The tech industry is fast-paced and always looking for that Next Big Thing.
So tech companies have come up with a lot of great tricks to boost their employee's creativity.
From having Lady Gaga talk to employees to giving staff year-long sabbaticals, these ideas have often led to a company's most successful products.
It also leads to happier employees.
Sagmeister & Walsh gives everyone a whole year off every seven years
Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio, Sagmeister & Walsh for a year-long sabbatical to let all employees rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook.
He showed off the innovated products that resulted from a refreshed workforce in a 2009 Ted Talk.
(His staff also poses naked for official photos ... but that's another story.)
Google's famous "20 percent time"
Google famously gives engineers regular time away from their daily jobs to work on creative projects. Up to 20% of their work week can be applied to these projects.
The most famous example of a Google service that came out of a "20 percent project," as Google calls them, is Gmail.
Google offers mind-enriching @Google Talks
Another great thing Google does to stir creativity is to invite all kinds of famous people onto its campus to give lectures. It calls this program @Google Talks and the guests range from celebrities, like Lady Gaga and Tina Fey to artists, authors, performers, activists and politicians.
The goal of these talks is to "keep our brains learning, growing and thinking,"the company says. It also shares the talks on YouTube.
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