1. Contains ‘overlay’ animations: Please download and save to your hard disk, then use F5 key to run the presentation! (Scrolling through this presentation without actually running it will SURELY be very confusing!) All material © GS Chandy unless specified otherwise Some Missions of interest In progress – likely to change considerably in due course

2. We articulate various Missions on issues of individual, organizational and societal concern, with brief commentary on each (illustrating ‘elements’ and models in some cases), specifically indicating how the OPMS could be used to ensure progress on that Mission Some Missions of interest We show some ‘successful’ Missions; some ‘failed’ Missions – and a number of ongoing Missions. These illustrative Missions relate to individual, organizational and societal issues

3. Some Missions of Interest Individual Missions Organizational Mission Societal Missions (along with some brief commentary) Work in progress – may change considerably in due course

4. Individual Missions “To understand thoroughly all topics of my math syllabus, and THEREBY to improve, very significantly my results in my math exams, tests, quizzes” “To understand thoroughly all topics of my math syllabus, and THEREBY to improve, very significantly my results in my math exams, tests, quizzes” “To get myself an excellent job” “To write a letter” “To become significantly more effective at what I do”“To become significantly more effective at what I do” “To improve my English-speaking skills” “To become a first-rate s/w designer within 1/3/4/5/7 years”“To become a first-rate s/w designer within 1/3/4/5/7 years” In progress – details in due course  More Individual Missions are Missions set by individuals for themselves to perform. We keep strictly confidential the individual and organizational Missions to which we have helped others apply OPMS. We discuss here only Missions that have been rendered anonymous – or our own Missions In general, an individual Mission requires in particular only the individual owner’s efforts to carry it forward – though often it could be complexly inter-twined with other individual, organizational or societal Missions. A real BIG success story! All reasonbly successful

5. Some more Individual Missions: “To learn to use PowerPoint effectively” “To learn to conduct a presentation – effectively and persuasively” “To design a workshop for a specific group” “To overcome the difficulties of using OPMS systematically” “To propagate and apply OPMS in India and worldwide” “To convince (individual X) to apply OPMS to issues of concern” I’ve had a sizable number of failures on this Mission – many individuals have failed to be convinced! (But a fair number of individuals have been convinced!) In progress – details in due course

6.  ‘Organizational Missions’ Some more Individual Missions: “To…” “To get the IIMs to look at the OPMS” This was a Mission that totally failed as an ‘individual’ Mission – therefore am now handling it as an ‘Organizational Mission’

7. Organizational Missions “To get to a turnover of Rs 2000 crores at ---- profitability within 3 years” “To double our turnover within 1 year” “To tackle the serious problem of attrition in our Company” “To ‘handle’ the Railways, our biggest customer, effectively” “To align our new entrants with Company Vision and Mission effectively” “To …  More In general, an organizational Mission would demand the coordinated performance of activities by several people in the organization to drive it to success We keep strictly confidential the individual and organizational Missions to which we have helped others apply OPMS. We discuss here only Missions that: we have permission to discuss; have been rendered anonymous; – or our own Missions Examples, next

8. Some more o rganizational Missions “To ….”  ‘Societal Missions’ “To get the IIMs to look at the OPMS” This is a very important Mission for the growth of the OPMS… It had completely failed as an ‘individual’ Mission. It has therefore been put up here as an ‘organizational Mission’ (to be taken up again when there are adequate organizational resources to promote OPMS to recalcitrant subjects/objects like the IIMs) …formal work has not yet started on this Mission as we don’t yet have the needed organization to take it up (but it’s always at the top of GSC’s mind!) In progress – more in due course

