthodoxies
CDAO Team Lab
What it is: The CDAO Team Lab is an experience designed
to help create engagement and alignment between Data,
Analytics & AI executives and their direct reports. The lab
addresses challenges identified by the executive and helps
build a cohesive leadership team prepared to execute
strategic change. If you have recently reconstituted your
leadership team or simply need to realign your existing team
to meet evolving business demands, the CDAO Team Lab
can help accelerate your team alignment and execution.
What to Expect: The CDAO Team Lab is a one-day
interactive experience designed to help Data & Analytics
executives align on priorities with their leadership team,
overcome barriers and commit to a course of action. By
bringing data to the lab, executives will analyze current state,
identify needs, and explore options to execute their strategy.
THEMES EXPLORED
Frame and Explore
Aspire and Align
Create and Commit
Level-set team expectations,
examine the team’s unique
composition and personalities,
reflect on feedback from
stakeholders and participants, and
gain a shared understanding of
stakeholder and team expectations
Identify and align on key priorities;
identify critical success factors and
barriers to success
Develop a high-level action plan,
craft messaging for each priority, and
commit to each other and to the
plan
OUTCOMES
Evaluate current state and needs to become
'value' focused
Develop your Focus Strategy
Level-set team expectations and gain a shared
understanding of stakeholder and team
expectations
Develop your Focus Roadmap
Discuss strategy, approach, and options to
define goals
Get in touch
Anjali Shaikh
Program Experience Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Erica Macheriotou
Program Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Ramya H V
Labs Lead
Deloitte India-
You may also contact us at our program mailbox:-
CDAO Program | Advantage Lab
Advantage Lab
A single day to achieve business alignment and
outcomes that typically take 6-12 weeks
What it is: The Advantage Lab is a highly immersive,
innovative, interactive, and Data, Analytics & AI strategyfocused environment. If you are looking to engage with your
stakeholders and align on data, analytics & AI strategy to
accelerate outcomes – the Advantage Lab provides a path to
take you from strategy to execution.
What to Expect: Advantage Lab experiences are designed
to disrupt ordinary thinking, ensure interaction among
stakeholders, reveal new possibilities, showcase exponential
technologies, and incite productive action. Our subject
matter advisors and design thinking professionals work with
you to define objectives, identify stakeholders, and develop
content to help achieve the desired outcomes. Following the
lab, we work with your team(s) to refine and formalize
deliverables and consult on next steps.
THEMES EXPLORED
Governance
Alignment
Talent
Capabilities
Manage your critical
resources and assets
Align your data, analytics
& AI strategy to
business needs
Develop a data, analytics
& AI curriculum to help
elevate your
organization
Advance your data,
analytics & AI capabilities
Monetization
Operating
Models
Next-Gen
Architecture
Value Mapping
Run a high performing
organization
Modernize your data,
analytics & AI ecosystem
Leverage data, analytics
& AI assets for
monetization and
business growth
Quantify and measure the
value of your data, analytics
& AI investments
INTENDED OUTCOMES
Aligned Data, Analytics & AI Strategy
Prioritized Business Use Cases
Prioritized Data, Analytics & AI Capabilities
Future State Architecture
Vision to empower your people
Get in touch
Anjali Shaikh
Program Experience Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Erica Macheriotou
Program Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Ramya H V
Labs Lead
Deloitte India-
You may also contact us at our program mailbox:-
CDAO Program | CDAO Peer Circles
CDAO Peer Circles
90-minute guided sessions to discuss common
experiences amongst an intimate group of peers
What it is: Data, Analytics, & AI Executives are in a unique
position to prepare their organizations for the rapidly
expanding impact of AI & Data in the market. The CDAO Peer
Circle is a distinctive opportunity to discuss common
experiences amongst a group of cross-industrial peers.
What to Expect: 75–90-minute Deloitte facilitated
discussions with circles of up to ten Data, Analytics & AI
Executive peers. Conversations are organized around topics
directly related to the Data, Analytics & AI Executive role and
are a safe space to ideate amongst peers. Participants may
attend one or multiple sessions to expand their network and
engage in an evolving dialogue.
THEMES EXPLORED
Reflect
Share
Grow
Put aside dedicated time to think
about top-of-mind challenges
facing CDAOs and the growing
impact of Data & AI on
corporations
Discuss strategies, challenges, and
lessons learned with peers on
specific and relevant topics
Expand your perspectives on how
Data, Analytics & AI Executives can
better position their organizations
for a changing landscape.
Challenge existing orthodoxies and
further develop your Data & AI
leadership capabilities
INTENDED OUTCOMES
Develop a network of fellow Data, Analytics &
AI Executives to operate as a sounding board
Gain insight into how cross-industry peers
approach challenges and future opportunities
Learn about common issues faced amongst
CDAOs
Play a role in the ongoing dialogue of CDAO
excellence
Hear from thought leaders on key topics
Get in touch
Anjali Shaikh
Program Experience Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Erica Macheriotou
Program Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Haley Lamb Gove
Peer Circles Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
You may also contact us at our program mailbox:-
CDAO Program | CDAO Leadership Academy
CDAO Leadership Academy
What it is: The role of data, analytics & AI executives has
become more complex than ever before, and executives are
looking for ways to accelerate their skills and leadership. The
CDAO Leadership Academy offers a dynamic and exclusive
leadership development opportunity to help the technology
leaders navigate the future of data, analytics, and AI and lead
their organizations to thrive.
What to expect: Deloitte’s CDAO Leadership Academy offers
a dynamic and exclusive leadership development opportunity
to help CDAOs and executives in equivalent roles broaden
their perspectives, enhance leadership capabilities, and
prepare for what’s next.
