The problem with the 20 percent policy is that it's likely to generate a great deal of activity on the idea side of innovation and very little on the execution

The problem with the 20 percent policy is that it's likely to generate a great deal of activity on the idea side of innovation and very little on the execution side -- the other side There are hundreds or thousands of these projects going on. The ones that become hits transition over into mainstream projects, like Gmail, Google News, Google Talk, Orkut, where they get more resources.