9. Societal Missions (none yet undertaken using OPMS thus far) “To develop effective education systems, at various levels, that will effectively meet the needs of the nation during the 21 st century” “To develop effective education systems, at various levels, that will effectively meet the needs of the nation during the 21 st century” “To ensure that we allocate sufficient resources to meet the needs of the primary education sector”“To ensure that we allocate sufficient resources to meet the needs of the primary education sector” “To develop a truly effective system of technical education for the nation”“To develop a truly effective system of technical education for the nation” “To develop a truly effective system of management education for the nation”“To develop a truly effective system of management education for the nation” “To ensure that we develop at least 10 educational institutions that are reckoned to be within the top 100 worldwide – within 5 years”“To ensure that we develop at least 10 educational institutions that are reckoned to be within the top 100 worldwide – within 5 years” In progress – details in due course  More In general, a societal Mission may demand the coordinated performance of activities by one or more organizations. (This does NOT mean that an ambitious societal Mission cannot be undertaken by an individual. However, it is extremely unlikely that an individual, acting alone, will be able to accomplish an ambitious societal Mission). “BUSHOUT!” A societal Mission that totally failed, because it was taken up without an adequate base of support in the society that needed it. The Missions listed and described herewith are all issues that are begging for effective societal action, on any of which we would be happy to collaborate with any suitable individual or group interested in it. We would like to help people genuinely interested in any of the Missions listed apply OPMS to achieve it… (Please also feel free to bring to notice any other worthy societal Mission that you believe merits OPMS attention for better realization. We shall always be happy to suggest how you might begin acting on it – and we may even be interested in collaborating with you on it) The individual working a ‘societal Mission’ will require - one way or another - sizable societal backup to make headway on that Mission, whatever it may be.

10. Some more Societal Missions (none yet undertaken using OPMS thus far) “To reach 90% real literacy in India within 5 years” “To install a truly effective wildlife conservation programme in the country” “To minimize corruption in government in India” “To remove the shame of 42% malnutrition amongst Indian children – within 5 years” “To become significantly more effective at what we do as a nation” “To reduce corruption in India by 50% within 5 years”“To reduce corruption in India by 50% within 5 years” “Within 5 years, to become one of the 10 least corrupt nations in the world – instead of being one of the 10 most corrupt nations!”“Within 5 years, to become one of the 10 least corrupt nations in the world – instead of being one of the 10 most corrupt nations!”  More

11. And yet more Societal Missions (none yet undertaken using OPMS thus far) “To develop a practical “‘Vision’ on Biodiversity” for the Nation – and ensure it is effectively implemented by way of sound projects in time-bound fashion”

12. Some more Societal Missions (none yet undertaken using OPMS thus far) “To minimize corruption at the levels where it touches the ‘aam admi’” “To minimize corruption at the levels where it touches the ‘aam admi’” “To minimize the large-scale ‘invisible’ corruption as seen in the 2G and ‘Coalgate’ scams”“To minimize the large-scale ‘invisible’ corruption as seen in the 2G and ‘Coalgate’ scams” “To ensure effective functioning of bodies such as the Lokayukta; the CAG; Parliament (Lok Sabha; Rajya Sabha; state assemblies); Planning Commission; “To ensure effective functioning of bodies for local governance, e.g., bodies for city governance; village governing bodies (gram panchayats); etc…” “To launch a truly effective political party serving worthy societal goals”  More In progress – details in due course

13. Some more Societal Missions (none undertaken using OPMS thus far) “To tie up with an existing political party in order to achieve worthy societal goals” “To resolve, EFFECTIVELY and most ECONOMICALLY, the mess of the ‘garbage problem’ in Bangalore”“To resolve, EFFECTIVELY and most ECONOMICALLY, the mess of the ‘garbage problem’ in Bangalore” “To …” Please feel free to bring to notice any specific societal Missions of interest to you – we could be very happy to collaborate on many Missions that would have impact on societal concerns We need to see OPMS applied to the widest range of societal issues possible! “To ensure that the laying of the Metro rail line does not destroy Bangalore’s beautiful MG Road boulevard!” Another failed Mission: Why it failedWhy it failed   Specific ‘individual’ Missions

14. Individual Mission “To understand thoroughly all topics of my math syllabus, and THEREBY to improve, very significantly, my results in my math exams, tests, quizzes” A freshman college student wanted to know if OPMS could be applied to his problem, which was: he had never – right through his school career – ever gotten above 45% in any of his Math exams. Now, in college, he was faring MUCH worse! In consultation with GSC, he decided on the above statement of his Mission. In this connection, GSC formulated the following Mission for himself: “To guide Paul to apply OPMS to his math Mission” We illustrate, in the next few slides, some of the models constructed that led to successful accomplishment of Paul’s Mission This was the first Mission to which OPMS was ever applied! (Other than GSC’s personal Missions)  List of Individual Missions  More

