Vanguard's Innovation Plan

摘要

How do you get to work on the most in-teresting tech projects at Vanguard, the mutual fund giant? You volunteer. Like most companies, Vanguard has wrestled with how to make innovation a part of its everyday culture, without chasing every gee-whiz idea people come up with. Under CIO Paul Heller, volunteering has become one key piece of its innovation strategy It's not a Google-like program, where engineers can set aside 20% of their time to pursue new ideas. Vanguard volunteers keep all their day-job responsibilities and log extra hours to work on more cutting-edge projects.