From: Bala Pillai [mailto:bala@apic.net]
Sent: Tuesday, 26 April 2005 2:01 PM
To: 'Markandayan'
Cc: 'sangkancil@lists.malaysia.net'; 'malaysiaindians@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: Sneak Preview & Indian Community Project

Markandayan,

Yahoo IM me at bala2pillai  -- let me get a feel for your mind, raise some possibilities and  narrow them down. By doing so, you and I can get onto the “same page� heaps faster and I can connect you with those that are “same page� as you. If you don’t have Yahoo IM, it just takes 2 mins off http://messenger.yahoo.com

I have so much on my plate, but I’ll make time for you. Because you are an emerging leader, you are a high priority for me. And if you turn out to be one with low resistance to learning, we will be laughing. I have discovered the metrics and the technology/change management levers [1] to have us rise sky-high fast and need co-cognitive minds to execute them with.

Do you have a profile of yourself that you can send me or that’s online? Eg see mine at http://www.ryze.com/go/bala and in next email ?  That’ll accelerate our “same page-ing� – from that I’ll be able to sense notions you’re likely to be great at, notions that you’re a self-starter in, and notions that might be more alien to you.

I’m cc’ing this to Sangkancil and MalaysiaIndians to enable those who are unable to expand the synthesised notion, “same page-ing� to see an aspect of the phenomena in action. So that more of us use this virtual teaming technique.

[1] Levers = Archimedes: Give me long enough of a lever and a place to stand, and I’ll single handedly lift the Earth. Eg of lever = 1 line at the bottom of each Hotmail message led to very rapid spread of Hotmail which led to Hotmail owner making $400 million. Most of that $400 million was because of that 1 line. There were others who provided free email but couldn’t imagine this lever. Remember, this at a time when few were ready to realise the power of the Internet because of low foresight, high resistance to learning and fatalism. 

That one line was “to get your very own email account for free click here� and the strategies, structures and processes associated with it.  Many even today do not realise the cost of customer acquisition eg insurance companies depending upon cost of sales and marketing staff and advertising agency and media costs, would spend between US$500 and US$1000 per new customer. Thanks to this idea, Hotmail reduced cost of customer acquisition to like 5 cents each.

I have discovered many more levers and more importantly, lever metrics – the art and science of discovering where levers are likely to be, what their anatomy is likely to be, and rules of thumb in applying them for maximum success/minimum risk odds.  Let’s together use them.

cheers../bala

Bala Pillai  bala@apic.net

Knowledge Economy Brands-in-the-making (since 1995)

Knowledge Management + Social Networks + Citizen Journalism + Complementary Currency

See http://www.malaysia.net/bala-interview

http://www.malaysia.net  http://www.tamil.net http://www.singapore.net http://www.indonesia.net 

Yahoo IM: bala2pillai

 Some people make the world happen, more watch the world happen, most wonder what happened.

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From: Markandayan [mailto:karthe7@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 25 April 2005 5:44 PM
To: bala@apic.net
Subject: Re: Sneak Preview & Indian Community Project

Dear Bala,

Thanking for your reply. I appreciate your thought of us collaborating together. Your offer has opened the current plans to a wider era. It will be my pleasure to work together with you to make these plans successful for our fellow Indians. I am sure the other members would agree with me. As you mentioned, lets make something happen for those who are still wondering what happen.

Bala, i have read through your idea of sharing and creating innovation. It sounds wonderful to me and i presume this the only bullet train way of reaching the crowd. Now, Bala tell me, how shall we get further with this? How to get started?

 Markandayan

 On 4/25/05, Bala Pillai <bala@apic.net> wrote:

Dear Markandayan and all,

Some might have noticed that I have not been posting for a while – that's because I have been full-on with something in the works.

However I have been following your progress, because I sense you are one of those "make the world happen" types or well on the journey to being one.

Check out "Asian Knowledge Economy Brands in-the-making" at http://www.tamil.net/node/67 and http://www.malaysia.net/bala-interview  . This new phase is in beta thus no hoo-haa yet.

I sense we might be able to collaborate together – your call.

cheers../bala

Bala Pillai  bala@apic.net

Knowledge Economy Brands-in-the-making (since 1995)

Knowledge Management + Social Networks + Citizen Journalism + Complementary Currency

See http://www.malaysia.net/bala-interview

http://www.malaysia.net  http://www.tamil.net http://www.singapore.net http://www.indonesia.net 

 

Some people make the world happen, more watch the world happen, most wonder what happened.

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