Embodied IT Professionals

I had an insight while I've been preparing my keynote speech that I'm giving for the 2008 Spring Meeting of The California County Information Services Directors Association:

Leaders seem to only get upset at the IT department when the technology causes problems. Otherwise, IT is mostly invisible...

In the same way, most leader only pay attention to their bodies when the body causes problems.

For leaders, ignoring one's IT department or one's embodied experience is a certain recipe for problems.