[Offtopic] Innovation time off

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Interesting post to the eChalk list :-)

Regards Roland

From: Chris Carmody <cjlcarmody at bigpond.com>
Date: 18 Mar 2008 01:30
Subject: [echalk] Innovation time off

 As an interesting motivation technique (usually called Innovation
Time Off<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITO>),
all Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day
per week) on projects that interest them. Some of Google's newer services,
such as Gmail <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail>, Google
News<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_News>,
Orkut <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut>, and
AdSense<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense>originated from these
independent endeavors.
[70] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#_note-25%23_note-25> In a
talk at Stanford
University <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University>, Marissa
Mayer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Mayer>,
Google's Vice President of Search Products and User Experience, stated that
her analysis showed that half of the new product launches originated from
the 20% time.[71 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#_note-26%23_note-26>

-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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