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Definitely a standpoint worth looking into:

The core competencies of design facilitate
specific and tangible ways of engaging with
problems. These competencies bring new value
to the way in which business teams work. To
foster the broad application of design competence,
designers will need to feel confident in
leaving the designer label behind and accepting
the label of “business manager, strategist, or vice
president.” Of course, this is no big leap for the
best in any discipline; one will find engineers,
accountants, and human resource professionals
at the helms of organizations around the world.
However, at that point they are simply
called leaders.

I had the opportunity to meet Chris during a conference i Copenhagen in 2005 - Try contact him for his point of view, he definitely will take his time discussing with you.