Recently I read the inspiring book “The Google Story“. Google is seen as one of the big examples of an innovative company and a lot of people state the 20% rule as a reason for that high level of innovation. The 20% rule refers to the percentage of time that software engineers get to work on whatever interests them. Personally I think that the 20% rule is not the main reason that Google excels at innovation. What is more important to my opinion is the culture and work philosophy at the company. Let me elaborate on that…