The Progress Economy

fixing innovation, sales, and firing up growth

Category: Foundation Layer

This is one of four layers in the progress economy and captures those aspects that are at the foundation level. That is, the aspects on which the progress economy is built.

Here you’ll find the principles the progress economy is built upon.

  • progress, including sub pages for
    • progress as a verb / state transition
    • progress as a state
    • progress as a noun
  • value, and why we need to think progress-first, including pages for
    • value-in-exchange – our traditional view, previously successful but with challenging blind-spots
    • value-in-use – the main alternative to the above, solving the blind-spots, but struggles to be actionable
    • value-through-progress – our actionable model, built on top of value-in-use
  • resources, progress is made, and value emerges, from resource integrations. Resources are carriers of capabilities and come in two forms
    • operant
    • operand

There are also articles covering other foundational definitions and ideas:

  • What is service?
  • What is service exchange?
  • What does phenomenological – a word we’ll use a lot – mean?
  • What is service-dominant logic (from which we build the progress economy)
  • What is the innovation problem?

You can find more about the four-layer functional operating system here.

Articles in this category

  • Progress as a State

    Progress as a State

    Editing below here What we’re thinking Progress is a state – a snapshot comprising three elements, namely: Discovering and understanding all three elements is critical for understanding seeker’s desires, making progress, progress propositions, value, and pursuing successful innovation. Failing to do so may lead to the next super-market self checkouts… Progress as a state Progress […]

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  • Progress as a noun

    Progress as a noun

    Editing below here What we’re thinking We find it beneficial to name some specific progress states. Firstly, these named states serve as waypoints describing a seeker’s journey on progress attempts. Secondly, they help us explore and explain value in the progress economy; explaining Drucker’s famous quote: Innovate or die Without further delay, let’s delve into the five […]

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  • Understanding Progress

    Understanding Progress

    Rather than pushing product features and value, anchor your thinking and organisation on delivering progress. By designing around Seekers’ progress sought, progress origins and minimising progress hurdles you outperform on innovation, sales and growth. What we’re thinking Imagine a world where innovation lands, sales resonate, and growth accelerates – not because we focused on value, […]

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  • What is value?

    What is value?

    Realising value emerges from progress comparisons allows executives to focus organisations on helping customers progress better (which is actionable), rather than chasing value (a concept that most struggle to define and measure). What we’re thinking What if our traditional view of value – despite its past success – is now holding us back? Is it […]

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