enabler

Intermediate 💼 Corporate / Business

Definition

Someone who makes things happen by providing support or resources—or in the darker sense, someone who helps others continue destructive behaviors by removing consequences. In corporate settings, it's usually positive: the person who unblocks obstacles and empowers teams. In personal contexts, it's the friend who keeps lending money to your gambling habit.

Example Usage

As a technology enabler, Janet's job was to ensure engineers had the tools they needed, not to enable their addiction to expensive mechanical keyboards.

Source: Common terminology

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