Interesting post to the eChalk list :-)<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><blockquote><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Carmody</b> <<a href="mailto:cjlcarmody@bigpond.com">cjlcarmody@bigpond.com</a>></span><br>
<span class="gmail_quote">Date: 18 Mar 2008 01:30</span><br><span class="gmail_quote">Subject: [echalk] Innovation time off</span><br><span class="gmail_quote"></span><br><span class="gmail_quote"></span></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p style="background: rgb(248, 252, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;" lang="EN">As an
interesting motivation technique (usually called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITO" title="ITO" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Innovation Time Off</a>), 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 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail" title="Gmail" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Gmail</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_News" title="Google News" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Google News</a>,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut" title="Orkut" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Orkut</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense" title="AdSense" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">AdSense</a>
originated from these independent endeavors.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#_note-25%23_note-25" title="" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[70]</a></sup>
In a talk at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Stanford University</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Mayer" title="Marissa Mayer" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Marissa
Mayer</a>, 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.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#_note-26%23_note-26" title="" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[71</a></sup></span></font></p></blockquote>
</div></div>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"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