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Hackathon: Beeshake's practical guide

What is a hackathon? Deciphering an innovation lever

To boost innovation and mobilize collective intelligence within companies, one tool is becoming increasingly essential: the hackathon. In its practical guide titled «Hackathon: the practical guide», the publisher Beeshake deciphers the functioning and major benefits of this participatory approach.

Definition: from flash experimentation to global ideation

In the strict sense of the term, a hackathon is a short-duration event during which multidisciplinary teams gather to test, experiment, and design accelerated prototypes to validate original ideas. Over time, the definition has broadened: the word today more broadly refers to a key moment intended to stimulate the emergence of ideas and the implementation of concrete solutions around a specific theme.

Why such success?

Traditionally reserved for Research & Development (R&D) departments, corporate innovation has profoundly transformed. It has now become participatory. Today, organizations seek to reconnect with the realities and difficulties experienced on the ground by employees. As proof of this effectiveness, 80% of Fortune 100 companies use it to bring forth new innovations.

Key benefits for the company

Organizing such an event helps meet several strategic objectives:

• Accelerate innovation: Development processes that usually take entire months are here condensed into just a few days.

• Develop cross-functionality: It encourages collaboration by bringing together very varied professions, departments, or hierarchical profiles (engineers, field teams, managers, etc.).

• Value skills and engage: By stepping out of their daily routine, employees gain perspective, develop their skills, and get directly involved in their company's strategic choices.

   

Whether it's about solving a specific business problem, improving internal processes, or supporting a market transformation, the hackathon stands out as an ideal environment for structuring ideation and capturing the richness of collective intelligence.

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