THE ACADEMY PILLARS
Based on our extensive research and experience, the CDAO Leadership Academy curriculum is designed
specifically to allow participants to develop their point of view and explore three key pillars:
Value
Credibility
Influence
Develop a point of view on
critical issues challenging CDAOs
today to generate valuable
business outcomes from datadriven investments and lead
your team with resiliency
Position yourself as a credible
leader to develop rapport with
your direct reports, executive team
and board members. Establish
and preserve trust within the
organization and co-create as a
trusted partner of the business
Strengthen your storytelling to
partner in shaping the future of the
business and position the AI & Data
strategy to drive business outcomes.
Develop an inclusive mindset and
leverage your strengths to drive
influence and collaboration
INTENDED OUTCOMES
Prepare for success as a CDAO and business
leader through exclusive learning opportunities
Gain perspectives and personal insights from
experienced peers and leaders
Build your network and engage with global
peers across industries with representation
from FORTUNE 500 companies
Practice closely with leading specialists
through dynamic Q&A discussions and highly
collaborative small group sessions
Attend an individual Executive Coaching session
to help elevate your career and leadership skills
Join immersive and interactive sessions to dive
deeper into relevant topics
Get in touch
Anjali Shaikh
Program Experience Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Erica Macheriotou
Program Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Rebecca Cieply
CDAO Leadership Academy Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
You may also contact us at our program mailbox:-
CDAO Program | Career Services
CDAO Career Services
Business leaders in high-performing organizations have long
understood the importance of “fit” when it comes to executive
leadership. Even leading organizations with great processes and
an in-depth understanding of AI and data could run the risk of
falling short when the right people aren’t in place – especially at
the top.
In today’s organizations harnessing the power of data, analytics,
and AI appropriately may be becoming ever more urgent with the
pace of innovation. We understand that urgency, which is why
we’ve established a service to match data, analytics, and AI
executives with marketplace opportunities.
Where do we add value?
What’s in it for you?
Data, analytics, and AI executives have many
options to help them find attractive positions.
Despite these extensive resources, there are likely
few organizations positioned to see how AI & data
are driving business across organizations; and
even fewer with deep connections to potential
executives who can lead in today’s dynamic
environments. Working at the intersection of
Connectivity and Career Advancement, our Career
Services support data, analytics, and AI executives
and client organizations in finding matches that
work. For organizations seeking new AI and data
executives, we can help shorten the cycle of
identifying candidates who fit the challenges
you’re facing. For leaders seeking new
opportunities, we can help identify positions that
match your potential career aspirations.
With requirements for strategic insight,
innovation, and operational excellence, many
data, analytics, and AI executives today do it all.
But that doesn’t mean every aspect of the job will
be weighted equally. It’s important to find a good
match between a particular organization’s needs
and a particular candidate. And that often
requires an intimate understanding of both sides
of the hiring equation.
We assist clients with AI & data talent referrals as
a part of our CDAO Program. This includes helping
organizations define their needs based on a
combination of CDAO Program insights, other
research, and important marketplace trends.
Deloitte’s extensive network of data, analytics, and
AI professionals offers unparalleled opportunities
to the client organizations and leaders we serve.
OPPORTUNITIES
Search readiness, open role design and
advisory support
Custom succession readiness labs
Client connections to retained search
organizations
Candidate transition facilitation
Candidate referral recommendations for open
roles
Get in touch
Anjali Shaikh
Program Experience Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Erica Macheriotou
Program Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Adrienne Wyzga
Career Services Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
You may also contact us at our program mailbox:-
CDAO Program | Research and Insights
Research and Insights
The CDAO Program is designed to create and curate
Deloitte research and insights that can offer unique
perspectives on key topics relevant to data, analytics, and
AI business leaders. From regularly scheduled
newsletters, to in-depth surveys and reports, our thought
leadership sheds light on how AI, data, and analytics are
changing the way business is done today.
K E Y P U B L I C AT I O N S
AI Institute Monthly
Newsletter
State of AI in the
Enterprise
CDAO Survey
Expand your perspectives on how
the complex AI ecosystem and
market trends are impacting
business today by subscribing to
our monthly AI newsletter
Explore our annual report
providing insights on what
business leaders are doing today
to harness the power of AI
Digest the insights from our
upcoming survey exploring the
evolving role of data, analytics, and
AI executives and how they are
taking on the challenge of shaping
their organizations’ futures
(Coming Soon)
OTHER THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PIECES
LinkedIn Lives Series
Winning with Data Series
explores how to drive impact
and power with data – learn
from leaders across academia,
think tank experts, and
organizational executives
Ethics of AI Framework
Our Trustworthy AI framework
helps define safeguards to
manage AI risks
Get in touch
Anjali Shaikh
Program Experience Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
Erica Macheriotou
Program Lead
Deloitte Consulting LLP-
You may also contact us at our program mailbox:-
Generative AI
Generative AI for Enterprises
provides insights on how to
extract enterprise value from
Generative AI capabilities
About Deloitte’s CDAO Program
Data, Analytics & AI Executives lead unique and complex lives—operating at the
intersection of business, AI, and data to deliver value to their organizations. To help
data, analytics & AI executives manage these challenges and issues, Deloitte has
created the CDAO Program. The program provides distinctive offerings to support
data, analytics & AI executive’s career lifecycle through leadership development
programs, immersive lab experiences, insight on provocative topics, and career
transition support to complement the technology services and solutions we provide
to our clients.
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