The Google Way: Give Engineers Room  —  GOOGLE engineers are encouraged to take 20 percent of their time to work on something company-related that interests them personally.  This means that if you have a great idea, you always have time to run with it.  —  It sounds obvious …

Source:   New York Times

Author:   Bharat Mediratta

Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/jobs/21pre.html