# Opportunity **Domain:** Human development / Entrepreneurship / Social systems **Doc Type:** Canonical concept node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Opportunity is an actionable opening through which capability, access, timing, relationships, or tools can be converted into a new course of action. ## Mechanism and Significance Tools expand opportunity when they lower the cost of learning, production, coordination, or distribution. Networks expand it when people circulate information, trust, recommendations, and access. ## Evidence Boundary Possibility is not guarantee. People encounter unequal resources and constraints, and a tool's availability does not by itself produce the skill, time, support, or outcome required to use it. ## Relationships [[wiki/Technology|Technology]] · [[wiki/Agency|Agency]] · [[wiki/Generosity|Generosity]] · [[wiki/Entrepreneurship|Entrepreneurship]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “It is never too late to start. Today's tools offer more possibilities than at any time in history.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Emergence, Compounding Effort, and the Architecture of a Mission - Livestream (Aug 2016)* [[reminders/Opportunity/It Is Never Too Late to Start by Bryant McGill|It Is Never Too Late to Start by Bryant McGill]]