15. Paul’s Mission for his math “To understand thoroughly all topics of my math syllabus, and THEREBY to improve, very significantly, my results in my math exams, tests, quizzes” GSC’s Mission “To guide Paul to apply OPMS for successful accomplishment of his Mission”

16. 1 st Trigger Question for Paul “What, in my opinion, are the THINGS TO DO to accomplish my Mission, ‘To understand thoroughly all topics of my math syllabus, and THEREBY to improve, very significantly, my results in my math exams, tests, quizzes?’” 1 st Trigger Question for GSC “What, in my opinion, are the THINGS TO DO ‘To guide Paul to apply OPMS for successful accomplishment of his Mission?’”

17. Some of Paul’s responses (for THINGS TO DO) To make/get hold of a list of all topics in my math syllabus To find out where a good coverage of each topic is available To find out the order in which each topic should be studied To read up and understand each topic, including theorems, lemmas, … To study each topic intensively To do sufficient problems in each topic To consult with my professors/lecturers To get guidance from my classmates who are very good at math To clearly understand the difficulties and barriers I am facing in math…. (I note that the following lists are GSC’s recap of some parts of the lists that Paul and GSC had made – and the models that follow are also GSC’s rendition of the models that Paul – and GSC - had then constructed).  More

18. Some more of Paul’s THINGS TO DO To clearly understand my weaknesses in math To convince myself that math is not beyond my abilities To convince myself that math could be interesting enough to work hard at it To be utterly determined to do very well at math To … Some parts of one of the models constructed, from some of the above elements (some modified) - and from other elements developed as found appropriate - follow on slides to come

19. To demonstrate convincingly that math can be beautiful and very interesting To present the OPMS process to Paul in some detail To convince Paul to try out the OPMS process for his Mission To help Paul understand how to ask and respond to each of the OPMS questions To help Paul form his responses correctly … To help Paul construct his models correctly To help Paul articulate the difficulties he is facing (a: in math and b: in OPMS) To help Paul interpret his models To show Paul “what to do next” at each stage of development of his OPMS Some of GSC’s responses (for THINGS TO DO)  More

20. Some more of GSC’s THINGS TO DO To convince Paul to work out sufficient problems covering specifically his difficulties, weaknesses To convince Paul that he can overcome his difficulties, that his weaknesses are not fatal… To We now show a couple of models – excerpts from Paul’s and GSC’s respective ‘Action Planning’ structures The respective models are shown developing stage by stage…

21. Paul: “A 2-element model to illustrate” Mission: “To understand thoroughly all topics of my math syllabus, and THEREBY to do excellently at math” To be utterly determined to do well at math “may contribute” (Read bottom-upwards, substituting “MAY CONTRIBUTE” on encountering an arrow) Prose: “To be utterly determined to do well at math MAY CONTRIBUTE (to accomplish my ‘Mission’” Next slide: We add one more element…

22. Paul: One more element added: To be utterly determined to do well at math “may contribute” Mission: “To understand thoroughly all topics of my math syllabus, and THEREBY to do excellently at math” To do plenty of math problems covering all topics of syllabus (Read bottom-upwards, substituting “MAY CONTRIBUTE” on encountering an arrow) Prose: “To be utterly determined to do well in math MAY CONTRIBUTE to do plenty of math problems covering all topics of syllabus, which in turn MAY CONTRIBUTE …” Next slide: Many more elements added

