The Church of BPM

I see a lot of "Process Evangelists" out there in linkedinland. Some of these guys seem to have almost cult-like following. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that's a bad thing at all - in fact it gave me an idea.

A few weeks ago I had a coffee with a fellow BPM enthusiast - a recent convert to the process way of thinking. After he was finished with his enthusiastic speech I said to him "Finding Process must be a bit like finding God..." - he agreed. We'd both had that lightning bolt moment when suddenly the way that we saw business had changed forever - and it was a powerful moment.

So maybe what we need to do is not to educate the world in BPM, not to send out white papers, not to hold conferences - maybe what we need is to be fundamentalists, preachers and pilgrims. Maybe we need to start shouting, singing and clapping our hands and saying "praise be" to the church of BPM. So what I say to all of you out there that feel the need to spread the word - let's stop being timid and let's start making some noise.

If the brothers out there aren't a listenin' yet, then they'll be a hearin' the callin' a real soon...

Comments

[Robert]

I hear you brother :-)

As a sweeping generalisation, I think that a large part of BPM is about simplifying processes - eliminating wasteful steps and eliminating the necessity for rework. However, my observation about the business world and government departments is that there are a greater number of people who want to complicate processes.

I don't believe we will ever convert these 'sinners' into process thinkers, but I would love that they have a tolerance for wanting to uncomplicate things and eliminate wasteful steps.

[The Process Ninja]

I still believe we can "convert" these people - let's not give up - we have to keep pounding the message home!