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Corporate Hackathons in a Pandemic
Year over year, we see hackathons and innovation challenges playing a growing role in the innovation strategies of global companies. We have worked with some of the world's top brands (Google, New...
Solve for X – Supporting women as they rise to challenges of COVID
As we adjust to life during the COVID-19 pandemic and are taking urgent steps to protect our health and the people we love, it is important to remember those most affected by this global catastrophe...
Planning for Normal: 4 Critical Questions to ask Yourself
In the initial days and weeks of this global pandemic we were focused on the urgent, immediate, needs - the health and safety of our team members and their families and the programs in the near-term...
What’s the Hackathon Secret Sauce?
On August 23rd, Capital One Canada and Hackworks launched Gift the Code, a hackathon with the aim of helping six Toronto charities enhance their technical ability to overcome challenges and better...
You’re probably wasting your most valuable resource
There are many factors that go into developing and sustaining a successful company. Arguably, the most important is making the most of your employees’ skills and abilities. Some believe that...
Shape the future instead of reacting to it
In our previous blog post, Innovation is not a Buzzword, we made the argument that innovation is a necessary endeavour for an organization or company's continued relevance and success. Over the...
Innovation is not a Buzzword
In March of 2013, The Onion, a satire news organization, published a mock article with the title, “Word ‘Innovate’ Said 650,000 Times at SXSW So Far.” It was a comical and apt observation of what...
Hackworks Launch
Today we are officially launching Hackworks. While this may be the company’s public debut, Hackworks has actually been germinating and growing for over four years inside XMG Studio, and we didn’t...
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