Give 10%, get 110%
summary
At the Financial Times granting 10% time produces concrete results not vague inspiration: two junior squads pair up and build and ship an internal tool from scratch, one teammate uses the time to prepare for Makers Academy and transitions into a developer role, and an internal project becomes fastcharts.io for public use. The claim is that 10% time increases engagement, accelerates learning and produces deliverables rather than just side projects.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 0:28Founders and Coders
- 5:03Intrinsic motivation
- 5:28Autonomy, mastery, and purpose
- 5:57Self-determination theory
- 6:17Autonomy mastery
- 6:40Intrinsically motivated work
- 9:25Structure
- 10:01Communication
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