One thing that has bothered me for decades is the continuous chat after business knowledge.
– We are searching for a “role” with extensive business knowledge of..
– We are looking for consultants with business knowledge of..
What I have realised after all these years is that business knowledge is a rather narrow view.
Of course explicit business knowledge is required around operational business, but as soon as you leave that explicit business or start to look into business development, it rather harnesses than support the initiative.
What I have realised should be the new key imperative is business interest.
I think that the lack of business interest is the reason for the never ending issue of gap between business and IT.
For the new world of Business Technology we need more people that love to dive into businesses, to understand how they work and to find out what can be done to make them better.
The organisations that can gather and develop the people of business interest will be the winners in the future. That’s my true belief.
People of Business Interest, PBI !!
How come that we are lacking the PBI’s?
I have been thinking of this for some years as I feel to be one of the few PBI’s around.