Client “I don’t want to talk about this, because it reminds people of [X] which failed. Let’s call that differently because there was that research project 10 years ago that did not work. Hmmm, let’s not put that on page 3”.
Me “But your technology solves all these problems from the past right?”
Client “Yes”
Me “And in meetings, where do you end up talking about all the time”
Client “People confusing me with technologies from the past”
Sometimes it is just better to take things head on and stop avoiding the big elephant that is sitting in the room but nobody wants to bring up in a conversation.
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