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by marketingPro 2073 days ago
Ofc you don't quite get that.

But the longer I've worked for big companies, the less I think a big company needs these.

There are departments for new ideas, they can be calculated for profitability by a different department.

An engineer has a great idea from brainstorming with coworkers, how often does that make it into production? Instead of focusing on the job, the Engineer is working on a project that never happens.

I guess that sounds pessimistic, but I've rarely seen anything come from the bottom up.