Several progress states – the waypoints and phenomenological judgements – are important enough in the story of progress that we specifically name them
What we’re thinking
In the Progress Economy, some progress states are significant enough to name explicitly. They serve as:
- waypoints describing a seeker’s journey: the progress origin, progress sought, and progress offered
- assumptions: assumed progress origin of a proposition
- judgements: the progress achieved, and progress anticipated
These states form the basis for the story of how value emerges from progress (as progress comparisons). They are also essential tools for improving innovation, sales, and growth.
Why naming matters
Progress is moving, over time, to a more desired state. But where does a seeker start? What’s the end goal? How do they judge progress – and therefore improvements in their welkl-eing – can be made, is being made, and had been made along the way?
Naming specific states gives us the language to describe progress clearly and consistently. In the Progress Economy, five states are frequently referenced:
| named state | description |
|---|---|
| progress sought | the more desired state a Seeker wants to reach |
| progress origin | both the starting point for the Seeker in a progress attempt and the starting point a proposition offers to help from (this later is assumed by the Helper, and likely differs to the Seeker’s current origin – something the Seeker considers when deciding to engage a proposition) |
| progress offered | the state a helper offers to help the seeker reach through their proposition |
| progress anticipated | a phenomenological judgement, at a specific point in time, of what state might be reached |
| progress achieved | a phenomenological judgement, at a specific point in time, of what state has been achieved |
Let’s progress together through discussion…