Of course he got some new ideas of his own.

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For biotech drug maker Biogen Idec ( BIIB), the last couple years have been a bit unsettling, what with activist investor Carl Icahn dropping broad hints about a breakup or sale, ongoing problems with its most promising drug, and the arrival last summer of a new CEO with his own ideas about how the company should be run.

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That said, their new manager, Eddie May, will bring his own approach and ideas to the side and I like the look of the young attacking midfielder he's brought in on loan from Burnley, Alex McDonald.

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The experience inspired him to experiment with giving his factory workers more autonomy, allowing them to set their own schedules, and to solicit their ideas for new products and how to better run the business.

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