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Business → IT | IT → Business

Business → IT | IT → Business

By: Mirko Peters
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Business → IT | IT → Business A Consultant Podcast by Mirko Peters Business talks strategy.
IT talks systems.
Most failures happen in between. In Business → IT | IT → Business, Mirko Peters—consultant working on both sides of the table—translates what business means and what IT needs. No buzzwords, no vendor talk, no politics. Each episode untangles real-world problems where strategy, technology, people, and process collide. From digital transformation and architecture decisions to misaligned expectations and costly misunderstandings—this podcast shows how business decisions become IT reality and how IT choices reshape business outcomes. Clear. Direct. Sometimes uncomfortable.
Always honest. If you work in business, IT, or anywhere in between—this podcast is for you.

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Episodes
  • Decision Ownership Maps — Cut Approval Loops in One Workshop

    Decision Ownership Maps — Cut Approval Loops in One Workshop
    Jul 3 2026
    Many organisations mistake governance for bureaucracy: unclear decision rights stall delivery, spawn rework, and turn simple requests into months-long sagas. This episode presents Decision Ownership Maps — a one-page, outcome-focused artefact you can create in a 90-minute workshop that stops approval loops and makes decisions actionable. I explain the map’s fields, how it ties specific decisions to artefacts (requirements, data contracts, release gates), and three crisp differences from RACI and decision-flag approaches so this isn’t just “more process.” You’ll hear a de-identified consulting example where the map halved review cycles and learn three measurable metrics to track (reopened tickets, review rounds, time-to-decision). I’ll read the template aloud, give a lean workshop recipe, and set simple maintenance and escalation rules. Practical, non-theoretical, and immediately usable—designed for leaders, product managers, consultants, and IT professionals who need faster alignment between strategy and delivery.

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    To continue the conversation, follow Mirko Peters on LinkedIn, where more insights and real-world examples are shared from both business and IT perspectives.
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    10 mins
  • Ownership Debt: Who Owns Decisions After Go-Live?

    Ownership Debt: Who Owns Decisions After Go-Live?
    Jul 3 2026
    Too many organisations treat decisions like one-off events: specified during a project then left unmanaged after go-live. The result is 'ownership debt' — decisions with no clear owner, dissolving accountability into fragile systems, recurring rework, and hidden costs. In this episode Mirko Peters explains how unclear decision ownership amplifies technical debt and business risk, why it happens (project handovers, incentives, and governance gaps), and how to design for responsibility across the lifecycle. Through a generalized consulting example Mirko shows the typical missteps that leave features orphaned and roadmaps inconsistent, then gives concrete patterns to reassign ownership, create lightweight decision records, and align incentives between product, operations and architecture. Listeners will get practical guidance they can apply in the next week: how to name owners, set review cadences, and make small governance changes that stop ownership debt from compounding. This is for leaders, architects and delivery managers who want decisions to survive beyond the slide deck.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/business-it-it-business--6867401/support.

    To continue the conversation, follow Mirko Peters on LinkedIn, where more insights and real-world examples are shared from both business and IT perspectives.
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    10 mins
  • When KPIs Lie: Translating Metrics Between Business and IT

    When KPIs Lie: Translating Metrics Between Business and IT
    Jul 2 2026
    Most organizations measure success with KPIs, yet business and IT often mean different things by the same metric. This episode unpacks why dashboards that look aligned can hide fatal misunderstandings: revenue vs recognized revenue, "uptime" vs user-perceived availability, velocity vs predictable delivery. I’ll show how language, unit mismatch, and aggregation choices bend decisions toward the wrong trade-offs, and why measurement gaps amplify at scale. Using a generalized consulting case, we examine a product team that chased "faster delivery" metrics and ended up increasing rework and customer churn. The goal is practical: give leaders and technologists a repeatable checklist to translate business intent into technical measures, expose false signals, and design metrics that reduce ambiguity. Expect clear rules for naming, ownership, sampling, and escalation—no vendor hype, just concrete steps to make your KPIs actually drive the outcomes you want.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/business-it-it-business--6867401/support.

    To continue the conversation, follow Mirko Peters on LinkedIn, where more insights and real-world examples are shared from both business and IT perspectives.
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    9 mins
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