Putting Progress Attempts in Context
This context builds on the progress context to describe how Seekers attempt to make progress.
Progress as a verb and a state transition
Progress is a verb, a continuous journey between two progress states. It can equally be seen as a discrete series of state transitions.
Progress Attempts
Seekers make progress attempts – a series of progress-making activities – in order to make their progress journey.
Deciding to make progress
The Seeker’s decision process to start, continue, or abandon a progress attempt
Capabilities – the power behind progress
Capabilities – like skills, knowledge, availability, strength – are the power behind progress: better capabilities, better progress; lacking capabilities is the foundational progress hurdle.
Resources – carriers of capabilities
Resoures carry capabilities; and one resource may be swapped for another if it carries the same capability (for example, an AI system for a compliance tam).
Operant Resources
Operant resource – such as people – act upon other resources in order make progress. In many cases they are the source of competitive advantage.
Operand Resources
Operand resources need to be acted upon in order for progress to be made.
