"Passion and momentum build when skilled employees have access to great tools and the time to stretch them in new directions. Marissa Mayer discusses the groundbreaking company practice of setting aside 20 percent of an employee’s time for creative projects. By her own assessment, nearly half of the company’s most recent launches came from ideas sparked during this unstructured time."
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