WARREN, New Jersey and BANGALORE, India, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, today published the results of a survey providing insights about the relevance and staying power of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) position. Contrary to a widespread belief that the CDO position has a short shelf-life, an overwhelming majority of business and IT professionals participating in Mindtree's survey see their organization's CDO as an effective change agent and champion for achieving digital transformation and delivering a customer benefit.
Unlike other published surveys about the CDO role which have focused on the opinions of C-level executives, Mindtree's survey included data from 323 global business and IT professionals in the U.S. and U.K who work under a CDO. These professionals play a large role in executing on the vision of the CDO and have a valuable perspective about the effectiveness of the CDO as a leader. It found that the CDO has been effective in championing many business-driving digital initiatives, such as giving customers the seamless digital experiences (27%) and creating new business models (20%).
"As enterprises make progress with digital transformation and discover new possibilities to reinvent their businesses, leaders across industries are making long-term investments in organization capabilities and leadership. We're not surprised that the CDO role is not seen as a limited duration project or initiative leadership role, but much more of a long-term change agent," said Sreedhar Bhagavatheeswaran, SVP and Head of Digital, Mindtree. "Our conversations with executives show that it's a pivotal role for enterprises to fully embrace the potential of digital technologies. With technology change accelerating, the CDO needs to master technologies like cloud and AI and deeply understand the business to be successful. They also need to understand organizational culture and navigate change management expertly to succeed."
Methodology
In 2019, Mindtree partnered with Researchscape International on a custom research project. The survey included 323 respondents in the United States and the United Kingdom.
For more information and complete report, please click https://www.mindtree.com/chief-digital-officer-cdo-survey-report
About Mindtree
Mindtree (NSE: MINDTREE) is a global technology consulting and services company, helping enterprises marry scale with agility to achieve competitive advantage. 'Born digital,' in 1999 and now a Larsen & Toubro Group Company, Mindtree applies its deep domain knowledge to 350+ enterprise client engagements to break down silos, make sense of digital complexity and bring new initiatives to market faster. We enable IT to move at the speed of business, leveraging emerging technologies and the efficiencies of Continuous Delivery to spur business innovation. Operating in 18 countries and over 40 offices across the world, we're consistently regarded as one of the best places to work, embodied every day by our winning culture made up of over 21,000 entrepreneurial, collaborative and dedicated 'Mindtree Minds.'
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.
For more information, contact:
INDIA
Swetha Ganesan
Mindtree Ltd
+91-9789061981
swetha.ganesan@mindtree.com
UNITED STATES
Erik Arvidson
Matter
+1-978-518-4542
mindtree@matternow.com
EUROPE
Edward Stevenson
Hotwire
+44-783-459-7877
edward.stevenson@hotwireglobal.com
Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1004066/Mindtree_Logo.jpg