Episode 5 - Recipe for Innovation

Innovation is core to organizational success and SRE. Steven Astorino, IBM VP of Development for Data & AI and the IBM Canada Lab Director describes the journey he took to accelerate innovation at IBM - Area 631. Steven shares the problems he observed, how he solved them and highlights the success from the program. The program started in IBM Toronto lab and has since grown to 8 other IBM lab locations. Steven also gives an innovation shout out to Site Reliability Engineers and recipe to accelerate innovation at the enterprise.

Timestamps:

[00:19 - 01:14] Intro to episode

[01:24 - 04:22] What Are 631 is, and what problems hoping for Are 631 to solve

[04:39 - 05:58] Some successes that have come out of Area 631

[07:58 - 09:29] The value of Area 631 from a business and tech perspective

[10:09 - 11:06] Steven shares his thoughts on the next set of innovations needed by SRE

[11:37 - 13:02] Steven's ingredient and recipe to foster innovation at the workplace