WEARABLE HACKATHONLennox Akoto

FOSTER A CULTURE OF INNOVATION, COLLABORATION AND NIMBLENESS BY RUNNING A WEARABLE HACKATHON

Why: To help cultivate a “maker” culture of innovative thinking, collaboration and nimbleness. The plan is to run a number of Radar room events annually

Event: To hold a 2-day rapid prototyping Hackathon Includes a pre-event session to share and agree ideas/teams ahead of the actual Hackathon

Challenge: How can we drive loyalty by incentivising desired behaviours using wearable technology?

Success: Building at least one demonstrable prototype

Budget: £1.5-£5k (includes new wearable technology, food, prizes etc.)

Resources: 15-20 employees. 2 working days away from BAU

Comms: All-staff e-mail & Topspot group promoting the event

TO CULTIVATE A CULTURE OF

INNOVATION

SPEED

NIMBLENESS

COLLABORATION

LET’S HACK

WEARABLE TECH: THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR BIG DATA

HOW CAN WE DRIVE LOYALTY BY INCENTIVISING DESIRED BEHAVIOURS USING WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY?

SUCCESS IS BUILDING AT LEAST ONE DEMONSTRABLE PROTOTYPE

RESOURCES

BUDGET

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

EMPLOYEE RESOURCES & TIME

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

BUDGET

C.£1.5 - £5K:

• New wearable technology: £250

• Prizes: £300

• Misc. (t-shirts, extra equipment): £150

• Food: £500-700

• Wallace Space approx. £4k incl. food

• Max 20 employees

• 2 day event (+ pre-event 1 hour session)

• Each team will require at least 2 people with

coding abilityEMPLOYEE RESOURCES & TIME

• We will encourage a BYOD, however spare devices

need to be available

• Require wearable API’s and SDK’s

• ALP development tools

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

• Passion & Balloon

• Radar room and nimble areas for collaboration

• Whiteboards/ flip boards to enable creativity

• Wallace Space is preferred venue

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

PRE-EVENT & THE HACKATHON

COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY

• All Staff e-mail promoting sign-up to Hackathon

• Topspot page for ideation and collaboration

• Supply documentation & API’s

PRE- EVENT

• Invite selected Hackathon participants for pre-event

• Share and choose initial ideas

• Organise teams

THE HACKATHON

• 2 days: 9am-5.30pm

• 15-20 people, incl. enough with the ability to code

• Hackathon followed by demonstrations, voting & awards

HACKATHON TIMELINE

Mar/ Apr April 30th June 1st June 8th June 22nd June 29th June 30th

Event Planning

Approval from Phil

Announcement e-mail

Ideation & collaboration

phase

Pre-event

Hackathon