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But we ought to try everything in our power to overcome such restrictions. In our experience, “submarine”
                                projects have proven useful: projects that are initiated on the q.t. with a small number of dedicated em-
                                ployees and “go to the surface” only once the initial results were worked out in prototype form and have
                                won over the decision makers.



                                             Personal preferences          Order to the
                                               of management              business line




                                               assesses    willingness & ability to act





                                                   Reality       based on
                                                                                 Values




                                                       hits
                                                                                           Our
                                                                Action       MVP/ *      solution
                                                                             MVE
                                                 yields
                                                insights






                                                      Customer needs               Submarine
                                                                                  (prototype)


                                                     *  MVP = Minimum Viable Product
                                                        MVE = Minimum Viable Ecosystem
                                                        (see p. 112)
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