Systems – a resource mix element
Editing below here When we talk about systems in the progress resource mix, we’re once more referring to outward-facing systems rather than internal. That is, systems with which seekers interact in order to attempt making progress. The new client interfaces of the updated den Hertog model above. And we find that systems can be either an operant or an operand resource. For instance, a word processor is a system acting as an operand resource. It needs to be acted upon to make progress (“be valuable” if we allow ourselves to be lazy with definitions for a moment). Whereas a telephone…
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…
Progress Resource Mix
The main component of a proposition is the progress resource mix – some combination of employees, systems, data, goods, retained goods, and locations.
Progress Owners
Within a Progress Helper there should be an accountable Progress Owner for each proposition. This person is accountable for the proposition’s marketing, innovation, and execution.
Progress Proposition Continuum
Propositions sit on a continuum between relieving and enabling the Seeker – determined by who drives the majority of the progress-making activities. This influences the resource mix and the experiential/contextual progress offered.
Value destruction
Value (improvements in well-being) can be destroyed y one or more actor in the progress attempt hinders progress.
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…
