So, you want to read more on how to live and work social? In this video, Luis shares the basics for working more and more outside the inbox. Also, check out the whitepaper on becoming a social business and learn about IBM’s approach to social collaboration. This whitepaper can be downloaded for free.

With the rise of social networking, a social transformation is taking place in how people interact and this is changing the way we work. Many HR executives are confronted with the pressure from employees and business to facilitate social tools in the workplace to collaborate, share information, find expertise and respond quickly to opportunities.   [...]

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From September 2012 onward, IBM and our partners organize several workshops / masterclasses to help organizations to “get outside the inbox”. Purpose of the workshops is to have an open discussion on collaboration between colleagues, the e-mail overflow struggle and ways other companies have improved this. Some amazing and inspiring thoughts, brought in by Luis, [...]

You have probably heard the word ‘social’ more than any other modern buzzword lately. Especially when the subject is about communication, either with friends, family or with your customers, partners or suppliers: today´s organizations have massively embraced the term ‘social’.  That is why I would like to introduce you to the concept of Social Business. [...]

Dear visitor,   You have probably heard the word ‘social’ more than any other modern buzzword lately. Especially when the subject is about communication, either with friends, family or with your customers, partners or suppliers: today´s organizations have massively embraced the term ‘social’.   With this newsletter, I would like to introduce you to the [...]

  SOCIAL BUSINESS EVENTS BY IBM   “From Liking to Leading” – IBM Social Business Launch 19 September 2012, IBM Forum Amsterdam, Nederland – register here   “From Liking to Leading” – IBM Social Business Launch Belgium/Luxembourg: 25 September 2012, IBM Forum Brussels, BE – register here   IBM Workshop : Social Business with IBM [...]

In 2008 Luis started his experiment to rely less on corporate email and instead make heavier use of social networking tools to collaborate and share knowledge.  At his personal blog he describes, among other things, his experiences during the experiment. In his progress reports at his blog he describes a significant reduction of the amount [...]

Is een zakelijk bestaan zonder e-mail mogelijk? Luis Suarez van IBM houdt het al meer dan drie jaar vol door gebruik te maken van sociale netwerksites. Een terugblik op zijn eerste jaar zonder e-mail geeft ons een aantal handige tips hoe je letterlijk ‘outside the inbox’zaken aan kunt pakken, met als resultaat: productiviteitswinst! Lees hier [...]

Through the lens of Product Development executives, Doug Cox, VP of Collaboration Solutions, Development and Support at IBM Software Group, shares his view of what it means to be a social business. Doug shares his insights on how collaboration solutions help his teams work seamlessly across time zones, gather ideas from sources both inside and [...]