Iyini imfihlo ye-hackathon ephumelelayo?
I-LabCorp yaba nomcimbi wayo wesibili wonyaka we-Innovation Days (noma i-hackathon) ngoFebhuwari, 2020. Lo mcimbi waba yimpumelelo, futhi lokhu okuthunyelwe kuchaza isithako esiyimfihlo esasiza ekwenzeni kube yimpumelelo: i-Lipton® Onion Soup Mix. Le ngxube yesobho iveza umongo we-hackathon ephumelelayo... eminye esebenzayo, eminye engokomuntu siqu kubaholi beLabCorp.  Isizathu sokuqala sokuthi inhlanganisela yesobho ifaka umoya we-hackathon silula: umkhiqizo awusetshenziswa kaningi njengoba kwakuhloswe: ukwenza isobho. Eqinisweni, le ngxube yesobho yaqala ukuba nedumela elibi ekudleni ekuqaleni kwawo-1950 ngenxa yendima yayo kwiresiphi engeyona isobho: ukucwiliswa kwama-potato chip. Ekuqaleni kwakubizwa ngokuthi i- "California Dip", le recipe ithatha ukhilimu omuncu omuncu futhi inikeze i-zing enambithekayo nokuthungwa okuhlukile. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengxenye yekhulu leminyaka, le ngxube yesobho isithandwa kakhulu emaphathini ngenxa yokuthi abantu baye basebenzisa izindlela zokupheka futhi basebenzisa izinto ezisetshenziswayo ngendlela engalindelekile. Inzuzo yokuxuba isobho njengesithuthukisi sokucwilisa ukuthi kusiza ukusheshisa inqubo yokwenza ukucwilisa okunambitheka njalo. Kubantu ababamba iqhaza ku-hackathon, lokhu kuyinto okufanele bayibheke: ingabe imibono ye-hackathon noma izici zamaphrojekthi e-hackathon zingasetshenziswa ezinqubweni ezikhona ukusiza ukuzenza zibe lula?  Uhambo 'lokusungula' inhlanganisela yesobho nalo lubamba umongo we-hackathon. Unjiniyela owasiza ekwakheni le ngxube yesobho wayesehlulekile eminyakeni eminingi ngaphambili. Wayengazami ukwenza isobho phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, wayezama ukusindisa ukuphila. Ngakho wasungula indlela - ngokudabukisayo eyayingasebenzi - yokomisa ngeqhwa igazi elalingasetshenziswa enkundleni yempi ukuze kusindiswe ukuphila. Umbono wakhe wokuthi "igazi elomisiwe" lisetshenziswe enkundleni yempi wawungenakwenzeka. Masithembe ukuthi akuzange kudinge abantu abaningi be-QA ukuqaphela ukuthi lo mkhiqizo wawungavunyelwe ukusetshenziswa. Nokho, eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, kwakuyindlela yokumisa ngomkhuhlane ayecabanga ngayo lapho esiza ekwakheni i - Lipton® Onion Soup Mix.  I-CIO ye-LabCorp, uLance Berberian utshele indaba yemvelaphi ye-Lipton® Onion Soup Mix njengesikhulumi esiyinhloko ngesikhathi somcimbi we-Innovation Days. UMnu. Berberian walandisa indaba kamalume wakhe, futhi, njengezindaba eziningi ezishiwo omalume, sithemba ukuthi iyiqiniso. Umyalezo wokugcina, njengoba uhlobene nama-hackathon: khumbula imizamo yakho ehlulekile. Izici zemizamo yakho engaphumelelanga zingase zibe yingxenye eyinhloko yempumelelo yakho yesikhathi esizayo.  UMnu. Berberian wayehileleke kakhulu kuleyo mpikiswano. Eqinisweni, ithimba lakhe labaholi laliyisikhungo esiphambili ngosuku lokwethulwa kanye nangosuku lokwethulwa. Indaba kamalume wakhe yayinamandla ngoba yabeka ithoni yesenzakalo: ukuhlola, ukufunda, ukuxhumana, nokulindela okungalindelekile. Futhi kwenzeka okungalindelekile phakathi nalomcimbi. Ngasekupheleni kosuku lokwethula le nkulumo, omunye wababekhona waquleka ngokuzumayo futhi waqala ukuquleka. Abantu abaningi baphuthuma bayosiza futhi babiza abezimo eziphuthumayo. Njengomholi onesihawu, uMnu. Berberian wayesemgqeni wokuqala walesi sigameko, futhi wahlala nosebenza naye ogulayo njengoba sasilinde ukufika kwe-ambulensi. Lokhu, ngikholwa ukuthi, kubamba isithako sangempela esiyimfihlo se-hackathon ephumelelayo: ubuholi obubandakanyekayo.