The Critical Role of the Business Technology Collaborator/Partner

Phrases such as technology supports the business, or needs to be aligned with the business, are industrial age thinking. It is like saying finance supports the business. These functional areas are the business, in the same way technology is the business. The Business Technology Collaborator/Partner (BTP) provides the focus that understands the business needs, the possibilities of technology to address these needs, and presents a business case that is suitable and understandable to the business stakeholders, and is transformable by the technology specialists. A BTP is quite different from business analysis, technologists, or business/enterprise architecture roles, is not a traditional “order taking” function, and has the ability to rationally balance short and long term business and technology needs and goals. A BTP skillset is a balance between human communications and technology awareness. Tune in for an understanding of this critical role in the digital transformation age.

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The 2020’s Enterprise is about sorting through the internet-driven advice madness that exists in business today. The great thing about the internet is that anyone can write anything about anything. The problem with the internet is that anyone can write anything about anything! Published practices are quite different than “best practices.” This program will provide practice-based insights in business transformation, organizational transformation and technology transformation, based on real world practices. Business executives, managers, practitioners, and staff are bombarded daily with utopian solutions that more often than not deliver significantly less than promised. This show is “no jargon,” just human communication. Be treated like a “customer” not a “user.” Our philosophy is to provide you with insights that can provide true value to organizations and individuals that face today’s and tomorrow’s competitive pressures, and provide a usable takeaway from each program.