Growth Model
Brief Intro - Growth Model
Note: This Growth Model is one of the three ProxThink Innovations related to sustainability. The other two include a sustainable structure for thinking and relating, and sustainable patterns and tools for generating ideas and relating to situations. Also see sustainable proximities, which are built around the Growth Model.
Shift in Emphasis
This Growth Model is a shift in emphasis that focuses more on the proximity. Of course, the proximity includes elements and relationships. But often when we think about growth, we take the perspective of an element, such as a person, business, idea, organization or group. This Growth Model includes a larger role for the proximity, and is based on the more general concept of ProxGrowth.
Rarely Straightforward
The sustainability and growth of individuals, groups, enterprises, situations and proximities, including this site and project, is rarely straightforward. Paradoxically perhaps, this seems to be how things actually get accomplished. We've developed a growth model for people who share a proximity, which acknowledges and leverages the complexity of growth. The model provides ways to collaborate and manage resources while encouraging growth. This growth model has the potential to be sustainable, flexible, healthy, fun and efficient for people in the proximity of situations in which it is used. In turn, these qualities can help people grow, change, survive and thrive.
What might this be like?
The Growth Model approach might be sort of like the give and take of a neighborhood, relationship, friendship or perhaps being a considerate traveler. You may want the neighborhood, relationship, friendship or location you're visiting to survive, thrive, and take care of you as you take care of it. You may also want it to persist, adapt and change as needed, which is how proximities stay sustainable and life stays interesting.
The Model
The growth model starts with the concept of using ProxPatterns and includes four main processes: RelatePoints, ProxMonitors, Vadi Agreements, and ProxRewards (proxri).
RelatePoints
A RelatePoint is a primary starting point or place for coordinating relationships in the proximity. RelatePoints provide options for communication, a key to productive and enjoyable relationships. The symbol (r] stands for a RelatePoint. A RelatePoint is evocative, adaptable and versatile.
ProxMonitors
A Proximity Monitor, or ProxMonitor, increases ProxAwareness (proximity awareness), which can help many kinds of relationships. To better relate in a ProxThink Core Idea sense, people need greater awareness of and information about the proximity. Further, this awareness is a key part of taking ProxPatterns-related action.
Vadi Agreements
The term Vadi (pronounced vah'dee) is short for valuable differences. A Vadi Agreement acknowledges that differences are a part of relationships and some differences have value. A Vadi Agreement also provides relationships and agreements which can help valuable differences persist, adapt and change as needed. ProxPatterns, ProxRewards (see next paragraph), and a few other ProxThink elements can help us create effective Vadi Agreements. The various deals and agreements in our Terms of Use, including our Proxri Deal, Collaboration Deal and Intellectual Property Deal are examples of Vadi Agreements.
ProxRewards (proxri)
A ProxReward is a reward which relates elements in the proximity. ProxRewards are not only money. ProxRewards can be money and/or elements of your choice. ProxRewards can be many different elements or relationships which help relate elements in the proximity. As such, there can be many varieties of ProxRewards. We use the term proxri as short for both ProxReward and the plural ProxRewards. ProxRewards can be an essential part of Vadi Agreements.
How the Processes Help Relationships
RelatePoints create links and starting points for better relationships. ProxMonitors enhance ProxAwareness for better relationships. Vadi Agreements relate a variety of parties and elements in the proximity, while honoring their integrity and allowing uncertainty. ProxRewards (proxri) can be an essential part of Vadi Agreements, and allow people to use ProxPatterns to improve relationships.
Sustainable Proximities
The Growth Model is the core around which the sustainable proximities approach is built.
Climate Change
With the advance of climate change and global warming, ways to create sustainable proximities are needed. We hope the ProxThink Growth Model, a part of Action Steps, will prove valuable in dealing with climate change. (Action Steps are general steps for idea generation, evaluation and implementaion using ProxThink Hints, ProxPatterns, ProxGrowth and the Growth Model. Join here to view.) Also, see our climate change project.
Growth Model and Technology
The Growth Model can work well with many existing technologies. The combination of some technologies and the Growth Model perhaps presents some ways to fundamentally change how we can coordinate, collaborate and manage resources. Consider the network technologies enabling communication (such as mobile phones, satellites, GPS and the Internet), sensing technologies (such as for heat, light, vision, motion, chemicals, etc.), and database technologies. These sorts of technologies especially serve some processes of the Growth Model, such as RelatePoints, ProxMonitors, and ProxRewards (proxri), which will in turn support the creation and improvement of Vadi Agreements. Further, add the ongoing evolution of online collaboration, from open source software, to wikis, to social media and Web 2.0 sharing and collaboration. For more, see the sustainable proximities approach.
Possible Standards
The four main processes of the Growth Model are an integrated set, and are designed to be standards, for both online and offline use. The four main processes, described above, are: RelatePoints, ProxMonitors, Vadi Agreements, and ProxRewards (proxri). The RelatePoint symbol (r] is also designed to be a standard, which is described on the RelatePoint page.
Adopt and Proxri
We invite you to adopt and adapt the related standards of the Growth Model. If you do, we ask you to proxri (ProxReward) us for developing, pioneering and promoting some new ways of growing and relating. Join here to discover more about adopting and adapting.
Details and Arguments
For more detailed descriptions of, and arguments for, this Growth Model, join here.
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