Ask for self directed learning time & use it to investigate, prototype and experiment. You can even tell your manager that you'll scope your learning material t

Ask for self directed learning time & use it to investigate, prototype and experiment. You can even tell your manager that you'll scope your learning material to things that could be useful for your job down the road... it's worth a shot. Or is the main concern not the time to develop, but the actual deployment & interpersonal verification of the idea?