How 3M’s “15 Percent Time” Program Fosters Innovation
In a recent article, Fast Company Co.Design writer Kaomi Goetz describes 3M’s “15 percent time,” a program that allows employees to use a portion of their paid time to pursue their own ideas. Professor Henry Chesbrough is quoted in the article and explains how this is a good example of how companies can soften boundaries between where ideas come from and how they take root.
Click here to read Goetz’s article “How 3M Gave Everyone Days Off and Created an Innovation Dynamo.”