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23 Oct 09
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Ray Ozzie
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says he would rather "dream" than "think."
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Once or twice a year, Ozzie tries to find time for what he calls "white space." Rather than be surrounded by the ideas of others, Ozzie prefers to lock himself away with the proverbial blank sheet of paper.
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Ozzie returns to the office with a ton of new ideas, sending a variety of "go do" tasks for his team.
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Rather than have a ThinkWeek, those who are reading the papers are encouraged to dedicate "ThinkDays" where they reflect and comment on such papers.
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ThinkWeek offered a chance for people throughout the company to lay out ideas that may or may not be within their daily business areas
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Quests began as an effort to encourage more systematic visionary planning within business groups. People lay out their most inspired vision for where things could be in, say, 10 years' time, beyond the typical product release horizon.
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Getting people from across the company to collaborate is key to Ozzie's work. Much of his vision depends on both business leaders and engineers from throughout Microsoft being able to see beyond the organizational chart, and develop products and services that link together what have traditionally been disparate pursuits.
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