How can today’s Chief Data Officers help their organizations become more data-driven? Join former Gartner analyst Malcolm Hawker as he interviews on thought leaders on data fabrics, blockchain and more — and learns why they matter to today’s CDOs. If you want to dig deep into the CDO Matters that are top-of-mind for today’s Chief Data Officers, this show is for you.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHow can today’s Chief Data Officers help their organizations become more data-driven? Join former Gartner analyst Malcolm Hawker as he interviews on thought leaders on data fabrics, blockchain and more, and learns why they matter to today’s CDOs.
CDO Matters Podcast is hosted by Profisee. The show has published 55 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Data Governance and Modeling Need a First-Principles Rebuild | CDO Matters Ep. 108" (16 October 2026, 51 minutes), "Why Every AI Decision Still Needs a Human's Name | CDO Matters Ep. 107" (2 October 2026, 26 minutes), and "Why Data Teams Are a Tax on the Business | CDO Matters Ep. 106" (18 September 2026, 52 minutes).
CDO Matters Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 55 episodes.
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Episode #88
Agents are about to hit data systems and governance frameworks at a volume, velocity, and variety they were never designed for. Bolting AI onto the old model may turn out to be the riskier bet. In this episode: Why...
Episode #107
Companies are handing agents real decision-making authority. Almost none of them have figured out who's accountable when the agent gets it wrong. In this episode: Why "the business owns the data" was never a real...
Episode #106
Most data teams think they're too busy to slow down. The real problem is they're too busy taking orders to ever be seen as anything but a cost center. In this episode: The real difference between a "product owner" and a...
Episode #105
Executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos are asking for data governance but the data profession wasn't in the room to answer. The gap isn't the business's understanding. It's ours. In this episode: Why Donna...
Episode #1
Every CDO is being told to make their data AI-ready. What that actually requires is a harder conversation — and this episode gets into it. In this episode: Why vector embeddings alone aren't enough for enterprise AI —...
Episode #1
Most CDOs talk about data products. Very few approach them the way a product manager would starting with customer need, validating demand, and building only what people will actually use. In this episode: Why...
CDO Matters Podcast
Most CDOs are still measuring AI readiness with a BI-readiness checklist and it's costing them. 80 to 90 percent of enterprise data is unstructured, sitting outside every governance program built over the last three...
Episode #104
Most organizations are committing serious capital to AI and can't answer a basic question: how much are we actually spending, and on what? That accountability gap is about to close, whether data leaders are ready or...
Episode #103
Every organization is told they need context for AI to work. Almost none of them know where to start. The answer has been sitting in their metadata all along — but most CDOs haven't connected those dots yet. 📌 In this...
Episode #102
<p>Most organizations default to replicating data: copying it from source systems into warehouses and lakes so their tools can reach it. Anu Jain, founder and CEO of Nexus One, thinks that's the wrong answer. Malcolm...
Episode #101
<p>The data and AI landscape shifted more in the last six months than in the three years prior and most data teams are still operating off roadmaps that predate it. Malcolm Hawker goes solo to give data leaders an...
Episode #100
<p>For a hundred episodes, the data world has been told data is the center of the universe. It isn't — and three of the most credible voices in the industry are finally saying so out loud. Malcolm Hawker sits down with...
Episode #100
<p>For a hundred episodes, the data world has been told data is the center of the universe. It isn't — and three of the most credible voices in the industry are finally saying so out loud. Malcolm Hawker sits down with...
Episode #99
<p>Data science teams are delivering results — so why do so many projects never make it to production? Malcolm Hawker and Kristen Kehrer, founder of Data Moves Me and former data science leader, dig into the...
Episode #98
<p>The market for data leaders is growing - but the CDO role itself may be under pressure. </p><p>In this episode, Malcolm Hawker and Kyle Winterbottom explore why organizations are questioning data leadership value...
Episode #97
<h1>Episode Overview</h1><p>In this episode of CDO Matters, Malcolm Hawker sits down with Yext Chief Data Officer Christian Ward to explore how AI is fundamentally reshaping the relationship between data and modern...
Episode #96
<h1>Episode Overview</h1><p>In this episode of CDO Matters, host Malcolm Hawker speaks with Samir Sharma about the idea behind the Data Strategy Canvas and how organizations can bring more structure to their data...
Episode #95
<h1>Episode Overview</h1><p>In this episode of the CDO Matters podcast, I sit down with Microsoft’s Karthik Ravindran to unpack what it really means to be “AI-ready” in 2026, and why most organizations are still...
Episode #94
<h1>Episode Overview</h1><p>In this episode of CDO Matters, Malcolm Hawker sits down with Sarah Levy, the CEO of Euno, to unpack why traditional data governance is collapsing under the weight of AI. </p><p>They explore...
Episode #93
<h1>Episode Overview</h1><p>In Episode 93 of the CDO Matters podcast, host Malcolm Hawker sits down with Eric Overby, Faculty Director at Georgia Tech, for a thoughtful conversation on professional development in data...
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Principal Researcher, data.world
National Coordinator of Division II Baseball Umpires, Black Heritage Museum of Arlington
Master Data Management and Data Governance evangelist, ex-Gartner Analyst and Podcaster, Profisee
CEO & Founder, Orbition Group
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