human centered design

HOW HOSTING AN HR.HACKATHON CAN BENEFIT YOUR ORGANIZATION

HOW HOSTING AN HR.HACKATHON CAN BENEFIT YOUR ORGANIZATION

Late last year, I had a wonderful chat with Denise Dorigo Jones, Vice President Human Resources - Millendo Therapeutics.

We met earlier in the year, when Millendo was the HR Hackathon Alliance Challenge Host in Detroit. When we met again a few months later, I was thrilled to hear how the ideas generated by the Hackathon had helped Denise’s team to nurture their origination culture, through remote work across continents. It is a journey, as she says. Here is her experience about being a Challenge Host:

HR.Hackathon Alliance: 2020 Year End Reflections

HR.Hackathon Alliance: 2020 Year End Reflections

An integral part of the design thinking method is reflection. Reflecting on what was accomplished and what could be improved upon is critical to inhabiting a mindset of iteration and experimentation.

The end of a year is a good time to reflect.

A popular way to capture reflections in design thinking is the rose/thorn/bud method.

HR.Hackathon Powers a Creative HR Community

HR.Hackathon Powers a Creative HR Community

I recently had the honor to sit down with HR leader Daniel Vallejos and discuss how design thinking can be applied to HR, the importance of community, and the story behind why I created the hr.hackathon alliance.

You can listen to the podcast here.

Here are a few key insights from the podcast and associated 1 minute exercises I created for you:

How HR.Hackathon Inspired Me

Kelli Koschmann, VP of Talent at Sittercity, shares in this brief video how attending hr.hackathon events and taking Nicole Dessain’s “Design Thinking 101 for Talent Leaders” Skillshare online course inspired her to experiment with design thinking inside her organization.

Check out which challenge she “hacked”.