Well the bigger the boat, the more vulnerable it is. New cool things don't come out of big companies, it either comes out of small/medium companies who did not

Well the bigger the boat, the more vulnerable it is. New cool things don't come out of big companies, it either comes out of small/medium companies who did not prove their worth, or either of particular smart people or indie devs. I don't even know how successful google is at this 20% "free time" thing. I don't think it works, because any hiring process is always biased in order to have those people work on things they want. Not only people working at google could turn this free time and environment into a success. You don't sit talented people in a room and get success. You need to sit aware people who just have the motivation to do cool things, and let them work. "Talent" is overrated. You can't tell a person is talented because this person had or is having success. You don't plan success, you just see it where it is, and make it happen, talent or not. Getting hired because of talent, and you end up in your comfort zone. Then bye bye "talent".