 Which is likely the mot direct benefit of Google employees getting a day each week to be creative?
Its very unpredictability makes it unwise to build systems that take too much away from what human beings do best: look, think, innovate, adapt, discuss, learn, and repeat. The idea was to eliminate human error and variability in the face of change by removing thinking to the system, and thus neutralizing the variability of the human beings who worked it. But the impulse to build fully-specified systems, designed by experts, monitored and controlled so as to limit human greed and error and to manage uncertainty, was basic and widespread. This was achieved through a hyper-simplification of human nature, wedded to mathematical modeling of what hyper-simplified selfish rational actors, looking only to their own interests, would do under diverse conditions.
 Allowing time for follow-up on side projects is an opportunity for innovation in areas where the company wasn't necessarily looking
 Sparking their curiosity directly allows the workers to be more creative on their company-assigned tasks  This allows them to take breaks and be more productive when they return to their primary projects during the week  Allowing time for follow-up on side projects is an opportunity for innovation in areas where the company wasn't necessarily looking  They feel like they have vacations so they put more effort into their work because they are well-treated