The boss of the Journal-Register chain of newspapers wants staff members to mess around and report back:
But, according to TechDirt, Paton is pushing the bar further. Picking up on Google’s “20% time” concept, Paton is setting up something he calls “idealab”, where 15 employees will be granted 10 hours a week away from their work in order to experiment with the latest web tools – including an iPhone, an iPad and a netbook – and then report back on how to apply them for the good of the business.
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