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## Innovation time

We love it when engineers have ideas for things they want to improve, even if they don't align with our existing iteration plans or [OKRs](../../company/okrs/index.md). We want to create time and space for engineers to work on these ideas without negatively impacting our team goals and planned work.

If you have an idea for something you want to work on, then you have a few options:

1. **Just do it** if you can timebox the effort (e.g., 1-2 days) such that it won't impact your ability to deliver on existing plans.
2. If working on your idea would require a non-trivial amount of time or would impact your ability to deliver on existing plans, then have a discussion with your manager to come up with a feasible plan (e.g., explicitly schedule time to work on your idea during the next iteration).

In any case, you should report the results of your work in [progress updates](tracking_issues.md#progress-updates) just like any other work.

## Teams

Our engineering organization is divided into mission based teams that contain the necessary cross-functional skillsets to achieve the desired mission.
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