23. To make/get hold of a list of all math topics in syllabus(1) To find out and note where a good coverage of each topic is available (2) To study (carefully & intensively read up) each topic, including theorems, lemmas, examples, counterexamples, problems (4a) To find out the order in which each topic should be studied (3) To consult with my professors/lecturers about my study program (7a) To be utterly determined to do very well in math (9) To make good notes to aid me study math (10) Mission: “To understand all topics of my math syllabus, and THEREBY to improve, very significantly my results in my math exams, tests & quizzes To get guidance from my classmates who are very good at math (7b) To clearly understand the difficulties and barriers I am facing in math (8) To get access to a good set of texts for various math topics (8) To do sufficient problems in all topics, and particularly in topics where I am weak (11) “may contribute” Paul – more elements (Model cropped at bottom): The process simply consists of continuingly adding to the model more elements (from the thoughts that come to mind as one works on the Mission). As we keep adding elements from the list of THINGS TO DO, we start becoming clearer about just how each THING TO DO may contribute to other THINGS TO DO and to the Mission Commentary: As clarity increases about the various contributions of the whole ‘system of THINGS TO DO’ to accomplish the Mission, we find that some of the MAY CONTRIBUTE relationships have become SHOULD CONTRIBUTE or even DOES CONTRIBUTE ! In progress – Further Commentary & GSC’s model to follow At some stage, the structure will have THINGS TO DO that we know how to do at the bottom, linked up through other THINGS TO DO to the Mission... If at this point a ‘sufficient’ number of the contributions are understood as being SHOULD CONTRIBUTE or DOES CONTRIBUTE, the structure is an Action Plan! (There is no real clear-cut rule to tell us exactly when we have a valid Action Plan. At a certain stage in the process, the ‘owner’ of the structure begins to feel somewhat confident that this could work – that is the Action Plan moment!) The whole ultimate success of the Mission is dependent on how successfully we perform the THINGS TO DO that contribute to the Mission!

24. GSC: A 2-element model to show how it starts… To demonstrate convincingly that math can be beautiful and very interesting To convince Paul that he can overcome his difficulties, that his weaknesses are not fatal… “may contribute Prose Translation: To demonstrate convincingly that math can be beautiful and very interesting MAY CONTRIBUTE To convince Paul that he can overcome his difficulties, that his weaknesses are not fatal… Next: one more element added

25. To demonstrate convincingly that math can be beautiful and very interesting To convince Paul that he can overcome his difficulties, that his weaknesses are not fatal… “may contribute GSC: Three elements… “To guide Paul to apply OPMS for successful accomplishment of his Mission” “To demonstrate convincingly that math can be beautiful and very interesting MAY CONTRIBUTE to convince Paul that he can overcome his math difficulties WHICH IN TURN MAY CONTRIBUTE To guide Paul to apply OPMS …”

26. GSC: More elements added… “may contribute

27. GSC: More elements added…

28. More to follow – with commentary  “To get myself an excellent job”  Start of Paul’s Mission

29. Individual Missions “To get myself an excellent job”  1 st Trigger Question Quite a number of individuals have successfully applied OPMS to such a Mission. We provide a brief overview of how one such individual went about doing it

30. 1 st Trigger Question: “What, in your opinion, are the THINGS TO DO that could help you get yourself an excellent job?” As the construction of the OPMS progresses, the individual would probably have to define for himself/herself just what it is that he/she might want to mean by ‘excellent’.

31. 1 st Trigger Question (for any Mission!): “What, in your opinion, are the THINGS TO DO To accomplish your Mission?”  Prel. List of elements Other trigger questions relate to: DIFFICULTIES/BARRIERS/THREATS that may hinder or prevent accomplishment… STRENGTHS that may help… OPPORTUNITIES that may arise… WEAKNESSES that may hinder… EVENTS/MILESTONES that may be expected to occur…

32. “What, in your opinion, are the THINGS TO DO To get yourself an excellent job?” To search for appropriate job openings To study the ‘Jobs Available’ ads and advice columns of papers and mags To prepare an excellent bio-sheet To check out which kind of jobs my qualifications and interests qualify me for To understand properly my qualifications, strengths, weaknesses and interests… To seek the guidance of those who know me well (parents; teachers; friends) To prepare effectively for interviews… To… In progress – details in due course

33. Individual Missions “To write a letter” Some ‘elements’ that may arise in “writing a letter” are listed on the next slide and a model constructed from those elements appears thereafter. This process, if continued as needed, can be shown to lead to effective Action Planning

