This weekend I met with my friend Yovko. He works at IBM Bulgaria, but is mostly known for his consistent and year-long activity in promoting the ideas of the Internet, open source software and Creative Commons in the country. I often like to say that he is the consciousness of these communities in Bulgaria.

We had an engaging discussion on the Transaction Company and what it would take for IBM to become one. I know quite a few friendly chaps from IBM and would very much like to see it become an even better place to work.

All you need to start a revolution is a vision and a handful of activists. If you look at history, you’ll see that all major changes have been triggered by relatively few people. Not even a 50% + 1 majority, but rather something in the order of 1% of 1%.

About 330′000 people work currently at IBM. Applying the above 1% of 1% rule of thumb, we get 33. You need 33 people to change the largest IT company in the world.