I think you will see a new type of workforce emerging that joins together the left and right brain teams to engage is cross disciplinary functions. Most companies are now looking for MFA/MBA types because there are already enough finance MBA types on the market. The scarcity of creative MBA's is abundant.
The key thing for a designer to learn is what kinds of questions do they need to ask in order to add value to the business model. Sometimes models are so interconnected and interdependent that its hard to see all the parts since a designer does not get to see all that many times. However, sometimes the designer is involved in reviewing business process design and that can tell you a lot about the business model. Designers do need to understand the mechanics of a value chain to add value to it but they don't have to be know how to invent them. I think a creative person can learn to provoke the mba type to think about new ways which can lead to a lot of value. 2 minds are always better than one. I think you will find most business people happy to discuss a business model but be careful how you approach giving input until you've earned respect in giving advice in this area or they will dismiss your ideas. The is business modeling and a business model. They are not the same thing. Business modeling is the actual business processes of how everything works in action while the business model is just the flow or overview of it all as a way to view it at a distance. UI people can add a lot of value to business modeling part because its about FLOW and experiences during that flow. They can really help out a lot in diagramming visually so people can really grasp how it all comes together and works. Information architecture can really add great value here. hope that helps. steven diebold http://www.ideaintoaction.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42957 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
