Canonical explanation

VALO builds.
Heimel governs authority.

VALO Research develops, tests and operates systems around consequential work, economic units, evidence and execution. Heimel is the authority infrastructure used when those systems need to decide whether an action is authorized now.

Boundary between capability and consequenceResearch and operation on one side. Consequential authority on the other.
The boundary

Two different jobs.

VALO can build products, run experiments, assemble GCUs, evaluate evidence, test economic models and publish operative systems. When one of those systems needs consequence-time authority, that responsibility belongs to Heimel.

VALO RESEARCH

Build and test

Research, products, cases, experiments, economic models and operative systems.

HEIMEL

Govern authority

Resolve current authority, constraints and state before consequential action becomes real.

Simple rule: if the question is what VALO is, the answer is R&D and operative systems. If the question is who governs consequential authority, the answer is Heimel.
Operating model

Need to realization.

VALO starts with real work, builds enough system to run the claim, measures what survives contact with reality, and transfers the result into reusable products, contracts and knowledge.

NeedInvestigateBuildTestProveRealize