34. Here are some elements that may be perceived TO CONTRIBUTE TO “Writing a Letter”: 1.To decide to whom I should write 2. To write the salutation 3.To begin text of letter 4.To get hold of a pen or pencil 5.To get hold of paper 6.To sit at a table 7.To start composing the letter in my mind 8.To correct errors in what I have written The above are some thoughts that may come to mind in connection with the Mission “To write a letter” An Interpretive Structural Model (ISM) from the above elements appears at the next slide

35. 8. To correct errors in what I have written M: "To write a letter" 2. To write the salutation 4. To get hold of pen or pencil 5. To get hold of paper 6. To sit at a table 1. To decide to whom I should write 7. To start composing the letter in my mind "may contribute" 3. To begin text of letter "Writing a Letter - structure of Mission as an ISM" (read bottom-upwards, substituting "should contribute" on encountering an arrow) 8. To correct errors in what I have written M: "To write a letter" 2. To write the salutation 4. To get hold of pen or pencil 5. To get hold of paper 6. To sit at a table 1. To decide to whom I should write 7. To start composing the letter in my mind "may contribute" 3. To begin text of letter In our Workshops, we demonstrate, in some detail, how such a model can always be developed into an ‘ongoing Action Plan’ to accomplish the ‘Mission’ (which generally appears as the top-level element in the Interpretive Structural Model). Such a model can always be ‘blown up’ at any desired point if it is unclear at that point.

36. “Enhancing my personal effectiveness at what I do” This is a realization at one time of a model I keep working on from time to time, whenever I feel the inclination to do it (roughly once each month or so). I have tried, in this version, to keep the elements as ‘general’ as possible, so that it could be of interest to others (and also so that I do not give away too much about my personal weaknesses/deficiencies!) Individual Missions

37. Enhancing personal effectiveness  To get the right advice from others who know me (5)  To ensure I do not get into position of farmer travelling with his son and his donkey (6) To take effective action to overcome Weaknesses, Barriers, Difficulties, Threats (10) To get needed help in all weakness areas (8)  To understand my own strengths and weaknesses (7)  To understand clearly the Barriers, Difficulties and Threats I am facing (9)  To examine my daily activities carefully each day – or at least most days (1)  To develop, regularly, check-lists relating to all important jobs (2) To examine critically the structures created (3)  To be aware of the enormous importance of this self examination process (4)  To create, regularly, ISMs and FRs describing my Intents, Strengths, Weaknesses, Barriers, etc (11) “should contribute”

38. Individual Missions “To improve my English-speaking skills” In progress – details in due course

39. Individual Missions “To become a first-rate software designer within 1/3/4/5/7… years” On launching Interactive LogicWare (ILW) Pvt. Ltd., we engaged several young software developers We had only very limited financial resources available – so we were unable to engage top-flight, experienced software designers. We therefore took on s/w people having very little or no experience at all.  Back to Mission List  More

40. “To become a first-rate software designer within 1/3/4/ 5/7… years” In just about a month’s time after start-up, I realized that we weren’t getting anywhere at all on our Mission of developing the OPMS software – we were seriously stuck! I therefore called a ‘crisis’ meeting with the design team of about 5 young programmers, and suggested that they should not tackle their Mission as a ‘computer programming’ issue, but as ‘general systems problem’ As usual, the 1 st Trigger Question was: “What, in your opinion, are the THINGS TO DO to become a first-rate software designer within …. years?” The underlying difficulty was the following: Not being a software development expert myself, I was unable to offer the team the software design assistance they needed – I could only show them how OPMS worked! I suggested they should put their computers aside (turn their monitors to face the wall, in fact), and use only their minds and pen and paper to work out their models for the above-noted Mission. So I had to convert the issue to ‘resolving an OPMS problem’ (which I could help them resolve) – NOT a computer programming problem (which I could not help them resolve)! (They were each free to choose any appropriate period of time).

