By IBM
Publication Date: 2025-11-15 13:00:00
AI-first enterprises are redefining market mechanics. They’re gaining ground with unprecedented velocity, creating a winner-takes-most dynamic.
It’s not just products or services that set these disruptors apart. It’s data. Organizations that tap into their most valuable data—and have a clear vision of what they want to achieve— deliver better AI-powered business results.
Only 26% of CDOs are confident their data capabilities can support new AI-enabled revenue streams.
What does that mean, practically, for enterprises that want to lead the future? To identify best practices, the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBM IBV) conducted in-depth proprietary research in partnership with Oxford Economics, surveying more than 1,700 Chief Data Officers (CDOs) across 19 industries and 27 geographies. We’ve also compared those results with findings from the 2023 CDO Study to paint a picture of how the CDO role has evolved.
Our research has identified five focus areas—strategy,…
