The Stage
Actors act on the stage of progress – Seekers seek, Helpers help, and Institutional actors aim to protect from damaging well-being.
Progress Seekers
Progress Seekers are looking to make progress in all aspects of their life. Every actor in the economy is a Seeker, and they are the predominant judgers of their own progress/improvements in well-being (value)
Institutional Actors
Left to their own devices, Seekers may pursue progress that has a direct, or accidental, detrimental impact on the own, or societies, well-being. Institutions – rules, agreements, symbols… – guard agains that, and Institutional actors are the guardians of those institutions.
Progress Helpers
Progress Helpers offer supplementary capabilities with the potential to enable Seekers to make better progress towards their progress sought. Whilst Seekers are predominant judgers of value, Helpers may make similar progress comparisons to decide to offer/withdraw their capabilities to a particular progress attempt.
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.
The Progress Economy
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Tag: Actors
There are three main actors in The Progress Economy:
- Progress Seekers – striving to make progress with everything in life (progress sought)
- Progress Helpers – offering progress proposition(s): curated bundles of supplementary resources designed to help seekers reach a specific state (progress offered)
- Institutional Actors – guarding institutions (rules, norms, symbols etc) that are injected into a Seeker’s progress sought.
Importantly, every actor is a progress seeker at heart seeking progress with every aspect of their lives.
Within a Helper there is the important role of progress owner – a one stop shop responsible for:
- understanding Seekers’ progress sought/origins
- aligning propositions to the above (through innovation and sales)
- ensuring the execution of propositions
