The concept of allowing to work on one’s pet projects in
office time is an innovative concept. There are companies (around the world),
who have been toying with this idea and already started reaping so many
benefits. What is it that motivates people to innovate? When they innovate?
Only if we say that something is yours, only then people start to put their
entire focus on that task and produce fabulous results? Or is it that quality time
that they spend with themselves or with like-minded people while working on
their pet project that helps them to produce incredible results?
Whatever is the reason, pet projects have special status in
one’s own life. While working on official projects, people brainstorm a lot to
prove themselves competent to their superiors and peers. They focus their
entire energy on one point. They exhaust themselves. Then, they go home.
Normally, in this scenario, the next step what anyone expects is to take rest.
However, in the case of a person who works on a pet project in parallel, the
moment he glances it, his every nerves tightens with excitement. All that
exhaustiveness goes out of the window and he regains back his active energy state.
Although he has to work a lot on his pet projects, he never feels that he needs
lot of energy to accomplish that many tasks. And he is eager to do them without
complaining about anything.
Companies and pet projects can go hand in hand. They can
mutually support each other in terms of commercial aspects; that means, once a
pet project becomes a success and is in line with company’s business, either it
can buy it or support the person/group (who successfully completed the project),
financially, by buying a stake in their project.
In summary, pet projects really excite people. If they get a
chance to work up on them in their workplace, the excitement grows by leaps and
bounds. And there is a chance that all like-minded hitherto introvert people
also join the project and contribute their level best to make it a success.
Best of luck!
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