Today is the third class of your current four class set. We will begin class with a casual conversation. I have given you a short writing question. Please write, take a picture, and send it to me via email or kakao. We will finish class with a reading exercise.

WRITING QUESTION: Please read and answer the question.

Most people spend every second of their workday trying to keep up with their calendars and to-do lists — attending meetings, responding to emails, racing to meet deadlines. This makes it difficult to set aside time to explore ideas that interest us or learn new skills. And during a time when it’s impossible to predict how our jobs and industries will evolve, expanding our expertise is what gives us a competitive edge in the long-run. How can we ensure we make the time to stay ahead?

Enter: Google’s “20% time” rule, a concept made popular when Google went public in 2004. “We encourage our employees, in addition to their regular projects, to spend 20% of their time working on what they think will most benefit Google,” founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page wrote in their IPO letter. “This empowers them to be more creative and innovative. Many of our significant advances [like AdSense and Google News] have happened in this manner.”

How does Google’s 20% time rule help the company? (6-8 sentences)