Joe Knight , co-owner of the Business Literacy Institute , and co-author of the book, Financial Intelligence (both along with Karen Berman ) is out to de-mystify finance. He travels the country to teach business owners and comapny managers the basics of finance. In his mind, the notion that finance is a specialized field is a mistake. He believes that all employees should have a sense of a company's finances, and that the more they understand, the more care they take to build a stronger business and make a stronger balance sheet. He explains his approach in this Harvard Business video: