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 According to Cagan, Empowered Product Teams build solutions that are _valuable_ (customers benefit from them), _viable_ (they meet the needs of the business), _usable_ (customers understand and enjoy using them) and _feasible_ (technical effort and long-term maintenance are in relation to the value). The teams shape and own the solution they build for a given problem and can therefore also be held accountable for their results.[^1]
 
-This kind of empowerment can help to create the perfect environment for intrinsically motivated people, because it will give us a clear _purpose_, _autonomy_ and the means to achieve _mastery_[^2]
+This is in line with the views of Daniel H. Pink[^2]: we as a company cannot “create” motivation. People are motivated. Instead, we can only eliminate demotivators by creating an environment that gives clear purpose, autonomy and the means to achieve mastery.
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+This inherently creates an environment that is incompatible to people not finding value in purpose, autonomy or mastery.
 
 [^1]: Marty Cagan with Chris Jones, [_EMPOWERED: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products_](https://www.svpg.com/books/empowered-ordinary-people-extraordinary-products/), Wiley, 2021, 9-10.
 [^2]: Daniel H. Pink, [_Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us_](https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/), Riverhead Books, 2009, 85-146.