Episode: VMC #173 - Luis Suarez - Video Interview

Luis Suarez is a Knowledge Manager, Community Builder & Social Computing Evangelist in the IBM Software Group division. During my recent trip to Canary Islands I had a great meeting with Luis in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He lives in the south of the island so with couple of tweets we managed to sit at the same table in Plaza de España, less than 100 meters from were I was living (yep I lived there in 2003-2004).

A great chat (in Spanish…love it) about recent news, ideas and updates about innovation in communications. The time literally flew!

Before leaving we thought to extend our conversation to you by recording a video (this time in English). Check the track below (27 min.)

Enjoy it!

Questions & Discussion Topics:

• What do you do at IBM?
• How does it feel to work remotely for IBM from from Gran Canaria?
• Some examples of social software implementation at IBM
• Which is the response from the client’s side on the use of social software?
• Did the need of adopting social software come from the clients of from IBM?
• Do you think that social software could/can speed up communication processes within certain groups?
• Which are the problems you are facing at IBM when trying to implement new tools/solutions?
• How’s the feeling of working in a transparent environment?
• How to overcome cultural roadblocks to innovation?
• What do you think about Google Wave?
• The more we move on the more skills are needed to get the best out of social software/tools
• A world without emails
• A world without emails - How was received by IBM?
• The future of communications

Andrea

@Luis: Great time! Hope to see you again soon in the real world! Let’s stay tuned as usual

Show Notes & Credits: Elsua.net, Luis on Twitter, Luis on Friendfeed.