companies across sectors are undergoing a digital transformation as technology becomes increasingly central to business strategy the shift is essential for business growth because it enables organisations to improve their operations reduce costs reach new customers create innovative products and provide personalised services using the latest digital technologies it eventually leads to developing new business models entering new markets driving growth and profitability and achieving higher customer satisfaction and loyalty one of the key roles in this transformation journey for companies rests on chief digital officers cdos cdos are majorly responsible for driving this digital transformation across the enterprise their role includes developing and executing strategies to leverage digital technologies and create new business models enhance customer experiences optimise operations and increase revenue cdos typically collaborate with other executives and departments to identify opportunities for digital innovation and to align digital initiatives with overall business goals they are also responsible for managing digital projects and teams monitoring the effectiveness of digital initiatives and staying uptodate with emerging digital trends and technologies ultimately the role of the cdo is to help organisations embrace digital disruption and thrive in an increasingly digital world a recent survey by deloitte found that while 85 of ceos believe that being a digital business is important for success only 40 feel that they have the necessary vision to lead a digital business1 here comes the need for chief digital officers who can steer the ship in the right direction with the latest competencies knowledge and skills a bcg report states digital leaders achieve earnings growth that is 18 times higher than digital laggards and more than double the growth in total enterprise value2 congratulationsyou have successfully cast your votelogin to view resultfor this very reason isb executive education has rolled out chief digital officer programme that will help you bring finesse to your digital leadership skills and teach you to drive innovation transformation in your organisation it is the first of its kind in india designed to help professionals master the skills competencies and knowledge todays fastpaced times require from chief digital officers crafted especially for indian audiences by some of the best minds at isb it covers critical frameworks for cdos like digital leadership fostering digital innovation and digital strategy the 40 weeks online and live sessions in this course are delivered by globally renowned isb faculty it includes 160 recorded videos from top isb faculty live webinars with isb faculty reallife case studies like apollo 13 nestl capstone projects networking peertopeer learning live webinarweek with industry practitioners and 2 electives to choose from digital transformation or ai strategies for business transformation the course also gives you 2 electives you can choose from depending on if your focus is more oriented towards digital transformation solely or also overlaps with other areas like machine learning and aikey programme takeawaysthe key topics you will learn in this cdo programme are digital strategy fostering digital innovation leadership business communication and executive presence digital leadership and two