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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by nine_k on Friday August 16, 2013 @01:57PM (#6225637)
Actually, a few Googlers around me still participate in 20% projects.

But these projects need to be outlined, have OKRs and an estimation of potential impact, then approved. Not impossible, but far fewer and far less wild projects probably can now pass.

Well, let's see how it works; in a few years it will be obvious whether the stream of innovation dries up or not.

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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by PeterisP on Friday August 16, 2013 @02:46PM (#6225969)
If an initiative doesn't seem far too wild, then it's not wild enough to be innovative. Quite a few lousy ideas seem too wild initially, but pretty much all of the actually valuable projects are as well.
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