This document discusses talent in the digital era and the need for a Chief Talent Officer to lead digital talent transformation. It presents a model for digital competencies called kata consisting of skills like mobile use, social media, design, and data analysis. The document advocates developing skills like distributed cognition, collective intelligence and lifelong learning. The role of the Chief Talent Officer is to understand the digital opportunity, identify talent challenges and transform the talent journey, attracting and engaging talent through employer branding and selecting the best talent.