Thursday, January 19, 2012

B-Plan - www.knownalledge.com - From no knowledge to known all edge - Your knowledge managers for years to come


Vision:
Educate people for generations to come

BHAG:
·         Make India 99% literate by the year 2040
·         MoUs with more than 50% of schools, colleges and higher education institutes in India by 2030

Core values:
·         Continuous improvement
·         Grow by sharing
·         Innovation in learning

Aim:
To simplify education and provide knowledge at low cost by streamlining the vast pool of information available.

Description:
The website is a one stop shop for learning subjects of any discipline, any topics where users can share information and learning real time. It is very intuitive and user friendly, so that even amateur users of computer can get the knowledge they are looking for in milliseconds. The website also provides live streaming of classrooms from top institutes at every level of education. The classroom sessions can be archived for future use. All in all, it makes education enjoyable and learning, a real pleasure.
Some nice articles:

1. "Thinking out of the box" by William G. McCallum, 2001
http://math.arizona.edu/~wmc/Research/NCTMCASArticle.pdf

2. "The social psychology of creativity: A componential conceptualization" by Teresa M. Amabile, 1983




Devolution


Creativity - Is it seeing or doing something which others can't?


Hypothetical - HUL and MAruti Suzuki merge to form HUMS


Vision:
To meet the needs of people in the ever accelerating world and make them feel good day in and day out

BHAGs:
·         By 2040, Indians will spend half their time with HUMS products
·         Reduce emissions of harmful substances during manufacture of any of HUMS products by 80% and                   increase shareholders’ wealth by 400% in the next 20 years


Core values
  •  Challenge the status quo
  •   People centricity
  •  Integrity