This document discusses the role of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and digital transformation. It argues that the CDO plays a key role in bridging business and technology by focusing on emerging business models and cultural practices, not just technology. The CDO helps lead digital transformation by focusing on the customer experience and working in a partnership between business and IT. The document also discusses how digital disruption requires new, more agile and responsive organizational DNA that prioritizes experimentation, networks, and empowering people over rigid hierarchies and control. It emphasizes that successful digital transformation requires changes to both people and processes, not just technology.