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CDO Compass

Analysis for the people who make the decisions.

Governance, data quality, AI and regulation, written as executive briefings with Swiss context. 30 articles.

Latest Foundations

What the System Knows

AI tools like REA can now read what our systems really do. Only people can decide what the business meant.

· 13 min read
  1. Technology & Innovation

    Data Access for AI Agents

    An instruction is not a control. Why agentic AI fails on access, not on models, and how to govern an agent like a new hire.

    · 16 min
  2. Technology & Innovation

    Choosing a Data Catalog

    A vendor-neutral guide for CDOs: what to settle first, what to ask, how to test, and the 2026 market at a glance

    · 18 min
  3. Leadership & Strategy

    The Data Side of a Merger

    What the UBS and Credit Suisse integration teaches CDOs about ownership, definitions and retention.

    · 16 min
  4. Compliance

    Your Chatbot Speaks for the Company. Who Speaks for the Chatbot?

    The governance layer between the model and the record has no owner, and Swiss regulators are not waiting for an AI act.

    · 20 min
  5. Technology & Innovation

    Your Data Controls Live in a Screen That AI Agents Will Never Open

    Salesforce, ServiceNow and SAP are all opening their platforms to agents that never load a page. What breaks, what to measure, and how to choose a partner.

    · 23 min
  6. Foundations

    Your Dashboard Is Green Because You Asked It To Be

    KPIs for data governance, quality, security, literacy and AI readiness — why the comfortable ones mislead, and how to build the kind that cannot lie to you.

    · 20 min
  7. Compliance

    The AI Rulebook Has Arrived: What EU, Swiss and UK Law Now Expects From You

    Three regulators, three very different playbooks, one set of deadlines that just moved. A plain-language guide for the people who own the AI agenda.

    · 14 min
  8. Leadership & Strategy

    Frontier or Good Enough? A Cost Framework for Choosing AI Models in 2026

    Open AI models now handle most everyday business work at a fraction of premium prices. A practical framework for executives who own the AI budget. How to cut the cost without losing the productivity gains.

    · 12 min
  9. Technology & Innovation

    The contract, the worker, and the librarian

    How dbt, OpenMetadata, and the ODCS standard divide the work, and why a data contract is only worth as much as the layer that enforces it.

    · 9 min
  10. Foundations

    Data Governance as Code: What It Is, How It Works, and When It Makes Sense

    Policy documents require human interpretation. Code enforces rules automatically. Here is what that shift means in practice, and where it breaks down.

    · 13 min
  11. Leadership & Strategy

    Funding the Data Strategy: How CDOs Win the Board Conversation

    Most data investments do not fail in the tech. They fail in the room where the money is decided. Here is how to win that room.

    · 9 min
  12. People & Culture

    Beyond the Job Description: What Swiss Organizations Really Need from a CDO in 2026

    Job descriptions are a snapshot of what an organization understood when it last hired. Here is what the data says about what Swiss organizations need today, and how to look beyond what the brief describes.

    · 11 min
  13. People & Culture

    Switzerland Attracts the World's Best Talent. Now It Needs to Hire It

    Swiss organisations have built world-class teams on international profiles. In senior roles, the language filter is quietly working against that strength

    · 9 min
  14. Foundations

    Building Data Quality from the Ground Up

    The Five-Layer Framework Every New CDO Needs

    · 8 min
  15. Leadership & Strategy

    Internal or External CDO?

    A Strategic Guide for Boards

    · 9 min
  16. Leadership & Strategy

    Business Strategy Translated to Data Strategy

    The Client Retention Case

    · 7 min
  17. Compliance

    One Framework, Fifteen Regulations (EU & CH)

    How to build unified data governance that satisfies GDPR, DORA, NIS2, FADP, and FINMA, without duplicating effort

    · 7 min
  18. Foundations

    Data Quality in the Age of AI

    AI Amplifies Everything — Including Your Data Problems

    · 10 min
  19. Technology & Innovation

    AI - Demystifying LLMs

    The 5-Step Generation Loop Every Data Leader Should Understand

    · 4 min
  20. Technology & Innovation

    How to Use Data Maturity Scores to Build Your 2026 Data Strategy

    From Scores to Strategy: Your 2026 Data Roadmap

    · 5 min
  21. Technology & Innovation

    Why Most Data Maturity Assessments Fail

    And How to Fix It

    · 3 min
  22. People & Culture

    Creating a Data-Driven Culture

    A Change Management Playbook

    · 6 min
  23. Foundations

    Breaking Down Data Silos

    Integration Strategies That Work

    · 11 min
  24. Foundations

    The CDO's ROI Imperative

    A Strategic Framework for Proving Data Value

    · 4 min
  25. Technology & Innovation

    The R.O.B.O.T. Test

    A Framework for Evaluating AI-Generated Information

    · 4 min
  26. People & Culture

    Are You the HiPPO Killing Your Company's Innovation?

    The $170 Million Question

    · 2 min
  27. Technology & Innovation

    AI Strategy for Chief Data Officers - Part 3

    Building Your AI-Ready Data Foundation

    · 2 min
  28. Technology & Innovation

    AI Strategy for Chief Data Officers - Part 2

    Defending Against Hallucinations: A Multi-Layer Approach

    · 2 min
  29. Technology & Innovation

    AI Strategy for Chief Data Officers - Part 1

    Strategy Over Hype

    · 2 min