“I think it's a good idea in general to give people that opportunity to explore a personal interest,” says Jonathan Feinstein, a professor at the Yale School of Management with a focus on creativity and innovation, “with the thought that, eventually, it will intersect back with things that the organization is interested in,” he adds.
Josh Spiro on Should You Encourage Employee Side Projects? (via Boonie)
I agree. It empowers your worker bees, fosters innovation and will inevitably feed back into your company. This can only be a good thing.
