Welcome to The Business Partner Network
A dedicated space for professionals who bridge the critical gap between business and technology
Why Join the BPN?
The relationship between business and technology has never been more critical. To succeed in this era of constant change, professionals from all disciplines need to collaborate and co-create value. The Business Partner Network (BPN) exists to unlock this potential by giving every professional access to a supportive global community that fosters collaboration, learning, and shared value creation.
The Business Partner Network (BPN) is an open, affordable, and collaborative online platform where professionals of all disciplines, such as IT business partners, BRMs, Program and Project Managers, Architects, Service Managers and others can connect, share experiences, access tools and playbooks, learn from peers, and grow their careers—while complementing and amplifying the BRM Institute’s global standards.
Being part of the Business Partner Network, you’ll be able to contribute and gain access to exclusive insights, curated resources, peer learning, and professional recognition.
- By providing a community-driven platform with forums, mentoring, and peer learning.
- By curating resources like the IT Business Partner Playbook, templates, and career guidance.
- By offering accessible membership at a low annual fee, enabling inclusivity and scale.
- By aligning with the BRM Institute, ensuring our work supports the global discipline rather than competes with it.
- By creating pathways for professional growth, from community support to BRM certification and thought leadership.
- By reinforcing that business and technology partnerships are essential, helping professionals of all disciplines collaborate to deliver greater impact.
Launched 01 August, 2025, we already have members from across 16 countries!
You have questions? The community has answers. Whether you’re in a niche industry, a small team or a global powerhouse, building partnerships outside your organisation opens you up to a world of opportunities. It’s time to explore!
Join multiple groups, across multiple locations with specific or broad interests
Produce your own collective content and resources, to be shared among your peers
Feel aligned tactically and strategically
Reignite passion, creativity, and motivation
What’s included in the Annual Plan?
For $19.99 / year you’ll receive;
- Exclusive content
- Career Guidance
- Peer-to-peer support
- Open discussion forums, driven by the community
- Mentoring opportunities
- Tools and templates (community contributions)
- Job opportunities
- Access to our IT Business Partner Playbook
Why do we charge a fee?
Great question! And it’s one we asked ourselves many times before launching the site. In the end, it boiled down to this; the Business Partner Network is built to serve professionals who take their craft seriously. Charging a small annual fee helps us keep the community focused, high-quality, and independent – free from pop-up ads and external agendas. It ensures members are genuinely committed to their own growth, and to contributing meaningfully to others.
Your investment supports the ongoing cost of the platform, new developments, and in time, the support of your local events. In short, it keeps the network sustainable, and valuable for everyone involved.
Having said this… one of our missions with not only the BPN, but the podcast and the Playbook, is to help strengthen the BP/BRM capability, and safeguard jobs. Organisations will always restructure, and jobs will always be at risk. But when BP/BRM roles are cut due to insufficient executive support, or mismanagement, this is unacceptable. If you are out of work, and have updated your LinkedIn profile with a Green Ring, please get in touch. We’ll be happy to offer you 3 months free membership, and get you connected to opportunities within the network.
