I have
been on many boards and committees over many years. One thing that always amazes me is the little dance of business.
What I
call "the little dance of business" is what happens when there are a
few business people on the board or committee and the rest of the people are
not.
Business people always cover the standard business topics. We have #1, #2 and #3 on a board and the
business subject to be covered has three parts A, B and C. The dance begins when #1 might start off with the A part of the subject,
followed by #3 taking B and closing with #2 taking the C part of the explanantionj. What ever sequence of #2,#1, and then #3 we will always get A,B
and C covered. It is amazing to me. 
What am I thinking about? Example. Before an outside audit there are three things to know: it doesn't uncover fraud, it uses a great deal of manager and employee time and it rarely improves management.
With three business people on a non-business board, each point will be covered and there will be no pre-planning or dividing up the subject.