AI Strategy for the CDO
A ~36-minute strategic brief for Chief Data Officers — running AI and data strategy as one portfolio without losing either. Voice: Emma.
8
Chapters
~36 min
Duration
Advanced
Level
No
Certification
Who this is for
For Chief Data Officers, Chief Data & Analytics Officers, heads of enterprise data, and senior data leaders now also accountable for AI strategy.
How this course works
- 8 audio-narrated slide chapters · ~36 min of focused content
- Narrated by Emma (Azure neural voice)
- Capstone with interactive Markdown builder you take to your team
- Trust trip-wires on every play — what not to cross
- Free verifiable certificate on completion
What you'll walk out with
Specific outcomes from this course — no fluff.
- The CDO mandate doubled when AI landed — headcount rarely did. Three boundary fights with the CIO, CTO, and CISO, and three resolution patterns that work
- A minimum-viable-data-foundation filter that separates the data work that unblocks AI from the data work that doesn't
- A three-pillar RACI with the CISO and CRO that holds past month six — with one R per pillar to prevent the committee-freezes-and-shadow-AI-begins pattern
- Three-horizon investment allocation with CFO-defensible framing — neither data starves AI nor AI starves data
- Vendor management across four overlapping categories — and the 4-vendor trap with the working 2-3-strategic-vendor pattern
- Four board KPIs that survive 12 months of director scrutiny — and four activity metrics to retire
- A three-tier delegation model + four-rhythm operating cadence that keeps the CDO from becoming the bottleneck
- A one-page CDO-CIO-CISO joint charter + 4 trust trip-wires + interactive charter builder
Course content
8 chapters · ~36 min
Welcome
A 1-minute orientation — what the course covers, how to navigate, and what you walk out with. No audio on this screen.
The CDO mandate in the AI era
Mandate doubled · 3 boundary fights with CIO/CTO/CISO · 3 resolution patterns (charter · escalation · quarterly review).
Data foundations AI actually needs
Minimum viable filter · 3 foundations AI needs · 3 investments that don't unblock AI.
Governance partnership with CISO and CRO
The month-6 failure mode · 3-pillar RACI (data · security · model+lifecycle) with ONE R per pillar · 3 turf fights to pre-empt.
Investment prioritization across data and AI
Starvation problem (AI starves data or vice versa) · 3-horizon allocation (H1 50-60% · H2 25-35% · H3 10-15%) · CFO-defensible framing.
Vendor management
4 overlapping vendor categories · the 4-vendor trap · default to 2-3 strategic vendors · 3 CDO-specific selection criteria.
Board-level KPIs
4 KPIs that work (TTV · regulatory posture · lock-in exposure · value realised) · 4 to retire.
CDO governance discipline
Bottleneck trap · 3-tier delegation (60% auto · 30% committee · 10% CDO+exec) · 4-rhythm operating cadence.
Capstone — CDO-CIO-CISO joint charter
5-section one-page charter · 4 trust trip-wires · interactive charter builder.
Want this delivered inside your organisation?
The course is the starting point. The same content powers a 4-week pilot, an org-wide rollout, or a continuous build engagement — set up on your data, with your team, by Gennoor Tech.