What Does Google's "20 Percent Time" Policy for Creative Research Have to Do With Montessori?

If Google's founders stress that their own Montessori background inspired their investment in the "20 Percent Time" invitation for all Google employees to creatively research what catches their attention, how could our own schools -- traditional or not -- begin to see the value in a similar investment in human capital/creativity?

They help us consider just such a point in their 2004 TED Talk, if you have 20 minutes to consider the connection with them: