Maybe similar to a startup incubator/fund the idea is that most effort does fail and as long as some small percentage is wildly successful the whole enterprise

Maybe similar to a startup incubator/fund the idea is that most effort does fail and as long as some small percentage is wildly successful the whole enterprise continues. The “low productivity” is a feature indicating low priority effort is appropriately prioritized. A key challenge is when something without a strategic purpose/value is released and becomes a beloved product that eventually must be depreciated, like Google Reader. It is much better to develop and never release than to release something without strategic benefit that causes problems in long run.