20 Percent Time with Training Wheels
In Dan Pinks latest book Drive there is a section titled “Type I for Organizations – Nine Ways to Improve Your Company, Office, or Group”. In an effort to generate discussion I thought it might be fun to look at each of the nine ways. The first is “Try “20 Percent Time” with Training Wheels”.
For those of you not familiar with the long established Google practice, see here.
Dan suggests that rather than trying to achieve 20% time that a more modest and achievable target could be 10% (or one afternoon of a five-day workweek).
We at T2 have a roster in place at the moment that encourages “project work” but only when rostered on and only for tasks specific to a certain work related project or commitment.
I think it would be challenging to implement true 10 or 20% time – that is time spent on any project of your own choosing that may not directly relate to your main role but could be beneficial to the company.
Have you been successful in starting a 10 or 20% time movement where you work and has any of the project work been adopted by your company?
