This is the first in a series of posts which present different views on the state of Social Business in the UK from a video interview series compiled by our friends at Kongress Media. At our #e20s Meetup sessions Bjoern Negelmann asked well known consultants, practitioners and thought leaders in this space where we are with digital and social collaboration compared to the rest of Europe and elsewhere.
Here is Luis Suarez, well known for being the IBM champion of social collaboration and knowledge sharing, who lives “outside of the inbox“! Luis made the break from IBM just a few months ago and is working as an independent consultant and change agent.
Watch the video, but here are some highlights:
I’m taking for granted that digital transformation is happening across the board
Technology is driving innovation. It’s happening, but it’s not why, but how we do it in way that matters for my business!
We’re spending a disprotionate amount of time talking, not enough time doing.
The UK market is realising their clients ar not restricted geagraphically – we can get to Europe, the USA and emerging markets… …the UK has more a leading role to play
It’s happening all over, even the traditional world of government is back in the game digitising the conversation.
Not questioning why, but doing, diving in and learning
If government is doing it, what’s your excuse?
The rest of the countries in Europe may be saying we’re not ready
We might not be ready to kill the hierarchy but we need to challenge the status quo
10 years ago no-one was questioning the hierarchy. Can we flatten (our organisations) and change?
It’s’ going to a gradual transition to a more flat world, but both will exist for a long time.
If you want to find out more and about what works, what doesn’t and what next then take a look at the Enterprise 2.0 Summit London on November 26. More information here.
More #e20s state of UK social business interviews in the series here.