Comment by mysterydip

> give them a small budget and enough autonomy to do what they want, most people will fix shit that bugged them for a long time.

This has been huge for me at my current job. I saw some unused equipment in a lab and started asking questions why. Turns out the thing worked, but not great, so no one used it. What started as just fixing bugs and adding features became my own line item in the budget and requests for the (new and improved) equipment from other departments. It's something I look forward to working on.