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Organizing a hackathon is not just about creating a remarkable event—it is a crucial step toward establishing a thriving innovation ecosystem within a company. It is a journey that requires dedication, collaboration, and the involvement of numerous individuals throughout the organization.

Beyond the Finish Line: Post-Hackathon Idea Selection and Implementation

Creating a customized learning curriculum for an internal corporate hackathon is a vital element in maximizing the event's effectiveness. It not only promotes continuous skill development but also creates future growth opportunities for all participants.

Upskilling for the Future: Designing a Tailored Hackathon Learning Curriculum

A hackathon is a whirlwind of activity packed into 24 or 30 hours. In this blog, we'll delve into the key elements that make a hackathon truly unforgettable for participants.

Reimagining the Hackathon Experience: What to Expect During a 24-Hour Supercharged Hackathon

Our ultimate hackathon playbook is your one-stop resource for everything you will ever need to know on “how to run a Hackathon”. This playbook will guide you from the initial stages of pre-event branding and setup, all the way to the actual implementation and development of the most promising Hackathon solutions.

The Ultimate Onova Playbook on "How to run a hackathon"

Branding and Marketing Your Hackathon in a Truly Unforgettable Way

The significance of a well-articulated innovation challenge cannot be overstated. It sets the tone for the Hackathon and serves as a compass guiding the direction of innovation within the company. However, crafting these challenges requires more than a cursory effort — it demands a thoughtful and organized approach. This process involves gathering key insights from business leaders and experts, and pinpointing the most significant opportunity areas or challenges facing your business. It's not just about identifying problems — it's about understanding where the greatest potential for innovation lies.

Mastering the Art of Crafting Strong Innovation Challenges: A Comprehensive Guide

Onova is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Copy.ai, an industry leader in generative AI platforms, to expand on our generative AI capabilities.

Onova x Copy.ai Partnership Press Release

73% of companies prioritize AI over all other digital investments, with 90% of business leaders applying AI to tackle aspects of operational resilience. The possibilities of AI are endless, but executives must understand its multifaceted approach and holistic grasp, spanning technical, organizational, regulatory, societal, and philosophical aspects.

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Your Guide to Generative AI | Understanding Business Use Cases and Current Examples of Generative AI Application

An innovation sprint is a time-bound internal hackathon competition, in which teams collaborate intensively to ideate, prototype, and pitch unique solutions to real business challenges and problems. It’s a structured process aimed at accelerating idea generation for new products and services. Innovation sprint competitions are usually run over 1 to 2 days, but can also be run over the course of a few weeks.

What Does An Innovation Sprint at a Large Fortune 500 Company Look Like?

Not all work days are created equal, which is why we created an 8-hour “strategy sprint” process to help you build effective, high-impact strategy proposals with your team. Strategy sprints help condense months of strategic planning into a single 8-hour action-driven working session. ‍

How to Ideate High-Impact Strategies at Speed with an 8-Hour Strategy Sprint

Founders have been asking us for years, so now we’re spilling our secrets on how we build a winning company culture while creating groundbreaking ideas ALL in one weekend!

A Step-by-Step Guide to Hosting an Internal Innovation Sprint (Cottage Edition)

How Might We (HMW) statements are a powerful tool to translate problems, ideas, and insights into actionable innovation opportunities. Read on to learn how to construct a great HMW statement to guide us in solving the right problem and that our solution would be creating value for the end user!

How Might We: Write Great HMW Statements

Working and travelling is an action-packed and rewarding adventure... But did you know that there’s so much more prep involved besides finding good wifi and the best Pastel de Nata spots? In this Innovation Insights article, we'll explore 5 THINGS that I wish I knew before my first work and travel experience in Europe.

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5 Things I Wish I had Known Before My First Work and Travel Experience in Europe

At Onova, we pride ourselves on our winning culture, creating an environment that is truly enjoyable and rewarding to work in. Read on to learn about the principles that guide our culture-building strategy.

Company Culture Playbook

This blog post covers blockchain technology and its relationship with financial services. The convergence of these two industries has created a new market segment known as decentralized finance (DeFi).

The Weakest Link in the (Block)chain: How Billions are Stolen from the World’s Most Transparent Financial System

Mission control, we have an upcoming innovation sprint, request event branding support! At Onova, we had the pleasure of driving event branding operations for BMO's Destination Digital alongside the BMO team. Read on to learn more about the step-by-step process and key takeaways from our journey. Mission: Branding BMO Destination Digital, ready for launch!

Mission: Branding BMO Destination Digital

Amidst the global pandemic, when the world was on pause, we took a step back to reflect on our passions and ambitions as a startup. We strategize on services we’re passionate about and we’re restructuring our company for competitive growth. Onova is a young and ambitious consultancy – you’ve probably heard that phrasing a lot, but we have the history to prove it. Read on to learn about why and how we are rebranding as an innovation consultancy.

Onova's Step-by-Step Guide to a Branding and Website Redesign for Startups

With low barriers to entry, the beauty product industry is growing at an unprecedented rate. Alongside growth that has empowered consumers and business owners to create new products comes an environmental cost of mass production that often goes unnoticed. We interviewed Laura Burget, Co-Founder of Three Ships Beauty, and Dion Hughes, Co-Founder of HiBAR, to discuss sustainability in the beauty industry.

Can The Beauty Industry Address Its Big Sustainability Problem?

The Top 6 Beauty Industry Trends That Shaped This Decade

Startups hold a wealth of power that can be tapped into. There are numerous ways for large corporations to create productive and synergetic relationships, one of which being open innovation models.

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From Competitors to Collaborators

Creativity and Innovation are both vital areas for the success of any business. These two golden words are often tossed around during brainstorming sessions, demonstrating a strong relation between them; however, they are ultimately different. Innovation cannot exist without creativity, but creativity alone cannot drive change and growth. When you are able to utilize carefully crafted exercises, such as design sprint methodology, you can train to enhance your creativity in order to innovate and achieve your corporate innovation goals.

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You Don't Need To Be Creative To Innovate