Employees – a resource mix element
What we’re thinking Employees are the human resources of the helper. As operant resources they act on other resources in an attempt to make progress. Some employees may be offered in the progress resource mix, such as: nurses, teachers, cleaners, traffic wardens, consultants, sales team and so on. Typically the capabilities carried by employees leveraged in resource integration progress-making steps are their skills and knowledge. But can also include physical capabilities like strength, or the network the employee has etc. editing from here Employees – carriers of capability Employees are one of two operant resources a progress helper might offer…
Value destruction
What we’re thinking If we create value when making progress can we also destroy it? And since progress is a joint endeavour when engaging a progress proposition, leading to value co-creation, can value be co-destroyed? Yes, value can be destroyed. As it emerges from progress, if progress is hindered then it may be destroyed. However, value destruction doesn’t require a joint effort, so talk of value co-destruction, mirroring co-creation, is misleading. Lintula et al’s framework of value co-destruction is a useful tool to explore the better named value destruction further. As well as plan for recovery. Editing below here Value…
Progress Attempts
Seekers attempt to make progress by integrating capability-carrying resources in a series of progress-making activities. If they lack the capabilities, progress is affected What we’re thinking Progress attempts are the executional view of progress journeys – a deeper level of understanding that leads to better innovation and sales. They give us the insight on how a Seeker attempts to get from their progress origin to their progress sought through a series of progress-making activities. Each activity is a resource integration between two or more capability-carrying resources. One of which must be operant – a resource that acts on other resources…
Actors in The Progress Economy
What we’re thinking There are 3 main actors in The Progress Economy: Critically, everyone is a Progress Seeker, including Helpers. The unequal distribution of resources required to make progress powers The Progress Economy through service exchange – often indirect and mediated via service credits (money being a dominant form). Our actors live on a stage where value (a set of progress comparisons) is judged phenomenologically – that is, based on previous and current experience. And Seekers are the primary judges of value (sets of progress comparisons), constantly assessing whether to start, continue, or abandon a given progress journey. Within a Helper there is…
Exploring Progress Proposition
Stop asking “What product should we build?” and start asking “What capabilities do our customers lack that hinders them making progress they seek, and how can we package those into the resource types they are looking for?” Savvy leaders unlock sales, innovation, and growth by repeatedly and purposefully aligning their proposed resource mix and progress-making activities with ever evolving Seeker needs. Seekers don’t stand still – neither should your proposition. What we’re thinking When Seekers can’t reach their progress sought due to a lack of capability, they usually turn to progress propositions – offers from Helpers that provide supplementary capabilities.…
Progress Proposition Continuum
Seekers look to be enabled, relieved, somewhere in-between; propositions are enabling, relieving, somewhere in-between. The positions tells us a lot about non-functional and contextual progress, progress hurdles and successful resource mixes. Understand the position of your Seeker and your proposition on the proposition continuum – innovate to close the gap, or, slide along the continuum to explore new proposals, new resource mixes, and new target Seekers. A mismatch reveals the continuum misalignment progress hurdle What we’re thinking Seekers often look for help to make progress, but not all Seekers want to be helped in the same way. A growing number…
Progress Resource Mix
Enterprises/ecosystems offer a mix of resources for a seeker to integrate with when attempting to make progress. This service mix comprises a specific combination of: goods, physical resources, systems, and people. Altering the blend of the service mix is a source of innovation.
