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Leveraging Design Thinking for IT-Business Alignment in Prioritizing Mission-Critical Needs

Tullio Siragusa

IT teams, led by the CTO, are often more focused on the technical aspects, such as system stability and data security. This discordance can lead to a lack of collaboration and a rift between IT and the rest of the organization. Ideate Next, the ‘ideate’ stage calls for brainstorming sessions to generate innovative solutions.

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Hackathons—HR’s best friend

hackerearth

The event held in San Francisco in 2014 drew over 100 professionals collaborated to come up with solutions to improve employee engagement. These high-energy events are much more than people working collaboratively on a brilliant idea using software and hardware to solve a problem. Hackathons—an underrated tool. And how right he is.