I wrote recently about some of my favourite BPM bloggers. One of the comments I mentioned within there was the fact that only 2 females made the list.It got me thinking: "Why is BPM a male dominated domain?"
In reality it shouldn't actually be so. There is nothing specifically masculine about BPM as a concept. In fact I've worked on projects with lots of females who were particularly well suited to the role and were able to grasp the concepts much easier than some of the males in the group (as with a lot of things....).
Throughout my years of blogging and following BPM I have only really come across two well known female BPM bloggers and they are Sandy Kemsley and Connie Moore. Both of them have deep industry experience. Sandy is an independant and Connie is currently with Foresster Group. Add to that list Elise Olding who is a well respected Gartner analyst who has only recently moved into the blogging sphere, and you can see that the field is very small indeed.
Why is this?
Is it because there are - in fact - a huge number of talented female BPM practitioners who choose to work below the radar and not publicise themselves?
Or is it that BPM does not attract a large female following and is predominantly a male discipline?
It can't be the blogging itself because there are literally thousands and thousands of really good female bloggers out there. It can't be the BPM because - as I mentioned earlier - there are many females involved in the practice of BPM itself.
So what is it - any thoughts...?
Do you know of good, female BPM bloggers I should be following? Let me know in the comments.
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