41. “To become a first-rate software designer within 1/3/4/ 5/7… years” Now, they were tackling an OPMS problem – and I could help them tackle any difficulty related to OPMS! Over the next month or so, they worked it as an OPMS issue (NO COMPUTERS!). I daily spent some time with each of them individually to help them with elements and models related to their ‘individual Missions’ as outlined above… Just about a month later, one of them came to me and told me: “Now we know how to do the OPMS software!” The current version of the OPMS software is what was developed by that almost entirely inexperienced team of s/w developers! But the real success story is what happened after the Company closed down!  Back to Mission List In progress – more in due course  Next slide

43. Individual Mission “To get the IIMs to look at the OPMS” This Mission has to be regarded as one of the major failures of OPMS, right from 1984 when the late Rajiv Gandhi launched an ambitious National Education Mission as one of the first crucial initiatives of his Prime Ministership. In part, this failure must be ascribed to a failure in GSC’s understanding of the realities of the situation; in part, it is due to a failure of a major Indian educational institution, the Indian Institutes of Management. The IIM-B launched a conference of all leading educators and educational institutions in the South. As is customary for the IIM, the conference was conducted at a leading 5-star hotel in Bangalore. Somehow, GSC got invited to this prestigious conference. In the closing plenary session of the conference, GSC drew attention to the fact (as he then perceived it) that it was entirely inappropriate – in a poor country like India - to hold such a conference in a 5-star hotel… End of story! After that, ALL the IIMs have steadfastly refused even to look at the OPMS! Seeing no progress whatsoever at the IIMs despite a number of approaches to them (over several years!), GSC has removed the above Mission from his list – perhaps I should think of taking it up once again when there are sufficient organizational resources available to take up such an ambitious Mission… In progress – details in due course Mr Gandhi had handed over leadership of this ambitious project for the Indian education system to the Indian Institutes of Management. (This was probably the most important of all Mr Gandhi’s many worthy initiatives as Prime Minister). In South India, the leadership role naturally came to the IIM-B.

44. Societal Missions: on education “To develop education systems, at various levels, that could effectively meet the needs of the nation during the 21 st century” (call it M 1 ) “To ensure that we allocate sufficient resources to meet the needs of the primary education sector” (M 2 ) “To develop a truly effective system of technical education for the nation” (M 3 ) “To develop a truly effective system of management education for the nation” (M 4 ) “To ensure that we develop at least 10 educational institutions that are reckoned to be within the top 100 institutions worldwide – within 5 years” (M 5 ) “To reach 90% real literacy in India – within 5 years” (M 6 ) In some sense, we shall have to tackle ALL our ‘education Missions’ to tackle any one of them. Every education Mission is related to every other one, as we try to illustrate here. You will need to convince yourself that our ‘Vision for Education’ MUST in fact ‘encompass’ ALL these Missions - and more (to enable success on any of them)! Next, we illustrate some (NOT all!) of the possible inter-relationships between a couple of these Missions, using ‘informal structural graphics’. …many others, also

45. We have a number of ‘sketches’ of inter- relationships, like the following: M1M1 M2M2 “probably contributes” The picture means: “M 2 probably contributes to M 1 AND vice-versa” We then find that M 2 to M 1 is a stronger contribution than M 1 to M 2. We set the weaker contribution to zero – then we have only M 2 contributing to M 1, thus: M 2  M 1 We ‘resolve’ all such sketches and we obtain the structure, shown next: “To develop education systems, at various levels, that could effectively meet the needs of the nation during the 21 st century” (call it M 1 ) “To ensure that we allocate sufficient resources to meet the needs of the primary education sector” (M 2 )

46. Education Missions, continued: M3M3 M4M4 M2M2 M1M1 M5M5 “probably contributes to” M6M6 The structure illustrated reflects the perceptions of the person who made it Read structure bottom- upwards, substituting “probably contributes to” whenever you encounter an arrow… “To develop education systems, at various levels, that could effectively meet the needs of the nation during the 21 st century” (call it M 1 ) “To ensure that we allocate sufficient resources to meet the needs of the primary education sector” (M 2 ) “To develop a truly effective system of technical education for the nation” (M 3 ) “To develop a truly effective system of management education for the nation” (M 4 ) (M 5 & M 6 – see slide No.41)slide No.41

