Jaime Lannister, the character portrayed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the hit show Game of Thrones, said it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WawVLChRYzg htt

Jaime Lannister, the character portrayed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the hit show Game of Thrones, said it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WawVLChRYzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WawVLChRYzg. All kidding aside though, a COO is a role that basically compensates for the operational day-to-day part of the business (think budgeting, planning, etc.) as opposed to the strategic side (the direction the company is heading to).