APJ ABDUL KALAM

• Develop an equal opportunity policy.

• Be transparent about hiring criteria.

• Improve retention of minority workers.

• Analyze problems and adapt. Train managers to spot their biases and avoid communicating ...

The main objective is to generate high-value actionable business ideas and product concepts. But a hackathon should also boost the innovation culture and further establish the idea-sharing, effective collaboration and creativeness driven by enthusiasm towards a shared goal.

Experiencing a rocky start is enough sometimes to discourage us from going any further and we convince ourselves we don't have what it takes to do a certain task.

How to outsmart it: Develop a growth mindset and try to see each failure as just an opportunity to learn.