47. Some Goals/Missions in tackling corruption “Minimizing corruption in government in India” (C 1 ) “Reducing corruption by 50% within 5 years” (C 2 ) “Within 5 years, to become one of the 10 least corrupt nations in the world - instead of being one of the 10 most corrupt nations” (C 3 ) “Minimizing corruption at the level where it touches the ‘aam aadmi’” (C 4 ) “Minimizing the large-scale corruption as seen in the 2G and Coalgate scams” (C 5 ) “Launching a truly effective political party serving worthy societal goals” (C 6 ) “Stimulating individual Indians to take a firm stand against corruption” (C 7 ) “To institute an effective Lokpal for India” ( C 8 ) A possible structure relating these goals is shown in the next slide… Much as for the ‘education Missions’ listed earlier, we shall have to tackle ALL the following ‘anti-corruption Missions’ (in some sense) in order to tackle ANY of them! You may find it difficult to believe that any of these Missions is possible to accomplish. These Missions are not just possible … … you’ll find that ALL of them are, in fact, ESSENTIAL! - (if we really want to progress on ANY of them)

48. C7C7 C6C6 C5C5 C4C4 C1C1 C2C2 C3C3 “possibly contributes to” Structure relating various ‘corruption aims” (previous slide) C8C8 (See section on the ‘education Missions’ – Slides 41 onwards - for explanation of how the structure shown next was developed) “Minimizing corruption in government in India” (C 1 ) “Reducing corruption by 50% within 5 years” (C 2 ) “Within 5 years, to become one of the 10 least corrupt nations in the world - instead of being one of the 10 most corrupt nations” (C 3 ) “Minimizing corruption at the level where it touches the ‘aam aadmi’”(C 4 ) (C 5 :Large scale – 2G, Coalgate) C 6 : “Launching political party” C 7 :“Stimulating individual Indians to take a firm stand against cor…” C 8 : Lok Pal The structure illustrated reflects the perceptions of the person who made it (click again to see text of some of these elements of list - complete list at Slide 42)… Read bottom-upwards We observe that this structure was developed very similarly to the “Vision for Education” structure!

49. Connections between “Our Vision for Education in India” and “Our Vision to tackle ‘corruption issues’ in India’” Our ‘Vision for Education’… …should, in fact, ‘encompass’ (in some sense) ALL significant Missions relating to education Our ‘Vision to tackle Corruption’… …should, in fact, ‘encompass’ ALL significant Missions relating to helping eliminate/minimize corruption in the country

50. So: what IS our ‘Vision for Education’ EV? EV M3M3 M4M4 M2M2 M1M1 M5M5 “probably contributes to” M6M6 …and more!

51. And: Our ‘Vision against Corruption’ EC?

52. More on Linkages between ‘EV’ and ‘CV’

53. “To ensure that the laying of the Metro rail line does not destroy Bangalore’s beautiful MG Road boulevard!” Link to photos of the boulevard before Metro work started While the MG Road boulevard still looked like those photos (dates), I proposed to some friends that the above would be a worthwhile project to take up. Why it failed – more to follow We therefore never actually got down to the nitty-gritty of actually using the OPMS on the issue – and the project sank and died, with barely a whimper…  Back Unfortunately, their initial enthusiasm did not extend to working in the kind of way demanded by the OPMS approach (At that time, a powerful societal movement might well have succeeded in stopping this destructive and poorly conceived development of the Metro line)… More later…

54. “To resolve, effectively and most economically, the mess of the ‘garbage/ waste disposal problem’ in Bangalore” In modern times, Bangalore has never had an adequate ‘garbage/waste-disposal system’ With the huge influx of people to Bangalore to work and live - a consequence of the ‘IT boom’ that led to Bangalore becoming India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ (so to speak) - the garbage disposal system has spun into a crisis and is now barely functioning In progress – more in due course  Back [Once upon a time, we did have an excellent water (which we have polluted and abused beyond measure)]