hr hackathon story
Nicole Dessain
What's Your HR.Hackathon Story?
What's Your HR.Hackathon Story?

human resources

Combating Burnout in HR: Tips from the HR.Hackathon Alliance Community

Combating Burnout in HR: Tips from the HR.Hackathon Alliance Community

The research is in: HR is burned out. Not that we needed the media to tell us that. Eighteen months of serving as caretakers to ourselves, our families, and our organizations is starting to take a toll on our collective well-being.

We wanted to help with what we know best – using design thinking to ideate our way out of a complex problem like this. More than 50 community members registered for our #HRvsBurnout virtual hackathon in early September and left “energized” and “refreshed” after gaining empathy and ideating with peers.

These are the ideas community members shared during the hackathon, via social media using #HRvsBurnout, or through our anonymous survey.

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: